Trump Has Reportedly Ruled Out Vivek Ramaswamy as a Running Mate
“However, he is contemplating offering Ramaswamy positions such as Homeland Security secretary.”
Donald Trump has ruled out entrepreneur and GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as a possible running mate, instead considering him for another role in his future administration.
Ramaswamy has been a reliable advocate for Trump and even seemed to be one while he was competing for the Republican nomination.
🚨Just in: President Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his Vice Presidential Pick in 2024. Instead Trump is considering him for cabinet job including Homeland Security ~ Bloomberg. pic.twitter.com/5gnv1zty4V
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) March 18, 2024
From Bloomberg News, via Mint:
US Presidential elections 2024: Vivek Ramaswamy ruled out as Donald Trump’s running mate as he eyes new team
Donald Trump has decided against choosing Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is now considering him for a position in his Cabinet, according to sources familiar with the situation as reported by Bloomberg.
The report added that Trump informed Ramaswamy directly that he won’t be his choice for vice president. However, he is contemplating offering Ramaswamy positions such as Homeland Security secretary. Certain allies of Trump view Ramaswamy as fitting for the role due to his strong public speaking skills and his background as an Indian-American son of an immigrant, which they believe could help mitigate criticism of stringent immigration policies, as per the Bloomberg report.
Trump and his team have been impressed by several individuals for potential Cabinet positions, including another former GOP primary competitor, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, along with Representative Elise Stefanik and former US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Trump and his team have been impressed by several individuals for potential Cabinet positions, including another former GOP primary competitor, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, along with Representative Elise Stefanik and former US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Trump wants a running mate who isn’t focused on fame but can provide a clear advantage against President Joe Biden, as per those familiar with his thoughts.
This report from the Daily Mail fuels more speculation:
Anonymous sources told the outlet that Trump is in talks with many of his allies about potential administrative positions.
He is reportedly assessing them on the criteria of loyalty, ideology and electoral power – but he also wants them to be successful, independently wealthy and well-dressed.
His son-in-law Jared Kushner is offering help and suggestions while his son Donald Trump Jr. has reportedly voiced interest in a key role with talks taking place over long meals at his Mar-a-Lago club.
Ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is seen as a top favorite to serve as chief of staff while senate Republicans Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas are seen as possibilities for attorney general.
But Jason Miller, a senior Trump campaign adviser, told Bloomberg it’s too early to say who he will pick: ‘The truth is that unless you hear it directly from President Trump or his campaign, this is all b.s.’
For a running mate, Trump reportedly wants someone who isn’t motivated by the limelight and says that he is not impressed by the names currently circulating.
If history is any guide, people may be waiting a bit longer before Trump announces his running mate. In 2016, he did not reveal Mike Pence as his VP pick until mid-July.
I have to say, in reference to that Daily Mail report, Attorney General Ted Cruz has a nice ring to it.
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Great news
Ken Patton as AG
Not Cruz, need him as Senator in purple Texas
Take Cornyn and then fire him, would love to see that
I wrote to Cornyn a few years ago asking him about his position on the election integrity issue. He responded with a load of mealy-mouthed bullshyte about how the 2020 election was the ‘most secure election in US history’ and other Democrat talking points. The guy is a total swamp-rat, lying POS.
“the 2020 election was the ‘most secure election in US history” This is a fact, get over it
Talk about a conspiracy theory!!
Depends on the context of how you’re using the word “secure”.
With the continuing fraudulent spin that Trump was taking foreign money – and that Biden wasn’t, the fraudulent claim that the Biden Jr laptop was a Russian plant and not the real deal, the states that broke their own election laws because of Covid, and all the other easing of election security measures because of Covid, the election was certainly made more secure – for Biden.
Mass mailing ballots is not secure by its nature which is why most countries that GAF about election integrity don’t allow it.
Only if you mean “secure” as in “fixed”, “preordained”, “a safe bet”.
You must have watched something different than the rest of America. Any election where emergency mail in ballots, ballot harvesting and drop boxes were jammed down every ones throat can not be secure by any stretch of the imagination.
Bart has his or is it IT, head where daylight never shines.
Cornyn also doesn’t believe in the right to keep and bear arms.
He’s a real turd. Been masquerading as a conservative for decades now.
I think Ken Paxton and Eric Schmitt (current AG in MO) would both make great AGs. But, they likely have the same problem that Vivek has if Trump were to nominate him to any cabinet position: None of them could be confirmed as there are simply not enough conservatives in the Senate right now. They’re probably 15-votes short, at least.
If the GOP can vote in a strong populist Senate Majority leader if they win in Nov there is an alternate strategy.
Declare a recess which allows Trump (if he wins) to make recess appointments. That would allow him to have cabinet members and key appointments who will aggressively push his agenda.
Not sure how long those temporary appointments last but maybe the answer is to keep repeating the process, if necessary, through the entire term.
Recess appointments last until the end of the following congressional session. Sessions normally last a full calendar year, so an appointment made in 2025 would last until the end of 2026.
As for the senate going into recess to allow appointments, it’s not entirely up to the majority leader. Also, if the Dems get the House, they can block it, because each house needs the other one’s permission to adjourn for more than three days at a time.
Did anyone else wince when they read the word “Sessions” in a discussion about AG appointments? Or is it just me?
Agree. Ted is much too nice. Keep him in the Senate. The AG is the MOST important nominee a President makes. Trump must play a card out of the Dem deck. Pick an AG who is totally loyal, and a ruthless partisan. Paxton perhaps, or maybe Andrew Bailey of Missouri. Never another Bill Barr!
