
Ron DeSantis is many conservatives’ top choice for Donald Trump’s vice presidency on the Trump/DeSantis ticket in 2024.
But Florida’s governor has so far been throwing cold water on the idea, even though he hasn’t formally announced his intention to run in the race.
In an interview with Eric Bolling on Newsmax, DeSantis said Thursday that he’s more of an “executive guy.”
“I think I’m probably more of an executive guy. I think you want to be able to get things done,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on the possibility of being Donald Trump’s running mate. @ericbolling pic.twitter.com/9KprtllPP8
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) March 24, 2023
“I think I’m probably more of an executive guy … I think you want to be able to get things done,” he said. “That’s part of the reason I got into this job is because we have action. We’re able to make things happen. And I think that’s probably the best fit for me.”
Bolling then asked DeSantis if he became the Republican presidential nominee if he would choose Trump to be his vice presidential running mate.
DeSantis laughed off the question, but called Bolling’s question “interesting speculation.”
At his rally in Waco, Texas on Saturday, former President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on the Florida governor.
Real-life Trump supporters reaction to Trump attacking DeSantis.
Now compare that to what you see through paid Twitter comments from their campaign. pic.twitter.com/epgBXZCxmU
— Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) March 26, 2023
Trump doubled down on taking credit for DeSantis’ early political success, telling a crowd of thousands that the Florida governor’s political career would be “dead” without his support.
Trump repeated stories of DeSantis asking for his endorsement in 2018, which he said allowed his career to take off “like a rocket.”
“We laugh at him now, but he was one of the most popular people in politics,” Trump said. “But I think we’re doing well, I mean we’ve gone up … in the polls in the last four or five in the last month.”
A national poll released this week showed Trump increasing his lead over DeSantis in GOP primary polls.
In the Monmouth University poll, Trump received 41 percent support and DeSantis received 27 percent support among Republican voters questioned about potential 2024 nominees.
In a hypothetical two-person Republican nomination matchup, the former president bested the two-term Florida governor by a 47%-46% margin.
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