First Bob Corker shoved Trump’s VP back in his cheeto-face, and now it looks like Joni Ernst is denying the “honor” as well!!
Joni Ernst all but removed herself from Donald Trump’s vice presidential search, telling POLITICO in an interview that she wants to help Trump become president but that she’s focused on Iowa and the Senate, where the freshman senator said she’s “just getting started.”
The GOP senator met with Trump on Monday and received effusive praise afterward, with Trump predicting he will “see her again.” But it likely won’t be as his running mate.
“I made that very clear to him that I’m focused on Iowa. I feel that I have a lot more to do in the United States Senate. And Iowa is where my heart is,” Ernst said Wednesday. “I’m just getting started here. I have a great partner with Chuck Grassley, we’ve been able to accomplish a lot. And I think that President Trump will need some great assistance in the United States Senate and I can provide that.”
She continued:
“I will probably participate more as an advocate,” Ernst said of her role in the Trump campaign. “I would love to assist him out on the trail.”
But though Ernst would bring a cheerful and disciplined style to Trump’s ticket, she said she has not received any vetting papers from Trump.
That doesn’t completely cut her off from the VP slot, but I’d be surprised if she came back after what infantile Trump will no doubt see as a snub.