Michael Karlis
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rails towards transgender athletes and crossdressing lecturers throughout a rally in San Antonio this month.
Throughout Thursday’s Hannity phase at Eagle Go’s Shelby Park, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump mentioned that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is “completely” on his quick record of potential working mates.
In Trump’s babbling response, he mentioned that Abbott has “accomplished an awesome job” and is “someone that I’d very a lot take into account” for the place.
.@realDonaldTrump advised Sean Hannity tonight that @GregAbbott_TX is on his veep shortlist. #txlege pic.twitter.com/6tDDKwGCaw
— Brad Johnson (@bradj_TX) March 1, 2024
Onlookers have suspected that former presidential candidate Tim Scott was the entrance runner to be Trump’s VP decide. Nevertheless, Trump had some attention-grabbing phrases for the Republican Senator from South Carolina.
“Tim [Scott} for himself, he was fine, he did ok. I mean, he was ok as a candidate. But, he didn’t want to talk about himself, you know?”
Abbott didn’t say anything during the minute and 30-second conversation, only smiling and shaking his head in agreement. However, according to Southern Methodist University professor of political science Cal Jillson, Abbott’s apparent lack of enthusiasm could be because he doesn’t want to the job.
“The kind of politics and policymaking and position taking that is attractive in Texas is not attractive in the rest of the country,” Jillson told the Current. “So, I think Abbott’s best move would be to attain the governorship of Texas as long as he wants to and not worry about going to Washington because that is a tremendous amount of pressure, tensions, and hassle he doesn’t need.”
Indeed, being Vice President is a mostly ceremonial role and would undoubtedly be a downgrade from leading the world’s 8th largest economy.
Even so, it’s still early in the race, and Trump hasn’t officially won the nomination yet. And we all know his opinions on people can change in an instant; just ask Scott.
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