In the coming weeks and months, there will be ample speculation about Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate, with familiar names auditioning, receiving scrutiny, sharing information with the former president’s vetting team, and probably even making pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago.
At least for now, as NBC News reported, one of Trump’s home-state senators is under serious consideration.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is moving up the list of former President Donald Trump’s potential vice presidential picks, according to six people familiar with the presumptive Republican nominee’s search for a running mate. … “It’s pretty clear from Trump’s orbit that Rubio is in play,” said a veteran Florida GOP operative.
On the surface, it’s easy to see why the GOP senator would make the short list. Rubio clearly has national ambitions, as evidenced by his own 2016 presidential candidacy, and adding him to this year’s Republican ticket would likely give Trump a boost with Latino voters who might otherwise be repulsed by Trump’s record and racism.
What’s more, the lawmaker is apparently open to the idea. “Anybody who would be offered the chance to serve their country as vice president should consider that to be an honor,” Rubio told NBC News this morning. “I mean, that’s why I’m in public service.” He added, however, that he hasn’t spoken to anyone on Team Trump about the possibility.
But if the senator is a real contender for his party’s vice presidential nomination, it’s worth keeping some relevant details in mind that might not be immediately obvious.
For example, when Rubio and Trump were rivals, the senators insisted that the future president was a “con man” and a “con artist” — assessments have become even more accurate over time. Rubio also told audiences that Trump might urinate on himself, which was around the time that the GOP lawmaker made vulgar jokes about Trump’s genitals.
In June 2016, Rubio told voters that Trump was so…
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