Tom Cotton emerging as a top contender to be Trump’s running mate: Report
By
Robert Stewart
May 25, 2024 9:28 pm
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is becoming a leading candidate to join former President Donald Trump on the Republican presidential ticket, according to a report from the New York Times.
Three people “with direct knowledge of Mr. Trump’s thinking” told the outlet that Cotton is on a list of five people considered favorites for the coveted vice presidential nomination, according to the report. Joining the Arkansas Republican are Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), and J.D. Vance (R-OH).
The report comes after Trump’s Thursday rally in the Bronx, New York, where he told a local TV station that Rubio, Vance, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) were among “many people who would do a really fantastic job.”
Trump has privately said he sees Cotton as “a reliable and effective communicator in cable news interviews,” according to the report. The former president also reportedly admires that the senator served in Iraq and Afghanistan during his time in the Army and that both men are graduates of Ivy League schools.
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