Corker is a technocratic, policy-oriented lawmaker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and an even-handed Republican who didn’t have a knee-jerk instinct to attack Democrats for the mere objective of scoring political points.
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Later Corker and Ernest said they were not in the race for vice presidential pick. “She’s terrific, supportive”, Trump said.
“That’s a highly political role for the next four months”, he added.
Corker said he would be open to serving in a Trump administration and that his decision to take himself out of running for vice president opened up “a candid conversation” about other possibilities.
He is expected to make the announcement within a week, before the July 18 opening of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The exception so far may end up being Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a favorite of conservatives who’s been one of the most talked-about picks so far. “I view myself as deep in substance and policy, and I just think there are better ways for me to serve in the public arena”.
With the withdrawal of strong establishment candidates Bob Corker and Joni Ernst, Pence is a solid compromise.
Mr. Trump has been spending time with potential running mates to get a feel for them. “Trump wants to choose somebody who has experience to get things done in Washington”, he told the Indy Star.
Corker joined Donald Trump at a campaign rally in North Carolina.
“What I said about Saddam Hussein is he’s a bad person – a very, very bad guy”, Trump told TIME.
Bob Corker and Joni Ernst said they’re taking a hard pass at Trump’s VP spot.
“It’s a pretty tough situation for a governor to be in when you’re trying to run for re-election but you’re clearly auditioning for vice president”, said Jared Leopold, spokesman for the Democratic Governors Association. Which is kinda like going into the boardroom of “The Apprentice” and telling host Donald Trump, “You know what, let me save you the trouble”.
Corker went on to say that he is far more suited for other types of things.
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At a rally in Cincinnati, where he campaigned with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Trump decried the press for overblowing comments he made Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C., praising Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. “I know that wouldn’t pass muster, probably, but I don’t know that I’ve met a more composed, brilliant, beautiful-in-every-way person”. I think my mentor Howard Baker always stated over and over if you’re called by a president to be considered to be involved in service of some kind, you should always sit down and discuss and consider what that might be.
