A top adviser to former President Donald Trump addressed a budding rumor regarding a new name that surfaced as a potential running mate after his massive Iowa caucus win on Monday.
As the ballots were being tallied, some supporters of the former president said they would like to see him select business entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who dropped out of the ’24 race following his distant finish behind most of the field.
But Trump aide Jason Miller told the New York Post that supporters who favor Ramaswamy could “probably” rule him out a day after Trump unleashed a verbal attack on his now-former competitor.
The former president accused Ramaswamy of being “sly,” having “deceitful campaign tricks,” and not being MAGA during a blistering attack on Saturday on Truth Social.
“Pretty safe to say it won’t be Vivek,” Miller told The Post.
In the meantime, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has also been floated as a possible running mate for Trump, asserted that following his significant victory in Iowa, all remaining GOP candidates should immediately withdraw from the race and rally behind him.
It is a “massive waste of money, massive waste of resources” to continue running when they don’t appear to have much of a chance at winning the GOP nomination at this point, she told reporters in the Hawkeye State Monday, the Washington Examiner reported.
“Don’t forget that it is an industry, and there’s a lot of consultants, and that’s how they make their money. They make their money by talking candidates into running and keeping candidates in races long when they should have dropped out. Talk about a psychological manipulation; political consultants are some of the best at it. And that’s how they make a living every campaign cycle,” she told the outlet.
President Trump has a four year track record we can trust.
Iowa knows that we don’t need to take a chance on anyone else.
Tonight, Iowans are going to send a message to the rest of the country that it’s time to send TRUMP back to the White House! pic.twitter.com/ylsA4n0xyU
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 15, 2024
