Sen. Marco Rubio said former President Donald Trump’s camp hasn’t talked to him about his potential role as running mate amid reports his name is on the shortlist.
“I think anybody who would be offered that should be honored, but I’ve never spoken to anybody in the Trump world about it,” Mr. Rubio recently said to reporters.
The Florida Republican didn’t say whether he would accept the position if offered, but that anybody who’s offered the vice president position should “consider it to be an honor.”
“That’s why I’m in public service,” he said.
The Washington Times reported earlier this month that Mr. Rubio was among the top candidates Mr. Trump was considering for the vice presidential spot on the GOP ticket.
Mr. Rubio ran against Mr. Trump to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016, but that hasn’t soured their relationship.
In January, Mr. Rubio threw his support behind Mr. Trump’s run for the White House.
“When Trump was in WH I achieved major policies I had worked on for years (like expanded Child Tax Credit & tough sanctions on regime in Cuba & Venezuela) because we had a President who didn’t cave to special interests or let bureaucrats block us,” he wrote on X.
“I support Trump because that kind of leadership is the ONLY way we will get the extraordinary actions needed to fix the disaster Biden has created,” he said. “It’s time to get on with the work of beating Biden & saving America!”
Plenty of other names have been floated as possible Trump running mates, including Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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