Trump Suggests He'll Dump Pence If He Seeks Re-Election in 2024

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former president Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might dump Mike Pence as his running mate if he seeks re-election in 2024.

In a phone interview with Fox Business News, Trump floated Florida governor Ron DeSantis as a replacement for Pence, whom he successfully won in 2016 with.

"I would certainly consider Ron," Trump responded to host Stuart Varney when asked if he would tap DeSantis. "I was at the beginning of Ron. I was the first one to endorse him when he came out as a congressman that a lot of people didn't know and my endorsement helped him tremendously and I know him very well. He's a great guy."

"We have other great people, I mean you look at some of the people, the Republican people, that have done a great job with states," Trump added. Not once did Pence's name come up during the entire segment.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-suggests-hell-dump-pence-if-he-seeks-re-election-in-2024/ar-AAKNvtV

So stop kissing up to the guy Mike.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Who actually thought he'd keep Mother's boy?

I think it will either be DeathSentence, Nikki Haley, Noem, or some Q crackpot.

[mwooldri]

2. If in some weird way DJT does get on the 2024 ticket...

... then hopefully InSantis does become his running zombie... Wouldn't that nix his re-election as Fla Gov?

[Budi]

3. Translate: Putin's dumped you dotard.

Remenber who brought Pence to the 2016 dance for you?
Putin's top electioneering & chosen campaign Mgr Paul Manafort chose Pence for tRump's VP .

Putin's done with you.

[ColinC]

4. Nobody cares

[lapfog_1]

5. Unconstitutional

The President and the Vice President must reside in different states.

Of course, Trump might be a resident in Rikers NY by that time so...

[Walleye]

12. Also, we don't expect trump to know the constitution

[Totally Tunsie]

14. This is simply not true.

There is no requirement - constitutional or otherwise - that candidates for President and Vice-President be from different states.

For reference:
https://www.history.com/news/can-the-president-and-vice-president-be-from-the-same-state

There are many misconceptions about the rules of a president choosing their running mate. There’s no law or regulation against a president and vice president of the United States being from the same state. The reason why some people mistakenly believe such a prohibition exists comes down to a particular aspect of the Electoral College system laid out in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.

as well as https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-vp-different-states/

Such statements reflect a not uncommon misbelief about a fairly obscure point of U.S. constitutional law: The notion that the Constitution requires presidential and vice presidential candidates who run on the same ticket must be from different states. This is not the case;

[dawg day]

15. But Florida electors can't cast a ballot for both of them

Right?

So they'd start down 26 electors?

I might be confused...

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Correct

Continuing from Snopes:

Article II of the Constitution (as well as the Twelfth Amendment, which modified it) specified that electors must “vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves,” a requirement that guaranteed at least half of each state’s electoral votes would be cast for candidates from other states.

This requirement is still in effect today, but confusion arises when people misunderstand it to govern the actions of candidates rather than electors. Nothing in the constitution bars presidential and vice-presidential candidates from the same state from running, being elected, or holding office together; it only bars the electors from their home state from voting for both of them.

For example, suppose the Republican party nominated for their national ticket a pair of candidates who both hailed from the state of Nevada. If the Republican ticket received the most popular votes in that state in the general election, Nevada’s electors could not cast ballots for both candidates — for at least one of the two offices (presumably vice-president), each of Nevada’s electors would have to vote for someone off the ticket who was not a resident of Nevada. Republican electors in every state other than Nevada, however, would be free to vote for both candidates.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-vp-different-states/

[rsdsharp]

16. No, there is no such requirement in the Constitution.

The pertinent part of the 12th Amendment reads:

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves

It means that if both the President and Vice President elect are from the same state, that state’s electors cannot vote for them. However, if there are still a majority, even without those electors voting for the presumptive winners, they would be President and Vice President even if from the same state.

[Make7]

19. Doesn't Pence live in Indiana? Pretty sure Trump doesn't.

Also, nowhere in the Constitution does it prohibit the President and the Vice President from residing in the same state.

[lagomorph777]

26. Trump lives in a state of denial, along with the entire GQP.

...So that puts a crimp on their electoral college numbers...

[lapfog_1]

22. my bad

I remember that darth Cheney changed his residency to Wyoming so that he could run with Shrub. They both lived in Texas at the time.

I thought it was a requirement that the Veep be from a different state.

I learn something new everyday.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. If there's any justice left in this world

He will be in prison in 2024

[Tommy Carcetti]

7. Please, please Donald: Choose DeSantis.

No easier way to win Florida than that.

(I'll let you figure it out.)

[peggysue2]

8. Pence is going nowhere

He just doesn't know it yet.

[Stuart G]

24. Trump is going nowhere too...He also doesn't know it yet!!!

[UpInArms]

9. That was a known ...

With all the trump crap out there ... nowhere did it say “trump-pence 2024”

Was just him 2024

[tanyev]

10. I think Pence might have figured that out when some of your goons built a gallows for him.

[Initech]

11. I can imagine the events of the 6th put a damper on their relationship.

[Renew Deal]

13. The 2024 primary is going to be great if Trump is in it.

Ron will be sure to remind him of how much he likes him.

[yellowcanine]

17. "When he came out as a congressman". WTF?

Who talks like that? DeSantis "came out" of the closet?

[Paladin]

18. Pence will keep his well-worn knee pads, just in case... (nt)

[Progressive Jones]

21. Why is this even being discussed here in a serious manner?

Trump isn't coming back.

[GoodRaisin]

23. Pence was a good yes man until he wasn't.

Pence is history.

[phylny]

25. Oh no! Think of all the Trump/Pence signs that'll have to go to landfills! n/t