Ben Carson to WSJ: Trump Could Consider Democrat as VP

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TrumpTrain are you paying attention at all? Better question to ask is if any of you actually care if Trump doesn’t become the candidate you thought he would be? It hasn’t been 48 hours yet since Cruz and Kasich got out and we’re already hearing disturbing news from Trump. He said he would self-fund now he is fundraising, said he was against raising minimum wage now he’s open to it, railed against Wall St now he hires one with ties to Soros. And now Carson (who has taken himself out) says Trump could consider a democrat as his VP running mate!

None of the flip-flops matter do they? No, because you think he will build that wall and round-up people you don’t like.


Ben Carson Says Donald Trump Could Consider Democrat for Running Mate
by Reid J. Epstein and Beth Reinhard | WSJ
Ben Carson, the former rival now helping presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump choose a running mate, said Thursday he doesn’t want the position and that Democrats may be among those considered.

“I’m not interested in doing that for a number of reasons,” Mr. Carson said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “I don’t want to be a distraction. I’m sure you remember how crazy the media was about me, I don’t want to be a distraction, it’s too important a time in our life.”

As for the wide net being cast for candidates, he added: “We would consider people who are Americans and who put America first.”

Just two days after his last two rivals quit the primary, Mr. Trump’s effort to choose a vice president is beginning to take shape. Mr. Carson is the public face on the search process, while top campaign aide Paul Manafort is maintaining tight control over the process, according to people familiar with the campaign…read more