WASHINGTON: A top Democratic pundit and CNN analyst is predicting that President Donald Trump will dump his vice-president Mike Pence from the 2020 ticket and pick former South Carolina governor, Indian-American Nikki Haley, to replace him.
The ostensible reason why Trump will replace Pence with Haley, according to Paul Begala, a former advisor to Hillary Clinton, is to get the votes of suburban moms. And the reason he will give for dumping Pence? For poor handling of the coronavirus crisis, for which the President has constituted a task force under the leadership of the vice-president.
“This is not a prediction. It’s a certainty. On Thursday, July 16 — that’s the date the Democrat gives his or her acceptance address — on that day, to interrupt that narrative, Donald Trump will call a press conference at Mar-a-Lago. He’s going to dump Mike Pence and put Nikki Haley on the ticket to try to get those suburban moms," Begala predicted during a panel discussion.
Haley’s return to the spotlight has long been rumored in Washington DC after she quit as the US ambassador to the UN early in Trump’s term In fact, she is one of the few people who have left the Trump administration without much recrimination, and she has earned praise from Trump even after her departure.
But both Haley and Trump have rubbished speculation that she will be on the ticket in 2020.
"The vice president and the president are a great ticket together. They're solid. Solid enough that they're going to win together. There is no truth whatsoever that I would ever in any way look to get that position. I think Mike is great for that job and I think that he's the right partner for the president," Haley said on Fox and Friends some weeks ago.
“I’ve seen this rumor that keeps popping up — and Nikki would be great, but Mike has done a phenomenal job as vice president. He’s our guy, he’s my friend and, look, we have a great team. It’s been a very strong team,” Trump said separately. That was before the coronavirus crisis.
The ostensible reason why Trump will replace Pence with Haley, according to Paul Begala, a former advisor to Hillary Clinton, is to get the votes of suburban moms. And the reason he will give for dumping Pence? For poor handling of the coronavirus crisis, for which the President has constituted a task force under the leadership of the vice-president.
“This is not a prediction. It’s a certainty. On Thursday, July 16 — that’s the date the Democrat gives his or her acceptance address — on that day, to interrupt that narrative, Donald Trump will call a press conference at Mar-a-Lago. He’s going to dump Mike Pence and put Nikki Haley on the ticket to try to get those suburban moms," Begala predicted during a panel discussion.
Haley’s return to the spotlight has long been rumored in Washington DC after she quit as the US ambassador to the UN early in Trump’s term In fact, she is one of the few people who have left the Trump administration without much recrimination, and she has earned praise from Trump even after her departure.
But both Haley and Trump have rubbished speculation that she will be on the ticket in 2020.
"The vice president and the president are a great ticket together. They're solid. Solid enough that they're going to win together. There is no truth whatsoever that I would ever in any way look to get that position. I think Mike is great for that job and I think that he's the right partner for the president," Haley said on Fox and Friends some weeks ago.
“I’ve seen this rumor that keeps popping up — and Nikki would be great, but Mike has done a phenomenal job as vice president. He’s our guy, he’s my friend and, look, we have a great team. It’s been a very strong team,” Trump said separately. That was before the coronavirus crisis.
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