The thought of a Trump-Carlson ticket was met very positively by these on the pro-Trump message board often called The Donald, a website that’s dwelling to violent extremist threats and whose members helped manage the January 6 Capitol riot:
“Trump’s extremely MAGA and he wants somebody who can or is similar power,” one member wrote final week. “F this selecting a lady or vivek BS for pandering factors. Tucker could be a very good pic.”
On Trump’s personal Fact Social, many had been enthusiastic about the potential of a Carlson nomination.
“He is smarter than 99% of Congress,” commented one poster.
“That might be a stable ticket.. two non-politicians who hate the deep state,” one other wrote.
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Elise Stefanik
The New York consultant was described by Trump in December as “a killer” after her viral questioning of three Ivy League school presidents over antisemitism on campus. Since that incident, Elise Stefanik has been promoted closely by pro-Trump media and Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon on his Battle Room podcast.
Stefanik joined Trump on stage over the weekend in New Hampshire and was greeted with chants of “VP, VP, VP!” by the gang.
However on the pro-Trump message board often called The Donald, Trump’s most fervent supporters usually are not impressed.
“Nope,” one wrote over a hyperlink to an article saying Trump was contemplating Stefanik as his working mate. “A tough no,” one other wrote.
Feedback shortly descended into misogyny, racism, and antisemitism.
“Nope, no females—too vulnerable to coercion, manipulation, bribery and group suppose,” a member of The Donald wrote. ”We want one other pair of massive brass balls within the VP place, no extra weak Judas Pence’s.”
“No ladies, no blacks!” one other wrote, earlier than another person added: “And no fucking jews.”
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Kari Lake
Kari Lake, a former TV star turned election conspiracist, has been considered one of Trump’s most vocal supporters since shedding her personal election for governor in Arizona in 2022. She has additionally continued to assert, with out proof, 2020 and 2022 election fraud.
Lake is now working for US Senate in Arizona and, when requested about being vice chairman, lately advised GB Information: “I wish to assist [Trump] within the Senate. I actually suppose that he’ll want assist in the Senate.” Nonetheless, she has additionally been selling her personal candidacy for the job, posting photos of herself on Fact Social alongside Trump following his Iowa caucus victory in what some on the platform described as a 2024 election poster.