Who will be the GOP candidate for Veep when Trump dumps Pence off the ticket?

News reports are that Vice President Mike Pence is quietly getting his machinery in place to pick up the baton if and when Trump drops it and run for president in 2020.

Trump's not going to like this and he very well may dump Pence off the ticket.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/us/politics/pence-trump-midterms.html

If so, who's he going to pick? Will accepting the VP nomination destroy that person's chances in 2024 if Trump loses re-election.?

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jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Not sure the scenario you are presenting will occur. That being said if the Republicans had to come up with a Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate I would recommend Susana Martinez.

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beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson

She'd make an interesting choice, especially if Trump dials down his anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Still...

ABC News, May 25, 2016
[quote]Trump went after Martinez’s record during his New Mexico rally, quipping in jest that “maybe” he should run for governor of the state and “get this place going.”

“You’ve got to get your governor to do a better job. She’s not doing her job,” he said. He went on to say, “Syrian refugees are being relocated in large numbers to New Mexico. If I was governor, that wouldn’t be happening.”

“Gov. Martinez doesn’t care about what Donald Trump says about her. She cares about what he says he will do to help New Mexicans,” Martinez’s press secretary, Mike Lonergan, told ABC News in a statement. “She’s disappointed that she didn’t hear anything about that last night.”

In his attacks on Martinez’s record, Trump said, “The number of people on food stamps in New Mexico has tripled” since 2000.

“Apparently, Donald Trump doesn’t realize Gov. Martinez wasn’t elected in 2000, that she has fought for welfare reform and has strongly opposed the president’s Syrian refugee plan. But the potshots weren’t about policy. They were about politics,” Lonergan said.

“The governor will not be bullied into supporting a candidate until she is convinced that candidate will fight for New Mexicans,” Lonergan said.[/quote]

No doubt the Democrats would make a lot of hay with that.

nudistsueaz · 61-69, F

@jackjjackson Why her?

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jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Susana Martinez recognizes how critical it is that we secure our border. “With violence in Mexico reaching unprecedented levels, we must do everything within our power to protect against that crime and violence crossing over the border.”

The first place Martinez will start is by seeking to repeal the law that allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Martinez opposes providing illegal immigrants with free tuition through taxpayer-funded lottery scholarships.

Source: Campaign website, susanamartinez2010.com, "On the Issues" , Nov 2, 2010 @nudistsueaz