Report: Corker Takes His Name Out Of The Running To Be Trump’s VP

Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., questions State Department Under Secretary for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon, Jr., as he testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, on recent Iranian actions and implementation of the nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
In this photo taken April 5, 2016, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump met with Corker i... In this photo taken April 5, 2016, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump met with Corker in New York on Monday, May 23, 2016, intensifying speculation that the U.S. senator from Tennessee may be on Trump’s vice presidential shortlist. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS
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Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) reportedly told The Washington Post on Wednesday that he had taken himself out of the running to be Donald Trump’s vice president.

“There are people far more suited for being a candidate for vice president and I think I’m far more suited for other types of things,” Corker reportedly told the Post’s Robert Costa.

Corker reportedly told Trump of his decision at their meeting on Tuesday. Corker described the job of vice president as being “highly political” and said he was not a good pick for the job or for the Trump campaign.

Corker’s name had been circulated as a potential pick to be Trump’s running mate, along with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA). Trump will reportedly select a vice president next week.

Read Washington Post’s full report.

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  1. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    Corky realized that once his name is hitched to Hair Furor it is permanent.

  2. Corker is simply not willing to ruin his political career for an asshole loser like Donald “the draft dodging coward” trump

  3. As the Bard once wrote: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

    And some see a train wreck as a train wreck and have the sense to back away quickly and hope for greatness another day.

  4. Please let it be Ernst. Please.
    Whatever his pick is, I expect there will be a sharp tick on his election odds, probably downward. I can’t wait.

  5. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    I think Dick Cheney is still available and I’m sure he’d accept.

    The only thing he cares about is raw power and with Trump, he’d have a guy that knows even less than W.

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