Guest Post by Ann Coulter
Now that it looks like Trump is seriously going to be the Republican nominee for president, who should his vice president be?
If he’s headed for a catastrophic, 1964-style defeat, then he should definitely pick Nikki Haley or Kari Lake. Another four years of Joe Biden will be a disaster for the country, but at least we can accomplish something by ridding ourselves of these pestilences. (Nikki because the media will finally look at her, and Kari because the voters will.)
Come to think of it, let’s add the cast of “The View” to that list.
On the other hand, if there’s the remotest possibility that Trump could win, he ought to pick Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio. The two complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses, as running mates should. Vance is smart, Trump is not. Vance is not exciting, Trump is too exciting; Trump is from Florida, Vance is not.
There’s no chance of his overshadowing Trump. Only 200 people in the entire country will care that Vance is smart. Everyone else seems to want Trump’s razzamatazz. The ex-president can keep being Rodney Dangerfield, and Vance will be the accountant.
Vance’s one flaw is his slavish loyalty to Trump, but I feel Trump is magnanimous enough to overlook this shortcoming.
Moreover, Republicans could really use a boost in Ohio this year, where popular Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is running for reelection in an increasingly red state. Having Vance on the presidential ticket might be enough to flip the seat. Let’s just hope Trump is not the sort of person who cares only about himself.
Because, boy, does he owe us. In the last few election cycles, he’s cost the GOP Senate seats in Alabama (Luther Strange), New Hampshire (Don Bolduc), and three (yes — three!) Senate seats in Georgia (David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler and Herschel Walker). I’m also counting Blake Masters in Arizona because of that asinine — and well-publicized! — call Trump made to him days before the election.
Trump’s only other potential running mate who isn’t completely preposterous is the all-new, anti-immigration Sen. Marco Rubio. But here, Vance has a razor-thin edge by virtue of not being constitutionally prohibited from being Trump’s vice president — at least not without sacrificing all 30 of Florida’s electoral votes.
While it was wildly helpful for The Washington Post to unfurl a lengthy exegesis this week on the reasons the Post thinks Rubio would make a terrible, awful vice president (on “Meet The Press,” he refused to pre-certify the 2024 election as fair, and he doesn’t agree with the Post that it is beyond all human capacity to deport illegal aliens), the paper can save its breath. Rubio can’t be Trump’s VP.
The 12th Amendment (or the 11th, if you’re a Democrat and you don’t believe the Second Amendment exists) provides:
“The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves[.]”
This provision is not incidental, archaic or easily evaded by a quick move to another state (as endless news outlets have claimed). If Trump is sworn in again, he can’t swear to preserve, protect and defend “quite a lot of the Constitution.”
Although the 12th Amendment made other changes to the Electoral College, the prohibition on the president and vice president being from the same state was in the original Constitution. It wasn’t an afterthought.
The framers were concerned about any one state gaining too much power. That’s why, for example, the district that houses the federal government can’t be a state. As James Madison explained in Federalist No. 10: “The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States.”
(Look at California for specific instances of loony contagions sweeping an entire state.)
And no, Rubio can’t just move to another state before the election to avoid the 12th Amendment problem. Dick Cheney is cited as the example of a quickie pre-election residence change because in 2000, he moved from Texas to Wyoming days before becoming George W. Bush’s running mate.
But that wasn’t an obvious scam.
Regarding Cheney’s inhabitance, a federal court found:
“It is undisputed that he was born, raised, educated and married in Wyoming and represented the state as a Member of Congress for six terms. After additional public service, he eventually moved to Dallas, Texas, to become the Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton Corporation.”
(Talk about your obscure Dick Cheney trivia! Who knew he ever worked for Halliburton? I’m surprised the Democrats never mentioned that.)
Even during his five brief years as Halliburton’s CEO, Cheney still received mail in Wyoming and maintained a registered vehicle there. When Bush chose him, Cheney resigned from Halliburton, sold his house in Texas and moved back to Wyoming. Then, just for good measure, Cheney shot a Texas friend in the face.
Except for his senatorial duties in Washington (which don’t count toward residency), Rubio has no conceivable connection to any place in the country except Florida.
