Trump is expected to announce his choice ahead of the Republican Convention in Cleveland later this month.
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“I made that very clear to him that I’m focused on Iowa”.
But, this is Trump, who has shown conventional political logic is not something he necessarily believes in, Wright said.
“I will probably participate more as an advocate”, Ernst said of her role in the Trump campaign.
Ernst is a popular lawmaker who defeated then-Rep. She has been in the Senate less than two years.
The Trump family is most impressive. The support of the highly touted rising star signals a new phase in unity as the GOP seeks to coalesce.
“If Trump offers the position and is serious about it, which I think he would be after our conversations, listen, I would feel compelled to serve the country”, the former House speaker told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren.
Joni Ernst, the lone woman on the rumored shortlist of Trump’s potential vice presidents, essentially excused herself from the running Wednesday, just a few days after a “great” meeting with the Republican presidential nominee. Iowa is going to be really important in the upcoming election. “You don’t get the caricature of Trump, if you will. You see he couldn’t be more of a gentleman and how he acts the same with both the most senior and the most junior people around him”, he said.
Ernst, 46, was elected in 2014.
“I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm”.
Ernst grew up in Montgomery County, Iowa, where she still lives with her husband, Gail, and teenage daughter, Libby. Pence, who has gubernatorial and congressional experience, is seen as an attractive pick because of his popularity with social conservatives and establishment Republicans along with top GOP donors, including those affiliated with the Koch brothers’ influential political network. I worked construction with my dad. Corker described the meeting as a chance for the two to get to know each other better and said they talked about foreign policy.
“The first significant action a presidential nominee takes in putting together his or her administration is selecting a VP”, said Beth Myers, who helmed Romney’s search.
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Clinton went after Trump in her speech on a litany of issues, including three bankruptcies involving Trump’s old casinos. He wouldn’t have appeal to other demographics either, and Trump doesn’t necessarily need to play geographic strategy in the South; he just needs to avoid actively antagonizing voters in that region. “I’ve walked through a number of corporate offices in my life and I have to tell you that the respect that the people who work for him and the respect that he shows them is pretty telling”.
