Lara Trump reveals the one thing stopping her from becoming father-in-law’s vice president
Ms Trump said ‘liberal heads’ would ‘explode’ if she was selected as Donald Trump’s running mate
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Your support makes all the difference.Lara Trump, Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, revealed that she would happily join her father-in-law as a running mate save for one point of hesitation.
She doesn't want to move to Washington DC.
During a recent episode of her podcast, a viewer asked if she would be open to running with Mr Trump, assuming he was interested in giving her the slot.
She has never held any office and has no governing experience, but she did once consider running for the Senate.
Either way, Ms Trump said she was flattered by the question.
“Well, I’m flattered that you put me in such a category,” she said. “Obviously, the answer would be yes. Would anyone turn that down?”
She noted that there is a "whole host of people out there" who are gunning for the vice president job, but she said she'd still take it if it were offered.
Then she revealed the only reason why she wouldn't want the gig.
“The only drawback would be that I would have to move to Washington DC," she said.
She also feared that "liberal heads" would "explode" if she were picked to run with her father-in-law.
“By the way, just imagine the hysteria — Trump, Trump — two Trumps running together,” she said. “Oh, my God, the liberal heads across the country would simultaneously explode all at once. People would go bananas.”
It's unclear if Ms Trump is remotely on Mr Trump's radar as a possible running mate. Several names have been floated, including one of Mr Trump's primary opponents, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Ms Haley has said she does not intend to be anyone's vice president, and there has been some resistance to her even being considered. Donald Trump Jr, Mr Trump's eldest son, appeared on Newsmax and said he would "go to great lengths to make sure" his father did not offer the position to Ms Haley.
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, also told a conservative podcast that he would "advocate against" Ms Haley "as strongly as I could," according to a report from Politico.
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