Interesting. This is one of the VP's that Cruz was considering...looks like Trump is following his lead. Only thing is, it seems that Ernst, isn't all that interested. The list of those not wanting to be Trump's VP keeps growing; Ernst, Rubio, Kasich, Martinez, Scott, Haley have all shut the idea out. So far it looks like jelly-doughnut boy or Caribou Barbie will be Trump's VP.
Joni Ernst shuts out Trump VP talkSen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is rapidly rising to the top of the list of potential running mates for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump — but she says she's paying no attention.
"I'm just focusing on Iowa right now," Ernst said in a brief interview with POLITICO at the Capitol, declining to rule out the option. "That is my concern."
Both Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the party's 2008 nominee, and longtime Iowa Republican Gov. Terry Branstad in recent days have floated Ernst as Trump's pick for Vice President. The former Iowa state senator, a rising star among national Republicans, was elected in 2014 after winning a crowded primary race and defeating former Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa).
Ernst did not endorse in the Iowa caucuses this year, although she appeared at a campaign event for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
"She is a very well-respected person that I think can work with the other people in Congress, but she also has a background of having served in county government, having served in state government," Branstad said, according to the Des Moines Register. "She certainly was a team player that we enjoyed working with here in the state of Iowa. So I think that if you want to put together an ideal profile of somebody who would be a great vice presidential candidate, she would be helpful to Republicans in Iowa, as well."
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