Will Trump pull a Joe Biden for 2024 run? Ex-POTUS advised to ditch Mike Pence for a woman or a Black person
While former President Donald Trump does not lose an opportunity in criticizing his successor, Joe Biden, he is secretly planning on copying the latter's campaign strategy by ditching his former running mate, Vice President Mike Pence, for more diverse options like an African-American man or a woman if he confirms his 2024 presidential bid.
According to Bloomberg, he has told his allies that he is planning to run for the Oval Office again and is being advised to pick a more diverse vice presidential candidate if he does, according to a report. Some of the potential candidates for the job that are being floated at the moment are South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who defended Trump's legacy in the wake of the Capitol riot, and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate.
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The advice to go diverse when it comes to his running mate might have sparked from the fact that Biden's 2020 campaign received a huge boost after he announced that he will be picking a woman of color as well as Asian descent as his running mate.
Trump has endorsed both Noem and Scott
Three sources with the knowledge of the matter told the publication that there big possibility that Trump won't be considering Pence for his ticket if he decides to run, especially after the latter failed to delay or stop the certification of Biden's electoral votes, which was the final step in his path to becoming the 46th POTUS. Instead, Trump will be focusing on people who stood by him in the final days of his presidency as he was impeached for a second time by the House for inciting the Capitol riot, they said. Two advisers have put forward Noem as a possible contender.
On Friday, March 5, Trump's son Donald Trump Jr and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle even plan to host a fundraiser for the South Dakota governor's reelection campaign at Mar-a-Lago. Trump is also said to be planning to make an appearance at the event. Even after the Capitol riot, Noem continued to back Trump saying he was "overwhelmingly" good for South Dakota and brushing off whether he incited the riot, saying: "What happened on January 6 was horrible and should never happen again in this country. What I want to do is look forward and make sure that we continue to have fair and transparent elections that people can trust."
Trump also publicly endorsed the GOP's only Black senator for reelection Tuesday, sparking speculation his name could also be up for consideration when it comes to the VP-pick. "It is my great honor to give Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina my complete and total endorsement," Trump said in a statement. "He is both an outstanding senator and person who works tirelessly for the people of his great state, and the USA. Strong on the military, law enforcement, loves our vets, protects our Second Amendment and our borders. Tim will continue to do an outstanding job for our country!"
Is Pence trying to get back in Trump's good books?
Meanwhile, Trump and Pence's relationship soured after a MAGA mob stormed the Capitol chanting 'Hang Mike Pence' after the then-president falsely claimed his vice president could stop the certification of the electoral college votes. At the time, Pence was presiding over a session of the Congress which was in the process of certifying Biden's win in the 2020 election. In the days following the riots, Trump did not make an effort to check in on Pence as the two became distanced despite working under the same roof.
However, we previously reported that Pence might be making a delayed attempt to get back in the good books of Trump. In his first op-ed for the conservative news site, The Daily Signal, recently, Pence wrote about the claims of widespread voter fraud and expressed concern about "the integrity of the 2020 election", citing "significant" and "troubling" voting irregularities, pushing the false narrative that the election was stolen from him and Trump.