by Sharelle Burt
February 21, 2024
Is he making an attempt to fill a range quota?
Two Black GOP lawmakers made the checklist of potential working mates for Donald Trump.
Throughout a Fox Information city corridor occasion, Trump introduced Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) as potential Vice President candidates. That’s not the place the checklist ends – failed presidential candidates like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are additionally being mentioned. “Are all of them in your shortlist,” host Laura Ingraham requested.
“They’re,” Trump answered. “Truthfully, all of these persons are good. They’re all good. They’re all stable.”
Scott and Trump have shaped fairly the “bromance” because the South Carolina native dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump. He was even current on the city corridor occasion, prompting Trump to shout him out for his candid assist. “Lots of people are speaking about that gentleman proper over there. He’s been such a fantastic advocate. I’ve to say this in a really constructive means, Tim Scott, he has been significantly better for me than he was for himself,” Trump mentioned, pointing to Scott within the viewers.
“I watched his marketing campaign, and he doesn’t like speaking about himself. However boy, does he speak about Trump. I known as him, and I mentioned, ‘Tim, you’re higher for me than you had been for your self.’”
Scott has been aggressively campaigning for his former boss forward of the Feb. 24 South Carolina main. He has overtly dismissed Trump’s rising authorized woes, claiming “the American persons are extra centered on their future than Donald Trump’s previous.” “They’re not speaking about authorized challenges. They’re speaking about their challenges throughout a kitchen desk,” Scott advised CBS. He’s hopeful of Trump regaining “order” if elected to workplace.
Outdoors of the Jan. sixth revolt, Scott advised a crowd of supporters that “4 extra years of Donald Trump means legislation and order within the streets of America.”
Opposite to Scott, Byron Donalds has no downside discussing Trump’s authorized battles or efficiency within the courtroom. As an avid supporter, the GOP consultant thinks Trump is “one of many [greatest] presidents this nation has ever seen.” Describing himself as a “Trump-supporting, gun-owning, liberty-loving, pro-life, politically incorrect Black man,” Donalds counseled how Trump has dealt with his circumstances, saying, “Your emotions aren’t allowed to enter the courtroom.”
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