Of course, if Fox News is telling the truth about Trump cruising to victory, possibly flipping New York and winning shockingly large percentages of the black and Hispanic vote, then, sure, he can sacrifice Florida’s 30 electoral votes.
But if Fox is just whispering sweet nothings in right-wingers’ ears, there’s no way Trump can concede the third-largest state before the voting even starts.
Surely, we can trust Fox to tell viewers the truth.
— Reason magazine, April 18, 2023: “In a $788 Million Defamation Settlement, Fox News Admits That It Spread False Claims About Election Fraud”
— Associated Press, April 19, 2023: “Fox settlement part of flurry of lawsuits over election lies”
— VOX, April 18, 2023: “Fox pays $787 million for its 2020 election lies”
Back to the original question: Can Trump win? My calculation is, if the election is about Trump, he loses; if the election is about the media and the prosecutions, he wins. The one advantage we have this year is that liberals’ hatred for Trump has driven them out of their cotton-picking minds.
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I’m waiting for Trump to pick Netanyahu for VP.
He is not a US resident.
Residency in the US is not determinative … the overriding issue is that he is not a natural born US citizen … as per the requirements in the Constitution.
Neither is Rubio or Haley, and maybe others they continue to bring out.
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Lack of citizenship didn’t stop Obongo, The Clean and Articulate from ascending the Cherry Blossom Throne. If Deep Shekels wants you in, then you’re in. Just don’t step on any important toes when you get there, as a few appointees to the throne have found out, the hard way….6 ways to Sunday….reeeee
US Citizenship of course implying one ‘resides’ within that 10 square mile area known as Washington, DC.
Most do not, but we say we do, hence we are slaves to the legislative democracy as congress exercises exclusive jurisdiction over that 10 square mile area from hell.
Are you sure ? I thought Kharza dual citizenship was automatic for every Deep Shekel convert?
Or Fauci. Trump loved him and he’s unemployed.
Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr are still out there.
Jeff Session only claim to ” Republican” fame is as Alabama AG, he forcibly integrated the remaining few White schools Alabama conservatives had managed to preserve from ” diversification” and this is how the GOP rolls; a knife in the back of White America, every, single, time.
And, Bill Barr is modern proof that Torquemada did nothing wrong. Those Lutherans were special bois, too.
I doubt Netinyahoo would take the demotion.
Jared ” the Jackal” Kushner for the win…the best anti-Christ evah!
If the election is about Biden, Trump should win, if the election is not fixed.
Not even Democrats want to vote for that corpse. Of course TDS suffers will, just to spite their own faces.
You think we actually have elections? That’s so adorable.
That is what the post is about you ignorant fuck. Not my beliefs. To many people here can’t comprehend what they read
Do we really have to say every time we talk about the Biden we are referring to his Administration, handlers and evil wife because he is mentally incompetent? Do we really have to explain every time we talk about money printing it is really the government emitting electronic credits these days? Do we really need some idiot piping up if we talk about local elections and aldermen telling us his city had councilmen? Do we really have to mention elections are suspect when we reply to an author that their post is about elections? This is all common knowledge that does not have to be expounded on in every comment. If you have a problem with elections take it up with Ann Coulter the author this post, tell her how adorable you think think she is, a pit bull of a woman. And these people have never had an original thought in their lives, they post platitudes everyone has seen thousands of times already. Some how they see this as intelligent, when it show their lack of intelligence.
It is tiring.
I’m voting for the party that supports White people and aren’t enabling a foreign invasion…yeah, that’s the ticket.
Trump will pick whoever his handlers tell him to pick.
Who are Trump’s handlers?
The Deep State Blob that he surrounds himself with.
da singogs of satan motherfucka
Not this time.
“Not this time” That’s too cute! Pfft.
Discussing Trump is absolutely pointless since he is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter if he occupies the white house or Biden, who ever. Doesn’t matter one bit. These clowns are there to direct attention and scorn away from the real shot callers the zionist psychopaths.
They’re afraid it matters. That’s why they’re running all these court cases against him.
