Trump Responds to Speculation That DeSantis Could Be His 2024 Running Mate

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Former President Donald Trump over the weekend responded to speculation that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis could be a potential 2024 running mate amid an escalating war of words between the two.

During a Newsmax interview on Saturday, the 45th president was asked about whether he considered the Republican governor to be his vice president.

โ€œNo, I never thought of it,โ€ Trump said in response. โ€œWe have a lot of great people in the Republican Party โ€ฆ it would be a very unlikely alliance.โ€

โ€œLook, I appointed him. He was failing badly in the polls โ€ฆ and I endorsed him,โ€ Trump said as he reiterated his comment that his backing of DeSantis enabled him to become Floridaโ€™s governor in 2018. โ€œHe went from a very small number to a very high number,โ€ he added.

Trump suggested that he boosted DeSantisโ€™s primary bid with his endorsement and later, helped him defeat Democrat Andrew Gillum during the 2018 midterms. DeSantis defeated Gillum by a narrow margin.

But in November 2022, DeSantis easily won reelection by about 19 points over former Gov. Charlie Crist, a Democrat. In the meantime, DeSantis has raised his national profile among Republicans after ending COVID-19-related mandates and lockdowns earlier than some other governors.

โ€œIf you look at his record, he canโ€™t win,โ€ Trump said, referring to DeSantisโ€™s voting while he was a U.S. House representative. โ€œRon was a disciple of Paul Ryan, and Paul Ryan was a loser in many ways,โ€ Trump said, referring to the former GOP vice presidential candidate and House speaker.

Trump said that โ€œI donโ€™t like saying this about another Republican,โ€ but he โ€œ[has] to get the word outโ€ about DeSantis. โ€œEveryone thought he did great on COVID โ€ฆ but if you look at the list,โ€ Trump said, โ€œhe did poorly on COVID.โ€

Byย Jack Phillips

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