Corker said that he informed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee of his decision during their day together on Tuesday, when the senator had a series of meetings with campaign officials in NY and then flew with Trump to an evening rally in North Carolina.
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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”. “My daughter is Jewish”, Trump said. “It says a lot about a person to meet their family, to spend time with their kids, if you will”, Corker said.
“I’ve got a long-standing appointment downtown and I don’t know at what time I can get out of that and get back to the Hill”, Upton said.
Sen. Bob Corker took a pass Wednesday on a job he never wanted: Trump’s veep.
“The rallies that I have back home aren’t quite like this”, Corker told the crowd.
Ernst said she had not been vetted as a potential Vice Presidential candidate.
Corker’s announcement that he is taking himself out of consideration came just one day after NBC News reported that he had submitted his vetting materials to Trump’s campaign.
Two politicos in the veepstakes running dropped out Wednesday – leaving Gov. Mike Pence still in contention as a dark horse alongside two favorites.
But although he had received paperwork from the campaign, he had not turned it all over, a source familiar with the process told CNN. Today, Ernst used words like “attentive” and “very thoughtful” to describe Trump’s demeanor during their recent conversation. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) during a July 5 campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The presumptive GOP nominee also appears to be losing freshman Sen.
Ernst, 46, who won her critical swing state in a race against Bruce Braley in 2014, said she will offer advice to Trump about how to win Iowa. “But I have to tell you something”. “I don’t think that he’s gender-targeted at all, she told Harlow”.
He is now battling Democrat John Gregg, who is trailing slightly in polls but meeting or exceeding Pence in fundraising.
Just two weeks from the Republican National Convention, Trump’s vice presidential search – and speculation about who he’ll pick – is at a fever pitch.
“I like the concept of the generals”, Trump said.
More traditional picks – US Senators Rob Portman of OH and Marco Rubio of Florida – long ago said they have no interest.
Pence, a former congressman, has more than a decade of experience in Congress and Ernst, a first-term senator, is an Iraq war veteran.
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“I will probably participate more as an advocate”, Ernst said of her role in the Trump campaign.
