Scratch One Off Trump's VP List

 

Looks like we can scratch failed Arizona MAGAt loon Kari "Shallow" Lake off the Malignant Loser's potential running mate list:

Former president Donald Trump has long had a soft spot for his acolyte Kari Lake, the expected GOP Senate nominee in Arizona, joking that Lake would pivot to his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen even if she was asked about the weather.

But since Lake jumped into the race, Trump has repeatedly expressed skepticism about her political prospects in a state he sees as key to his bid to return to the White House, and has shown annoyance with her frequent presence at his Florida resort, according to five people close to him, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe his comments.

At one point last year, after grumbling for months that she was at his Mar-a-Lago Club too often, Trump gently suggested to Lake that she should leave the club and hit the campaign trail in Arizona, according to a person with direct knowledge of his comments. Trump has also asked others if she can really win in Arizona and if she might drag down his own poll numbers as he seeks the presidency again in 2024, advisers said.

So far, there has been no public schism between Trump and Lake, and the Senate candidate was at Mar-a-Lago again this month for a fundraiser. But Trump’s frustration with Lake has only increased over the past year, heightening the tension between the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and one of his most prominent followers — casting doubt on whether Republicans can present a sufficiently united front to win a key U.S. Senate contest and a presidential battleground state.

Trump has now all but ruled out Lake as a vice-presidential pick, remarking to multiple advisers that he would not choose her as vice president because she lost the 2022 gubernatorial race in Arizona, which he believed was winnable. “She didn’t win,” he told one political ally over dinner at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year...

Spoiler alert:  she won't win again (and neither will the Malignant Loser -- you heard that right).

Overstaying her welcome at Mar-a-Lardo like an impoverished distant relative, Lake was likely hoping for lots of face time to convince the Malignant Loser to pick her as his VP running mate, so she could avoid losing again in Arizona.  Bad gambit!  

With South Dakota's psycho MAGAt Gov. Kristi Noem's self- inflicted wound over the puppy- killing admission in her book, the Malignant Loser's options for a female running mate are running low.  Who next?  Incompetent lawyer Alina Habba (who would prefer to be wife #4)?   Parodied puerile drama queen Sen. Katie Britt (Alabammy)?  Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (um, she supported Bootsie -- no loyalty!)?   Melania and Ivanka are avoiding him like grim death. 

He may have to run with the next best thing:  Sen. Lindsey "Huckleberry" Graham.

(Photo: a love affair gone sour -- hey, watch those hands!/ Antranik Tavitian, The Republic via USA Today Network)