Former President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that at least half a dozen names are on his vice presidential shortlist — a list ranging from South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

During a Fox News town hall event, host Laura Ingraham asked Trump about six possible choices for his running mate: DeSantis, Scott, biotech entrepreneur and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Gabbard.

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    He’s getting the three of them drooling and working harder than ever to be his bitch. None of them matter to him.

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      Honestly I’m suspicious that’s what he’s going for. He might just string them along so they embarrass themselves, and then just select some psychotic Christian nationalist at the last moment just as a “fuck you”.

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    I hope it’s Vivek considering how thoroughly unlikable he is, but I’ll take “DeSanctimonious” if for no other reason than to regularly point out how much time Trump spent belittling DeSantis in every way he could think of.

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    Don’t forget, before he was attacking Disney and allowing actual Nazis with swastika flags to march outside of Disney World, DeSantis was lying about “training” Navy Seals in Iraq and torturing people in Guantanamo.

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      In fairness to Ron, the Navy Seals have saved tens of dollars on spoons since he has taught them how to eat pudding with their fingers, eliminating the need for cumbersome spoons.

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    Calling a Sarah Pailin 2.0

    • He leans towards aesthetic over skills in lawyers, press secretaries etc
    • He would be smart to pick someone young to counter age
    • would not want to be upstaged with a career politician who might have ambitions.
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    Tulsi Gabbard would be an interesting and surprising pick. She could draw a lot of independent votes.