“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin mentioned that Sen. Tim Scott, who supported Trump at the start of the year, is being considered as a potential vice president along with other governors, House and Senate members by the former president.
Scott, who backed Trump early in the year, is among the individuals being considered by the former president for the VP role, including other governors, House and Senate lawmakers.
Hostin thinks that Scott won't aid Trump in attracting more Black voter support.
“If anyone thinks that Tim Scott is going to bring over a bunch of Black men, they really need to just get with it, because Tim Scott is the only African American senator in the Republican Party for a reason,” Hostin mentioned on Friday during a panel discussion about which lawmakers would help the most in attracting new voters.
Former Trump administration aide Alyssa Farah Griffin, who is also a co-host of the show, added that Democrats have only slightly more Black lawmakers in the upper chamber than Republicans.
Hostin highlighted that Democrats recently held all the highest public-elected offices in the country.
“But we have people like [House Minority Leader] Hakeem Jeffries, we have people like [New Jersey Sen.] Cory Booker, we have people like Sen. Kamala Harris, who’s now the vice president of the United States, we have former President Obama,” Hostin said.
Scott participated in the GOP primary against Trump and withdrew from the White House race in November before formally declaring his support for the former president in January. Since then, he has accompanied Trump on numerous campaign stops, advocating for his return to the Oval Office in November. Scott ran in the GOP primary against Trump. He dropped his White House bid in November and formally announced his backing of the former president in January. Since then, he has joined Trump on a number of campaign stops, presenting why the 45th president should be elected back to the Oval Office in November. the former president in January. Since then, he has joined Trump on a number of campaign stops, presenting why the 45th president should be elected back to the Oval Office in November.
Among the other individuals Trump is considering for the VP role are Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), along with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson.
