Although there has been no official declaration, speculations indicate that former president Donald Trump has chosen his prospective running mate for the 2024 election. Numerous names have been mentioned as potential rivals, and some claim that Trump would prefer a female candidate. Follow this developing story for updates.
Kari Lake, a former Republican candidate for governor, has started to attend Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property, prompting some to say that she practically lives there.
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“Kari Lake is there all the time,” an unnamed source told People magazine. “There’s a suite there that she practically lives in.”
The representative for Lake denied the reports, claiming their veracity and authenticity.
“Kari Lake often speaks at events all over the country in support of America First candidates and organizations; and when she does have the honor of being invited to speak at the beautiful Mar-a-Lago, she overnights at Hilton properties in Palm Beach with her loving husband of 25 years,” according to a statement to People from a Lake advisor.
“No candidates have publicly announced their intent to be Trump’s VP, but the former president has indicated that ‘a lot of people’ are ‘auditioning’ behind the scenes. Trump insiders told the Caller that although there haven’t been any formal discussions to narrow down the pool, there are a set of characteristics that will likely be considered,” this spring, according to a story from the Daily Caller.
The 45th President of the United States is reportedly evaluating three groups of candidates for his running mate, according to a recent Politico article citing a secret Trump aide. These contenders fit the descriptions of women, conservatives of color, and dependable advisors.
The South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, the representative for New York state Elise Stefanik, the governor of Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and a fourth person only named as “Lake” are four notable Republican women who may be on President Trump’s radar.
According to The Washington Examiner,
Sanders, the country’s youngest governor and the Trump administration’s press secretary with the longest tenure, shot up political draft boards after giving what Trump backers deemed a “exceptionally strong” answer to Biden’s State of the Union address on February 7.
After serving in the House of Representatives for more than ten years, Noem was chosen as South Dakota’s first female governor in 2018. She is known for being a top Republican politician in the so-called “culture wars.”
Stefanik, the current chairperson of the House GOP conference, was elected as a centrist Republican in 2015 but has since gone more to the right after participating in the president’s first impeachment defense. She constantly extols her close relationship with Trump and even supported his bid for president in 2024 days before he officially announced his candidacy.
One prospective option that many current and former Trump advisers hope he avoids is Lake, who is arguably the oddest candidate. The former Phoenix-area television presenter lost the 2022 governor race against Democrat Katie Hobbs with Trump’s support, but her frequent assertions that extensive election fraud took place in 2020 only made her more popular with him.
The Washington Examiner’s report did not include Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican representative from Georgia.
Unusual names are being taken into consideration for a possible candidate shortlist. Greg Gutfeld, a co-host on a recent edition of “The Five,” speculated that President Trump would be considering Tulsi Gabbard, a former presidential candidate who quit the Democratic Party in 2020.
“The thing I like about Tulsi is that if she were to give you two opinions, you could not predict a third. She’s a definition of an individual. Like, I disagree with her on probably at least 30%, maybe 40% of things, but the boxes she ticks aren’t the boxes that Kamala ticks. Her boxes are achievements and ideas. That’s different than skin color and where she was born — not where she was born, but whatever her background is. So, I think that is what makes her so different. I have never seen her angry in my life. And just lastly, I think she’s going to be Trump’s VP. That’s where this is going,” Gutfeld said.
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