Trump, who is expected to announce his vice presidential pick before the Republican National Convention, has been meeting with potential running mates and announcing it on social media.
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Corker, 63, said his decision to withdraw from consideration as vice president opened up “a candid conversation” with Trump and his team about policy and other roles he might play.
Corker said Wednesday that he’d gone into the meetings telling Trump’s team that he felt he was “far more suited for other kinds of service”.
Sen. Bob Corker has withdrawn from consideration to be Donald Trump’s running mate, and it appears that Iowa Sen. If that’s what he wants, there’s arguably no one more qualified than the former speaker of the House of Representatives who engineered a “Republican revolution” on Capitol Hill in the 1990s. Joni Ernst, Mike Pence and Tom Cotton have been mentioned in recent tweets.
“Somebody once told me it’s not who you know in life, it’s how you know them”, said the Tennessee Republican, who was first introduced by Trump as a “great friend of mine, someone respected by everyone”. Trump has narrowed down his vice presidential shortlist to a handful of contenders.
Time magazine named the former Chattanooga mayor previous year to its annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people, alongside world leaders such as President Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Joni Ernst of Iowa, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. July 12th is the day Donald Trump will be here in Indianapolis for a fundraiser that was already set up prior to the VP sweepstakes but it bears keeping in mind.
Mike Pence might help unify the Republican party if Donald Trump picks him as his vice presidential candidate, but he could also jeopardize his party’s chances of keeping the governorship of Indiana.
But she told Politico:”I made that very clear to him that I’m focused on Iowa”.
Ernst told Politico she will “probably participate more as an advocate” in the Trump campaign.
In May, Ernst said she hoped Trump would start focusing on policy rather than on personality on the campaign trail.
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“Really, we’re looking to go more the political route in terms of getting legislation passed, which is what they do, and I think, frankly, we don’t want to do the executive orders like Obama’s been doing”, he said.
