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Zorro

(16,069 posts)
Fri May 10, 2024, 05:06 PM May 2024

Who will be dumb enough to become Donald Trump's vice president?

One of the biggest questions swirling around Donald Trump’s reelection campaign – aside from “Will he or won’t he be a convicted felon?” and “Are we really doing this again, people?” – is a tricky one: Who will be the former president and current criminal defendant’s vice presidential candidate?

That anyone would consider applying for the job is remarkable. It’s like asking for volunteers to report for sticking-your-finger-in-a-light-socket duty. The position of Trump’s vice president brings with it the kind of job safety only found among nervous snake handlers and crash-test dummies.

And yet, people are actually vying for the gig. A pack of them descended on South Florida this weekend to debase themselves before a twice-impeached former one-term president who demands absolute loyalty while dispensing none.

A parade of hapless souls are actually hoping to be Trump's VP pick

Among the reported contenders are billionaire North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, former GOP presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio – who once called Trump a “con artist” and said that “he has spent his entire career sticking it to the little guy” – was there as well, presumably traveling in his hermetically sealed Bubble of Hypocrisy.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/05/05/trump-vp-running-mate-2024-election/73558485007/

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Who will be dumb enough to become Donald Trump's vice president? (Original Post) Zorro May 2024 OP
The highest bidder! 50 Shades Of Blue May 2024 #1
That is what RFK Jr did genxlib May 2024 #3
Headline should read snowybirdie May 2024 #2
The job has its hazards under TSF.. Omnipresent May 2024 #4
Today my thoughts go to 3 candidates. NO laughing. bucolic_frolic May 2024 #5
I think he wants Ivanka FakeNoose May 2024 #6
Let's rephrase that as "Trumps vice-presidential candidate running mate." Igel May 2024 #7

snowybirdie

(5,473 posts)
2. Headline should read
Fri May 10, 2024, 05:13 PM
May 2024

"Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate". He's not and never will again be president.

Omnipresent

(6,133 posts)
4. The job has its hazards under TSF..
Fri May 10, 2024, 05:20 PM
May 2024

Following the constitution to TSF’s displeasure, and your neck is on the line….literally!

bucolic_frolic

(45,824 posts)
5. Today my thoughts go to 3 candidates. NO laughing.
Fri May 10, 2024, 05:25 PM
May 2024

Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
J.D. Vance

Cruz because he's barely lucking out in the TX Senate race. Ted needs a boost.

Marco Rubio because Florida. I know 2 candidates from the same state. Did laws ever stop them? Will SCOTUS enforce the law? Glad we got that out of the way

J.D. Vance. Another way of getting that Senate because of Sherood Brown's re-election. OH goes (R) in presidential elections.

My money's on Marco Rubio!! Why? Because he's the perfect replacement for Mike Pence. Trump treats him badly, Little Marco. No other candidate has the same sub posture to Trump. So, there he is!

FakeNoose

(34,758 posts)
6. I think he wants Ivanka
Fri May 10, 2024, 09:49 PM
May 2024

... whether she accepts or not is another story. The ticket is doomed, no matter who he picks.

Igel

(35,886 posts)
7. Let's rephrase that as "Trumps vice-presidential candidate running mate."
Sat May 11, 2024, 02:33 PM
May 2024

I don't want to assume that Trump is a repeat president.

However, while it may take a bit of psychic battering and self-Houdini-like manipulation to contort one's self into a suitable candidate, what are the odds that Trump would survive to the end of 2028?

Who would want to be VP--a job with virtual no responsibilities and duties? Except casting the deciding vote at times in a divided Senate and maybe changing offices and housing mid-term if something happens to the current Oval Office occupant?

It's the kind of question that sort of answers itself, if you like power, notoriety, and maybe the shot at becoming "The Decider." Or the new "Dark Brandon."

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