{"id":124093,"date":"2024-03-21T11:19:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124093"},"modified":"2024-03-25T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:55:57","slug":"trump-vp-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124093","title":{"rendered":"Trump VP Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124093\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124093\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124094 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-2-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Sharon Synowsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s much speculation about who Donald J. Trump will pick for his Vice-Presidential running mate. Some of the names being bandied about are Kari Lake, Kristi Noem, Elise Stefanik, MTG, Katie Britt, Tucker Carlson, Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, and Vivek Ramaswamy . I am not a political pundit or insider. I have no pipeline to the Trump campaign. I just have strong opinions based on my observations and limited knowledge of how Trump thinks. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>OK, here we go &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kari Lake<\/em> \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pros &#8211;<\/strong><\/em> sufficiently loyal, attractive enough, litigious, election denier, crazy<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons \u2013<\/strong><\/em> loves the spotlight, would take longer than Trump to get ready, would require hazy filter\/Vaseline on every camera lens, is a threat to Melania, is a woman<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kristi Noem \u2013 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pros &#8211;<\/strong> <\/em>sufficiently loyal, central-casting attractive, election denier, not very smart (see her quote re: Texas and the 13 original colonies), is open to putting Trump\u2019s mug on Mt. Rushmore<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons \u2013<\/strong><\/em> is a threat to Melania, is a woman<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Elise Stefanik \u2013 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pros \u2013<\/strong><\/em> can&#8217;t think of one damn thing&#8230;OH! NOT a threat to Melania<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons \u2013<\/strong><\/em> frumpy, unattractive, loyalty is self-serving, is a woman<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MTG \u2013<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong> Pros \u2013<\/strong><\/em> beyond sufficiently loyal, strong MAGA support, strong election denier, rubbed his mushroom in effigy, uber-crazy, is not a threat to Melania<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons &#8211;<\/strong><\/em> unattractive, is a woman<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Katie Britt \u2013 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pros \u2013<\/strong><\/em> sufficiently loyal, attractive, knows her place as a woman (in the kitchen)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons \u2013<\/strong> <\/em>her SOTU response (no applause for it when Trump said she did a great job at his Ohio MAGApalooza event), is a threat to Melania, is a woman<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tucker Carlson \u2013 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pros \u2013<\/strong><\/em> name recognition, Melania approves, fellow Russian asset<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons \u2013<\/strong><\/em> loves the spotlight, as popular as Trump, not-so-secretly-anymore hates Trump, clash of egos, only tans his testicles<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ron DeSantis \u2013 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pros \u2013<\/strong><\/em> the prospect of Trump further humiliating DeSantis, hates Fauci<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons \u2013<\/strong><\/em> ran against Trump (very briefly), has low-key defied Trump, loves the spotlight, clash of egos<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tim Scott \u2013 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pros \u2013<\/strong> <\/em>basically, is a black Mike Pence<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons \u2013<\/strong><\/em> basically, is a black Mike Pence<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vivek Ramaswamy \u2013 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pros \u2013<\/strong><\/em> successful (shady) businessman, was a perfect proxy for Trump at the debates<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cons \u2013<\/strong><\/em> is a brown guy, served his purpose, Trump is done with him<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m seriously doubtful Trump will pick a woman. His misogyny is a HUGE hindrance. He cannot stand powerful women. He called former Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel and former British PM Theresa May \u201closers\u201d. Add to that the fact that Biden did it first, quite successfully, and the odds diminish further. These women vying for the position are doing so in vain. I\u2019m sure the Trump camp is pushing for him to choose a female VP, and he might cave. Then again, when has Trump ever listened to anyone but Trump?<\/p>\n<p>I see even less of a chance that Trump picks a man of color as his VP because Trump\u2019s misogyny is only trumped (pun intended) by his racism. His history and stump speech rhetoric is proof positive of this. In 1973, the Nixon (yes, NIXON) DOJ brought a lawsuit against Donald and his father, Fred, for racial discrimination (funny footnote, Donnie tried to countersue the Justice Department for $100m for making false statements \u2013 the allegations were dismissed by the court. Sound familiar?). When he calls immigrants \u201canimals\u201d and \u201cvermin\u201d, he doesn\u2019t mean immigrants like Ivana, Melania and Elon. He has started screeching about immigrants from the Congo. He wants to reinstate his \u201cMuslim ban\u201d. He called Mexicans \u201ccriminals and rapists\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As for Carlson and DeSantis, both guys have been disloyal, however briefly. Don\u2019t think Tucker\u2019s texts have left Trump\u2019s muddled brain. They\u2019re saccharinely nice to each other. But it\u2019s not the same as before the texts were made public. And DeSantis may as well have gone the Chris Christie route during his campaign (he might have lasted longer) because the mere act of running against Trump poisoned that weird political relationship.<\/p>\n<p>I think Trump is going to pick an ultra-conservative white man. Someone who was relatively unknown when he was working behind the scenes in the run up to the insurrection. Someone who has proven he will do whatever the orange leader requests. I think Trump is going to pick another Evangelical man named Mike, who will happily stay in Trump\u2019s shadow and will happily do what Pence did not.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, I\u2019m talking about MAGA Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House<\/p>\n<p>(who my name-bungling coworker calls \u201cRawasabi\u201d, which I find apropos \u2013 tolerable in small doses, overwhelmingly intolerable&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sharon Synowsky There\u2019s much speculation about who Donald J. Trump will pick for his Vice-Presidential running mate. Some of the names being bandied about are Kari Lake, Kristi Noem, Elise Stefanik, MTG, Katie Britt, Tucker Carlson, Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, and Vivek Ramaswamy . I am not a political pundit or insider. I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22247],"tags":[31943],"class_list":["post-124093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-columns","tag-trump-vp-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124093"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}