Anticipation continues to build surrounding who will be the 2024 Republican vice presidential pick to run with Donald Trump, the likely GOP presidential nominee, due to increasing endorsements from top Republicans and favorable polls.
As it stands now, the former president, who faces numerous civil and criminal cases, has not officially announced his running mate for the 2024 presidential election. But he teased during a Fox News interview that there was someone “I think I like” but added, “there’s no rush to that.”
Trump told Fox News’ Bret Baier, “The person that I think I like is a very good person, pretty standard. I think people won’t be that surprised, but I would say there’s probably a 25 percent chance it would be that person.”
Typically, presidential nominees wait until close to the national convention or beyond to announce their vice presidential pick, which creates a sense of suspense and gives them flexibility to change their minds.
Trump allies have urged him to choose a Black man or a woman as his running mate, should he secure the GOP nomination. South Carolina U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and Ben Carson, Trump’s former Housing and Urban Development Secretary, are both Black men whose names have been floated by political pundits as potential vice-presidential picks for Trump.
Arguably, the top Black vice presidential candidate to run with Trump would be Scott, who apparently has deep affection for the GOP presidential front-runner, telling Trump, “I just love you!” during Trump’s New Hampshire victory speech.
Two Republican women have been considered as potential running mates: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and New York Rep. Elise Stefanik. In 2023, Gov. Noem told Newsmax that she’d be Trump’s 2024 running mate “in a heartbeat” when asked whether she would consider a hypothetical offer from him to run as his vice president.
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