{"id":4312,"date":"2023-07-13T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4312"},"modified":"2023-07-13T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:00:31","slug":"desantis-says-he-wouldnt-be-trumps-running-mate-im-not-a-number-two-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4312","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Says He Wouldn\u2019t Be Trump\u2019s Running Mate: \u2018I\u2019m Not A Number Two Guy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4313\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-54.png 800w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-54-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-54-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-54-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-54-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/u4\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"rumble_v2x1idy\"><\/div>\n<script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v2x1idy\",\"div\":\"rumble_v2x1idy\"});<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that he would not be former President Donald Trump\u2019s running mate if he were to lose the Republican nomination in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and DeSantis continue to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/07\/09\/donald-trump-dominating-early-primary-season-nothing-modern-history\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lead<\/a>&nbsp;the GOP primary field in both state and national polls and used to work closely together, but their campaigns have since&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/07\/05\/viral-pride-desantis-ad-trump-gender-ideology\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sparred<\/a>&nbsp;as the two Florida men vie for the presidency. DeSantis argued he\u2019s \u201cnot a number two guy\u201d and would rather go back to being the Sunshine State\u2019s governor than be a vice president, he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/ron-desantis-podcast\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on the Wisconsin Right Now podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think so. I\u2019m not a number two guy, I think I\u2019m a leader \u2014 governor of Florida,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cI\u2019ve been able to accomplish a lot. I think I probably could do more staying there than being VP, which doesn\u2019t really have any authority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RealClearPolitics (RCP)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">average<\/a>&nbsp;for a 2024 national Republican primary, based on polls conducted between June 10 and June 26, indicates Trump and DeSantis have 53% and 20.9% support, respectively. In the nation\u2019s first key early primary states \u2014 Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina \u2014 the former president is leading DeSantis by double digits,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-primary-r\/2024\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to FiveThirtyEight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRon DeSantis isn\u2019t anybody\u2019s guy. He\u2019s not \u2018the guy.\u2019 He\u2019s just \u2018a guy,&#8217;\u201d Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told the Daily Caller News Foundation of DeSantis\u2019 comments. \u201cRon is just there, sullen and sad, because his numbers are as tiny as him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The governor was also asked if he had any running mates in mind, including whether he would consider making Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his vice presidential pick. DeSantis acknowledged that they have aligned on certain issues, but said he would choose a \u201cconservative\u201d over the \u201cliberal Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m taking it one step at a time,\u201d said DeSantis. \u201cI think it\u2019s a little bit presumptuous to be doing that at this stage. I\u2019m here to win the early primaries, and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve got to do first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/desantis-says-he-wouldnt-be-trumps-running-mate-im-not-a-number-two-guy\">https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/desantis-says-he-wouldnt-be-trumps-running-mate-im-not-a-number-two-guy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that he would not be former President Donald Trump\u2019s running mate if he were to lose the Republican nomination in 2024. Trump and DeSantis continue to&nbsp;lead&nbsp;the GOP primary field in both state and national polls and used to work closely together, but their campaigns have since&nbsp;sparred&nbsp;as the two Florida men vie for the presidency. DeSantis argued he\u2019s \u201cnot a number two guy\u201d and would rather go back to being the Sunshine State\u2019s governor than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4314,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312\/revisions\/4314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}