Trump Likely to Focus on Females, Minorities As Potential 2024 VP

• Trump will likely focus on females and conservatives of color as he eyes a VP for 2024, per Politico.
• While the former president has not yet announced a campaign, he is watching a number of politicians.
• Sen. Tim Scott, a buzzy VP prospect in GOP circles, recently met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

Former President Donald Trump will likely look to women, conservatives of color, and close advisors in picking his vice presidential running mate if he launches a 2024 White House bid, according to Politico.

While former Vice President Mike Pence continues to laud Trump’s legislative accomplishments and explore his own possible 2024 campaign, the former president — who clashed with Pence over the certification of now-President Joe Biden’s electoral victory — is set to make a VP pick on his own terms.

With conservatives overwhelmingly in Trump’s corner, he doesn’t need to choose a No. 2 to make up for any major deficiencies among Republicans. 

Tony Fabrizio, who was Trump’s lead pollster in 2016 and 2020, told Politico that the former president would have more “leeway” in his potential 2024 selection.

“He’s not necessarily looking to balance the ticket geographically, but what he can do is pick to balance gender, race, ethnicity — a lot of different lanes there,” he said. “It could be everything from a Tim Scott in South Carolina to an Asian American in California, somebody Hispanic in Texas. There are so many choices and paths. And there’s lots of time to go.”

Trump recently met with Scott — one of the most prominent Black Republicans in the country — in Palm Beach.