He had some wider concerns about Burgum and Rubio.
Just days away from Trump announcing his running mate, the former president weighed in on the challenges that could hold back each vice presidential hopeful on the shortlist in an in an interview with Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio. He didn’t, however, name his pick.
Trump had no other comments about Vance. But he had some wider concerns about Burgum and Rubio. He called Burgum’s past signing of strong abortion limits as North Dakota governor “a little bit of an issue.” — Trump discussed the Florida senator’s residency problem in Wednesday’s interview. Trump and Rubio would need to forgo Florida’s 30 electors if they ran on the same ticket, meaning that Rubio may have to move states and give up his Senate seat to run with the former president.
“You do that and it makes it more complicated. There are people that don’t have that complication. Now it’s fairly easily fixed but you have to do something with delegates or there has to be a resignation,” Trump said. “So it’s not like picking some people where it’s very easy, where there is none of that.”Spokespeople for Vance, Burgum and Rubio did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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