SeaJ to News@lemmy.world • 10 months agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was once seen as the biggest threat to Trump's 2024 White House bid, is suspending his presidential campaignwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down111
arrow-up1368arrow-down1external-linkFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was once seen as the biggest threat to Trump's 2024 White House bid, is suspending his presidential campaignwww.businessinsider.comSeaJ to News@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-square@RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-22•10 months agoTrump offered him the VP spot. DeSantis knows this is his only realistic path to the presidency, so he jumped on it.
minus-squareMatch!!linkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agooh man, any VP is gonna scheme to kill trump right away
minus-squareShell45linkfedilink7•10 months agoDidn’t Trump say something about the President having full immunity? So if Trump was ever incapacitated, and DeSantis took over the Presidency, he could order Trumps death?
minus-square@GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•10 months agoNo, that only means the Florida electors have to vote for a different vp. Trump/DeSantis could still win an election
minus-square@dudinax@programming.devlinkfedilink1•10 months agoThey are both Floridians, which would make DeSantis as Veep unconstitutional. Might not stop them, though.
minus-square@RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•10 months agoPolitifact disagrees, but it could introduce electoral college issues. And there’s something we really need more of, eh?
minus-square@dudinax@programming.devlinkfedilink2•10 months agoYou’re right. Only the Florida electors can’t vote for both.
Trump offered him the VP spot. DeSantis knows this is his only realistic path to the presidency, so he jumped on it.
(x) Doubt
oh man, any VP is gonna scheme to kill trump right away
Didn’t Trump say something about the President having full immunity? So if Trump was ever incapacitated, and DeSantis took over the Presidency, he could order Trumps death?
They’re both Florida which is against the rules
No, that only means the Florida electors have to vote for a different vp. Trump/DeSantis could still win an election
Oh. Wow.
They are both Floridians, which would make DeSantis as Veep unconstitutional. Might not stop them, though.
Politifact disagrees, but it could introduce electoral college issues. And there’s something we really need more of, eh?
You’re right. Only the Florida electors can’t vote for both.