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There are many misconceptions about the rules of a president choosing their running mate. There’s no law or regulation against a president and vice president of the United States being from the same state. The reason why some people mistakenly believe such a prohibition exists comes down to a particular aspect of the Electoral College system laid out in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
The issue is with Electors and their inability to cast votes for both if both are from the same state. This is why Cheney changed his residence to Wyoming. Trump could stay listed as NY to avoid it. The issue would rear its head in a close race where Florida's votes could end up throwing the VP race into the Senate, and opening the possibility of a Democrat VP under a Republican President, and then watch the impeachment exercise kick off on Day 1.
More practically, it's just not a good idea because the candidates are too similar and won't help pick up any votes in bigger battleground states or among undecided voters.
I think we more likely see DeSantis in a cabinet role than VP if Trump is reelected.
“The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.”
So, if Mr. Trump picked Governor DeSantis as his VP, when the Florida Electors cast their votes, they may cast their votes for Mr. Trump or Mr. DeSantis, but not both.
In the 2000 election, Mr. Bush the Younger chose Dick Chaney; both were residents of Texas. However, Mr. Chaney had a vacation house in Wyoming, plus he used to represent Wyoming in the US House, and so a few weeks before the election, he moved to Wyoming, getting a driver's license and declaring the state his residency. As such, the Texas electors could vote the Bush/Cheney ticket with no problem.
Since Mr. Trump has a home in New York State, he could move his residency back to that state.
However, I personally agree with the cited poster: Mr. Trump is seeking the DeSantis supporter's money. Indeed, the Super Pacs that supporter Mr. DeSantis may still have cash on hand to funnel to Mr. Trump's Super Pacs, which in turn are using much of the money to pay Mr. Trump's legal bills.
Today, at the trial, watch for Mr. Trump to repeat his claim that the trial is interfering with his ability to campaign. Of course, he went four straight days just now without having to be in the New York court, yet he did not campaign at all (at the least, he could have scheduled a campaign stop for Saturday, since court is never in session on Saturday).
I'm sure it was just about fund raising and maybe a cabinet position. DeSantis isn't going to accept a vice president position, he's to smart for that.
I think he'd be stupid to make DeSantis VP. The same people who would be happy with that, are already people who are going to vote for Trump. They need to expand Trump's tent to independents and moderates, and IMO he'd be smart to pick someone moderate to appeal to those voters.
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