A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s junior Senator is making the best out of getting passed up to be Donald Trump’s running mate, giving an unsolicited nonsequitur to the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) at a breakfast meeting.
“I get to stay in Florida too, by the way. That’s awesome,” U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said at the end of his comments at the RPOF event at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Indeed, Rubio’s Florida residency seems to have been one major rationale behind Trump’s decision to pass on selecting Rubio.
Trump said earlier this month that one complication to picking Rubio could be the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which blocks electors from voting for a President and Vice President from the same state, a rule that would have presented wrinkles.
“You do that, and it makes it more complicated. There are other people that don’t have that complication,” Trump told Brian Kilmeade. “Now, it’s fairly easily fixed, but you have to do something with delegates, or there has to be a resignation, you know, et cetera, et cetera. So it’s not like picking some people where it’s very easy, where there is none of that.”
The former President’s son made the same point Tuesday during his own remarks to the RPOF.
“He is an incredible guy. We all know him and love him,” Eric Trump said about Rubio. But he added that both Donald Trump and the Senator living in the same state caused “a real problem … a constitutional problem.”
“Were there workarounds for that, you know, send somebody out of state or something? Yeah. I mean, if they’re right, I think you could have gotten around that if you really had to. But that’s a problem having two people from the exact state,” Eric Trump said.
During the veepstakes, Rubio danced around the question of how he would handle getting picked, including the residency qualms, which don’t preclude his getting picked for a Cabinet role such as Secretary of State.
9 comments
MH/Duuuval
July 18, 2024 at 5:48 pm
Homeland Security is the slot for Marco — he’s a shoo-in with his Spanish-speaking background, Senatorial knowledge of foreign affairs, and tight affiliation with gun-trafficking apologists.
Dont Say FLA
July 19, 2024 at 8:22 am
Nobody ever could have seen Little Marco’s rejection coming.
Nobody! LOL
only white males needed
July 19, 2024 at 9:23 am
Only a delusional fool would think that Tramp was going to pick anyone but a white guy for his VP. All of the hype about Little Marco or Tim Scott was just a while smokescreen. Tramp is a white Christian Nationalist, duh. Guess Usha got a pass because Tramp is married to an immigrant and first lady doesn’t do anything of consequence.
Rhonda
July 21, 2024 at 12:04 am
You are disgusting
Donna Pearman
July 20, 2024 at 6:56 pm
He told Marco Rubio he wasn’t his pick.Trump yelled at Florida Marco I know you thinks it’s you.Why is a crime to want a white male candidate.Hope fully it’s not another Pence
Donna Pearman
July 20, 2024 at 6:58 pm
So what Donald Trump pick happens to be a young white male.He must feel he would be a great President if needed.
J McLamb
July 20, 2024 at 7:57 pm
What he thinks is that Vance will agree with everything he says or does as POTUS no matter how crazy and off the rails he gets. Trump is a classic insecure narcissist who thrives on being told how special he is and doesn’t deal well with dissenting opinions that run counter to his. Vance is in for a bumpy ride. He sold his soul for way too low a price.
Rhonda
July 21, 2024 at 12:05 am
That’s not true! More negative left view filled with hate
Carlos Roble
July 21, 2024 at 12:40 pm
People should be hire base on merits only .
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