I heard from a reliabe souce that he is considering the Friendly Grizzly as his running mate. My source says he would make a good addition to the ticket fur shure.
I may be too much of a strict constructionist than Trump.
I – if I succeeded Trump – would have the guts to veto the budget over and over until stuff came out I did not want. No line item veto exists, so I’d just shut down government until congress sent a proper budget.
Isn’t there some requirement to declare a reason for a veto? I’ll get a couple stamps made for you: save yr paws:
This isn’t how you do this.
and
WTF do you think you’re doing?
WITW in place of WTF. I get my point across without street language. Thanks for the stamps though. I just had a pawdecure and want to stay neat.
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No.
That’s right. I’m thinking “signing statements”, which are when a bill is signed, and not required.
Weird connection in my head — some “signing statements” I’m recalling felt like a veto: “I’m asserting that I understand this law to be the opposite of what it says,so I’m signing it.”
I don’t know how I typed in Friendly Grizzly. I must have been distracted. I meant Gentle. Sorry.
Old names are hard to forget.
“Ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is seen as a top favorite to serve as chief of staff”
God no.
Trump’s two biggest infirmities as he entered his first term were: His lack of understanding of how government worked and his uncanny ability to surround himself with people who didn’t share his world view and who were wholly invested in making him as ineffective as possible. While we can hope he has a better understanding of the federal government (and how dangerous it is), if it’s true he’s leaning towards McCarthy, it’s a clear indication he’s not going to do any better at picking his staff the second time…which is disappointing.
He’s not
In what Never Trump wet dream is it plausible that the scumbag gets ANY position, much less a critical one like Chief of Staff.
That would be one of the few things that would actually make me not support Trump, right up there with putting that idiot Haley in any position.
“Trump Has Reportedly Ruled Out Vivek Ramaswamy as a Running Mate”
That’s too bad.
Besides serving as the president of the Senate, the VP does nothing. Ramaswamy would certainly change that, and though anything’s possible, I don’t see Ramaswamy stabbing Trump in the back.
He talks out of both sides of his mouth
He made hundreds of millions off of covid shots and refuses to tell the truth
He changes his mind about his “beliefs”,with the wind , whatever will serve him
I’d be willing to serve as Homeland Security Secretary. I’d even do it for no salary. One of the biggest purchases I’d make for the department would be cheap pine boxes. Loads of them. I hope Trump reads LI.
So Bloomberg is a reliable source?
Oh–wait– there they are, the ‘anonymous sources’
THAT’S surely the source of absolute truth.
After all, it was anonymous sources that told us about how Trump is a Russian asset with pornographic videos out there.–so THIS has to be true.
You want something that I wish we would eliminate in our elections? The horse race handicapping.
I know it’s a human foible to do this. But could some of us try to avoid it?
“Rumor has it this person is being moved from this job to that job on the campaign. What does that mean for the candidate?”
It’s just exhausting. Especially as our election seasons get longer and longer and longer….
Roberts Barnes, Esq., on his Viva & Barnes podcast is adamant that in order for Trump not to get the Kennedy treatment from the deep state, that he has to pick a VP the the establishment fears more than him. now the question I have does Barnes have any inside info or is he blowing smoke?
Either way, it’s a very valid consideration in these crazy years.
In other news, Trump’s food taster bought a yacht the other year…
The days of Allen Dulles have long passed. The Deep Sewer has lost its stomach for that kind of work. The national temperature is too hot — no one can predict what kind of chaos that would bring. Cameras, IT, and citizen journalists are everywhere. Remember, the elites are rich but decadent, and old. They care most about retaining their ill-gotten gains, so unlikely they’ll jeopardize it with something stupid.
Now, we cannot rule-out stochastic violence, but Trump has not only SS protection but private security. It’s doubtful anyone could pull-off a Hinckley these days.
Just letting other people try isn’t gone from their playbook, though.
Remember that the FBI already tipped us there was supposedly an Iranian assassin looking for members of Trump’s former administration in order to assassinate them. And we know terrorists are crossing that open border.
It may be just rumor, but should come as no surprise. Trump likes being the big man in the room, so he’s not going to choose a guy who’ll upstage him. He might choose a charismatic woman, however, because that dynamic is different. I do hope he taps Ramaswamy for a cabinet position — in my view, he’s the heir apparent.
Ramaswamy makes my spidey sense go off …
dont know why … but he does …. cabinet position
ok … VP … hope not …
I like what I read about Doug Burgum …
Yes, he strikes me as still a Progressive, but he’s trying to be a smarter one.
Good
Wait until after the DNC choses its presidential candidate, anything else is a tactical campaign failure.
JD Vance or Tim Scott. I think it is too close to call yet, but I think Vance may be a better choice.
My bet is that Trump picks a woman, because he wants a direct comparison with Horrible Harris and wants that to be an emphasis during the campaign – since most think Biden will not last 4 years. From day one I thought Haley was running for VP. She has the name recognition that a Noem does not. Trump knows that the VP has few institutional duties and probably will care more about taking away Biden voters because of Harris than about any policy differences with Haley.
I agree with most of what you said including running for VP but hold on Haley has name recognition?????? Since when and from who exactly???
Trick question of sorts – the real answer is to abolish the DHS, along with all the other 3-letter agencies.
I think Vivek would do much better in the administration, maybe as OMB director than as VP. Cruz would be a good AG but we need him in the Senate, Jordon would be a great fit there.
Nikki has been floated as a VP candidate. NO, JUST NO.