Sen. Scott Says Trump Didn’t Discuss Possibility of Vice Presidency With Him
The South Carolina Republican stated he expects the previous president to announce his VP decide throughout the subsequent 60 days.
Although Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is seen as a shortlister to be former President Donald Trump’s operating mate this 12 months, the 2 males reportedly didn’t talk about the matter once they final spoke.
This weekend, President Trump hosted a fundraising occasion in Palm Seashore, Florida, throughout which rich donors heard from a number of contenders to turn into President Trump’s operating mate. Mr. Scott’s title has typically been speculated as being close to the highest of that record.
However Mr. Scott and President Trump didn’t talk about the matter this weekend, the South Carolina Republican stated.
Mr. Scott was requested whether or not President Trump had raised the chance throughout an look on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“No ma’am,” Mr. Scott replied, including later, “He didn’t convey it up, I definitely didn’t convey it up.”
“We had no conversations in regards to the VP decide, to be sincere with you, to be clear, however we had numerous conversations in regards to the failures of Joe Biden and the success of Donald Trump,” Mr. Scott stated, particularly citing conversations about ending “Bidenomics” and lowering the inflation fee again to 2 %, the place it stood when President Trump was in workplace.
However, Mr. Scott stated he “absolutely expects” that President Trump will announce his decide for the No. 2 job someday throughout the subsequent 60 days.
Mr. Scott was joined on the Palm Seashore retreat, seen by some as an audition for VP, by a number of different Republicans seen as frontrunners.
These included Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Home Republican Convention Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).
Particulars about what was stated on the closed-door fundraiser are unclear.
Later in the course of the interview, Mr. Scott was additionally evasive about whether or not or not he’d settle for the outcomes of the 2024 election ought to President Trump lose.
It comes because the Republican Celebration stays divided in regards to the legitimacy of the 2020 election, which some have stated was marked by widespread election fraud in key battleground states.
Requested whether or not he would contemplate the outcomes of the 2024 election official ought to President Joe Biden win reelection, Mr. Scott stated solely, “The forty seventh president of the USA might be Donald Trump.”
He declined to reply additional probing on the problem.
Mr. Scott’s look on the Palm Seashore retreat comes after Ms. Noem, lengthy thought-about a transparent frontrunner in President Trump’s VP hunt, has misplaced some standing amongst Republicans after she admitted in a memoir to killing her household canine—a startling admission that drew criticism and mockery from members of each events.
Many observers say that Ms. Noem ruined her shot on the vice presidency with the remarks—which places Mr. Scott, additionally seen as a number one frontrunner for the nomination, nearer to changing into President Trump’s VP decide.
President Trump is the one remaining main candidate for 2024 whose operating mate has not been chosen.
Vice President Kamala Harris might be President Biden’s operating mate in 2024, whereas Unbiased candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen lawyer Nicole Shanahan as his vice chairman.