{"id":4468,"date":"2023-07-21T11:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2023-07-21T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T16:28:44","slug":"is-trump-considering-rivals-ramaswamy-or-scott-for-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4468","title":{"rendered":"IS TRUMP CONSIDERING RIVALS RAMASWAMY OR SCOTT FOR VP?"},"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-96.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4469\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-96.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-96.png 960w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-96-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-96-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-96-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-96-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donald Trump is outpacing his GOP rivals by the double-digits and is well on his way to once again be the Republican nominee for president next year. However, that does not mean that all hope of ever serving in the White House is lost for all the other contenders. In fact, Trump recently implied that he might consider two of his rivals \u2013 Vivek Ramaswamy and Senator Tim Scott \u2013 as possible running mates should he secure the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former president told&nbsp;Fox News that his running mate could \u201cpossibly\u201d be among those in the 2024 field. He said that Vivek Ramaswamy has \u201cdone a very good job\u201d and Senator Tim Scott is a \u201cvery good guy\u201d but stopped short of saying who he would pick if the time came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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Michigan businessman Perry Johnson (R), who announced his long-shot bid for the White House in March, followed with nearly 8 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) came in third place with 4.3 percent support, and conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy had 2 percent. Other GOP presidential candidates, including Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), registered 0.0 percent support, according to the poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Legal Troubles and Other Trump News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?client=ca-pub-1116480047858304&#038;output=html&#038;h=192&#038;slotname=9909498667&#038;adk=2433032534&#038;adf=3994716045&#038;pi=t.ma~as.9909498667&#038;w=766&#038;fwrn=4&#038;lmt=1689956848&#038;rafmt=11&#038;format=766&#215;192&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchingbagpost.com%2Fis-trump-considering-rivals-ramaswamy-or-scott-for-vp%2F&#038;host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&#038;wgl=1&#038;uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMC4zLjAiLCJ4ODYiLCIiLCIxMDkuMC41NDE0LjE0OSIsW10sMCxudWxsLCI2NCIsW1siTm90X0EgQnJhbmQiLCI5OS4wLjAuMCJdLFsiR29vZ2xlIENocm9tZSIsIjEwOS4wLjU0MTQuMTQ5Il0sWyJDaHJvbWl1bSIsIjEwOS4wLjU0MTQuMTQ5Il1dLDBd&#038;dt=1689956847536&#038;bpp=1&#038;bdt=1467&#038;idt=551&#038;shv=r20230719&#038;mjsv=m202307180101&#038;ptt=9&#038;saldr=aa&#038;abxe=1&#038;cookie=ID%3D79a5edb9f8dafc00-2208f1dbc3de006b%3AT%3D1678736489%3ART%3D1688762957%3AS%3DALNI_MaviS651RjVz4R3_OJkV5KqXFpkwQ&#038;gpic=UID%3D00000bd8b618c0f0%3AT%3D1678736489%3ART%3D1688762957%3AS%3DALNI_MaA-f6n2brPj5HOgw0nBXK547zYMw&#038;prev_fmts=0x0%2C886x280%2C766x192&#038;nras=1&#038;correlator=4058233696026&#038;frm=20&#038;pv=1&#038;ga_vid=1412233094.1678736452&#038;ga_sid=1689956848&#038;ga_hid=1414364195&#038;ga_fc=1&#038;rplot=4&#038;u_tz=330&#038;u_his=1&#038;u_h=768&#038;u_w=1366&#038;u_ah=728&#038;u_aw=1366&#038;u_cd=24&#038;u_sd=1&#038;dmc=4&#038;adx=128&#038;ady=2022&#038;biw=1349&#038;bih=657&#038;scr_x=0&#038;scr_y=0&#038;eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759837%2C44788442%2C44796827&#038;oid=2&#038;pvsid=1041917291556134&#038;tmod=1807432201&#038;uas=0&#038;nvt=1&#038;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativeroundup.com%2F&#038;fc=1920&#038;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1366%2C657&#038;vis=1&#038;rsz=%7C%7CpEebr%7C&#038;abl=CS&#038;pfx=0&#038;fu=128&#038;bc=31&#038;ifi=4&#038;uci=a!4&#038;btvi=2&#038;fsb=1&#038;xpc=mM1RP6YOKb&#038;p=https%3A\/\/punchingbagpost.com&#038;dtd=554<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, former New Jersey Governor and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie, who has shown no reluctance to attack Donald Trump, went after the former president for parading his criminal indictments to supporters at a conservative political conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s a liar and a coward. He\u2019s not getting indicted for anyone other than because of his own conduct,\u201d Christie said Sunday on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former president is also facing some new legal woes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump announced that he had received a \u201ctarget letter\u201d from Special Counsel Jack Smith stating that he is a target of a January 6 grand jury investigation. According to a statement released by the 45<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;President on Truth Social, the letter, which he said he received on July 16, \u201calmost always means an arrest and indictment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDeranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden\u2019s DOJ,\u201d he said. \u201cSent a letter (again, it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTHIS WITCH HUNT IS ALL ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND A COMPLETE AND TOTAL POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cIt is a very sad and dark period for our Nation!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went on to explain that \u201che has the right to protest an Election that I am fully convinced was Rigged and Stolen, just as the Democrats have done against me in 2016, and many others have done over the ages.\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:\/\/punchingbagpost.com\/is-trump-considering-rivals-ramaswamy-or-scott-for-vp\/\">https:\/\/punchingbagpost.com\/is-trump-considering-rivals-ramaswamy-or-scott-for-vp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump is outpacing his GOP rivals by the double-digits and is well on his way to once again be the Republican nominee for president next year. However, that does not mean that all hope of ever serving in the White House is lost for all the other contenders. In fact, Trump recently implied that he might consider two of his rivals \u2013 Vivek Ramaswamy and Senator Tim Scott \u2013 as possible running mates should he secure the top of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4470,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4468\/revisions\/4470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}