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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Who's on Donald Trump's Short List for Vice President?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Trump suggests at a town hall that Tim Scott, Kristi Noem and Vivek Ramaswamy might be potential running mates, but who else is plausible? Plus, Joe Biden's age and fitness are debated again after another slight stumble on the Air Force One stairway, while thousands of Americans with student loans are getting an email from the President saying he is forgiving their debts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

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this is Potomac Watch.

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Donald Trump's speculation about who might be his pick for Vice President,

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as President Biden forgives more student loans with a nice notice to borrowers via email.

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Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

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We are joined today by my colleagues.

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Editorial board member, Manay Uquay Berua

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and columnist Alicia Finley.

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With Donald Trump on track to win South Carolina's primary

0:51.1

this week by perhaps a 60-40 margin at least according to the

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polls we have right now. The chatter is rising again about whom he might name as

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his running mate and the possible next vice president of the United States.

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Let's start with a clip of Donald Trump on Fox News at a town hall on Tuesday night.

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The audience has been asked who they think would be a good choice and various names came up

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One of them was of course Vivek Ramaswami. He's made a big splash

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Ron DeSantis who's making an apparent parents today in South Carolina we just found out.

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Obviously Tim Scott Byron Donald's and a big presence here

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for Tulsa Gabbard. Very interesting.

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Are, and Christy Nome as well I should say,

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