Former President Donald Trump revealed this week that he is not ruling out running with Florida governor Ron DeSantis as his VP during a 2024 presidential bid, noting “I get along with him.”
Trump made the comments during an interview with Newsmax on Thursday.
“Well, I get along with him,” Trump said. “I was very responsible for his success, because I endorsed him and he went up like a rocket ship.”
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DeSantis, one of the most popular governors in the country, has been the center of speculation regarding a potential bid of his own for the presidency in 2024, at times causing friction between the pro-Trump and pro-DeSantis factions of the GOP.
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) refused to commit to endorsing Democrat President Joe Biden if he seeks reelection in 2024, going so far as to laugh outright at the prospect during an interview with CNN this week.
“I’m focused on winning this [House] majority right now and preserving a majority this year and 2022, so we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “But I think if the president has a vision, that’s something, certainly, we’re all willing to entertain and examine when the time comes.”
“That’s not a yes [on endorsing Biden],” CNN’s Dana Bash pointed out.
“I think we should endorse when we get to it, but I believe that the president has been doing a very good job so far,” Ocasio-Cortez replied. “Should he run again, I think it’s — we’ll take a look at it.”
Ocasio-Cortez then laughed awkwardly, stating “Right now we need to focus on winning a majority instead of a presidential election.”
