California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) took a swipe at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s ® standing in the GOP presidential primary during a debate Thursday on Fox News.
“This is just a reminder…It’s a question some people are probably asking — I know Nikki Haley’s campaign is asking: When are you going to drop out and at least give Nikki Haley a shot to take down Donald Trump in this nomination,” Newsom said. “She laid you out.”
“You wish,” DeSantis shot back.
I don’t think Haley wants to be a trump VP. But maybe impression of her motives is way off.
I’m sure she’d rather be President, but I don’t see her attacking Trump directly, which anyone who is going to beat him in an election would need to do. Unfortunately for everyone, attacking Trump is political suicide for conservatives.
Oh you bet your ass she does. She’s seen the actuarial tables. Even if all of Trump’s legal woes went away, his next VP would still be much more likely than the typical office holder to actually get the top chair. In a Trump and Biden match up, no matter who wins there’s a reasonable chance the VP ends up finishing the term.
They’ll both likely be alive in 2029. Modern presidents almost universally live into their 90s. And trump won’t go to jail while president, so his legal issues have no impact on her going from VP to POTUS.