Yes. They’re somehow under the impression that his campaigning is hindered. 😂
More free publicity than Trump could have ever afforded to pay for from his campaign chest.
Like Alex Jones?
Alex Jones was an idiot with his Sandy Hook theory.
they are running the court cases because they rile up both sides at the same time.
Trump is going to institute the largest domestic police force to ’round up’ illegals… oh and the ‘Real ID’ will of course be necessary. Nothing like pushing for enlarging the same three letter agency that supposedly “raided” Mar-a-Lago, supported BLM and hunted down all the J6 prisoners…you f-in twat
So you equate Trump’s term with Biden’s term? You believe we would have had open borders, curtailed oil operations on government lands, EV mandates, a new green energy bill, rampant inflation, an energy inflation act, a boggled Afghan withdrawal, a war in Ukraine, a war in the Middle East and subservience to China if Trump had been President? WOW!
Presidents can only do so much under the Constitution, but they do make a difference, and stolen elections have consequences.
So…..Trump cost the GOP seats in three states???…….and what did the GOP do for Trump and their own constituents???…
NOTHING or…..,probably funded democrats!
Your TDS still need therapy Ann,you’re just another propagandist muddying the waters…..FOAD!…..stupid bean pole!….
Ann is very Karen.
She’s condescending, and thinks she is smarter than she is. She comes across as one of those snotty people who cast aspersions and labels/monikers on whole groups but doesn’t actually talk about anything substantive.
“Fox news watchers”, “hillbillies” “loonies” “he’s not very smart” etc… Coming from someone whose whole career is nothing but sharing her opinion-newsflash, nobody cares what you think or how you feel, “dingbat.”
Ann is a total bitch no matter what. I never liked her and could never understand conservatives that did. Basically she hates everyone and everything.
She might calm down if she got a good, hard dicking.
She might calm down if she got a good, hard dicking…
Cue Hunter…probably the only junkie sick and stoned enough to want it.
NOT EVEN gonna waste time posting a bunch o’ links.
“The Twelfth Amendment cannot be understood outside of the Electoral College, which was set out in the 1787 Constitution as the mechanism by which Americans select their presidents.
There were four crucial aspects of that mechanism. The first was that the electors would vote for two persons (at least one of whom had to be from outside the elector’s home state). The second was that the electors did not differentiate between…”
I feel for You & Matt, @#MeToo
Donnie drumpf?
ALL B.S.
‘course, 👁️ could be wrong, been some time since researching, but REALLY?
NOT a concern. DONE. Voating. Moar Harderest.
Besides…
This here is how we pick the sheriff down here in Moccasin Crossing right down a piece from Sand-Spur Valley.
Vance is owned by the khazarians. Check the WEF for his street creds.
Ann can still write amazing little pieces. As for Fox stealing our country away, Ann forgot this:
“We did it!’
Kathleen Murdoch
Makes no difference. Republicans and Democrats are the right and left cheeks of the same ass.
Tells you all you need to know about ‘Centrists’ , don’t it?
Ann has said there was no vote fraud.
Wonder if Trump balled Ann it would straighten her ass out?
Maybe she’d end his pro-zionist streak — which is wider than he is …
No, Like Stormy Daniels Ann would swoon at the sight of Trump in his boxer shorts, lose contentiousness and remember nothing, but then be able to tell the most intimate details of her encounter in court!
Glancing through this commentary it’s hardly a mystery why the donation tally is stagnant. WTH happened here?
You really think it wise to have that conversation in public? I don’t.
Why is this bitter old hag still talking? She’s got an audience of maybe two and she acts like a bitter, scorned cat lady.
The Presidence is Right
Audience shouts:
“Pick whore number three!”
“Whore number three!”
“No pick the mystery cuck.”
Bob Barker turns over.
I’m sure JD thanks Ann for The Kiss of Death endorsement.
We need him in the Senate anyways.
I can’t bring myself to read Anne’s work any more. She’s flip flopped more than Mittens Romney on every issue that interests me. Reading the comments on her work are far more enlightening and entertaining.
Grammar Nazis…was I too stingy on the commas by two? Did my subject and verb actually agree or not?