It's Trump vs. Biden this November
Trump takes credit for Abrams’ defeat, says Biden should pick Warren as running mate
ELECTION 2020 40 minutes ago
By Tim Darnell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
President Donald Trump said his presumptive November election opponent, Joe Biden, should choose Elizabeth Warren as his running mate.
“I think Elizabeth Warren is responsible for Joe Biden’s win because she didn’t drop out and [Vermont Sen.] Bernie [Sanders] would have won every single state on Super Tuesday,” Trump told The New York Post on Monday.Trump also claimed credit for helping Brian Kemp defeat Stacey Abrams — widely rumored as a potential Biden running mate — to win Georgia’s 2018 gubernatorial race.
“If you look at Stacey Abrams, I was the one that went to Georgia and fought Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama,” he said. “They were there all the time campaigning for Stacey Abrams, their new great star. That didn’t work out too well. “Kemp wasn’t given a chance. Kemp wasn’t given a chance to win and he won.”
Biden has committed to choosing a female running mate, and at least a dozen candidates are being vetted by his vice presidential committee. Abrams is among those reportedly being considered.
Other names reportedly under consideration include Warren and fellow U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Catherine Cortez Masto and Kirsten Gillibrand; Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer; U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; and former Attorney General Sally Yates, among others.
But Trump said Biden “owes” Warren the top spot on his ticket because “Warren, more than any other person, including [South Carolina Rep.] Jim Clyburn and including anybody you can name, is responsible for the win of Joe Biden.”
