Sen. Tim Scott said Sunday he hasn’t yet found out whether he’s on the shortlist for former President Donald Trump’s running mate after the two saw each other over the weekend.
“We had no conversations about the VP pick, to be honest with you, to be clear. But we had a lot of conversations about the failures of Joe Biden and the success of Donald Trump,” the South Carolina Republican said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Mr. Scott said he hopes Mr. Trump will pick someone “who helps the country unite and heal,” and he expects the decision to be made within the next few months.
“l certainly expect to have a decision from President Trump in the next 60 days or so, but he did not bring it up. I certainly didn’t bring it up,” he said.
“I’m excited that in this nation a poor kid from South Carolina can rise to the level of being a United States senator,” he said. “It just tells me that all things are possible for kids growing up in poverty today. Listen to this show and know that all things are possible for your future.”
Hundreds of donors and Republican lawmakers gathered at Mr. Trump‘s private club Mar-a-Lago in South Florida this weekend for an event observers saw as a way of scoping out who would be the best fit for vice president.
Besides Mr. Scott, other names that have been floated have been Govs. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Doug Burgum of North Dakota, Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York and Byron Donalds of Florida, and Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and J.D. Vance of Ohio.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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