McCarthy names dark-horse VP candidate to make Trump unbeatable: ‘The race is over’
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged Donald Trump to pick Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin as his vice president — in order to be unbeatable in November.
“Put Youngkin in play, and the race is over,” the California Republican said on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday.
The current front-runners to join Trump on the Republican line are North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sens. JD Vance of Ohio, Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina.
“Rubio would be excellent; Tim Scott would be excellent,” McCarthy said.
“If you really want to play the game, I want to win the election — pick Youngkin in Virginia.”
McCarthy continued: “If you look at polling right now, you would say Trump has Arizona, Trump has Nevada, Trump has Georgia, so that gets him to 267 [electoral votes]. He has to win either Michigan, Wisconsin or Pennsylvania. He has to win one of those three.”
McCarthy — who last year becoming the first House speaker to be ousted by a floor vote driven by members of his own party — also said Youngkin is “popular” enough in Virginia to help Trump win the state.
Virginia hasn’t backed a Republican for president since 2004, when President George W. Bush won the state.
Trump visited the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania for a rally near Pittsburgh Saturday — his final campaign stop before formally accepting his party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention that starts Monday in Milwaukee.
