Last month, an incredible report emerged about the lengths that failed-gubernatorial-candidate-slash-rabid-election-denier Kari Lake was going to in her quest to become Donald Trump’s 2024 vice presidential pick. Lake, sources told People, “spent a significant portion of her time at Mar-a-Lago during its open season,” so much so that she was apparently at the Florida resort “more than Melania Trump,” a.k.a. Trump’s wife. “Kari Lake is there all the time,” a person familiar with the matter told the outlet. “There’s a suite there that she practically lives in.” Yet, unfortunately for the VP hopeful, practically becoming roommates with Trump does not appear to be helping her chances. In fact, according to a new report, it’s quite the opposite.
Trump has apparently grown “less enthusiastic about Lake,” the Daily Beast revealed on Thursday. Why? According to people familiar with the former guy’s thinking, she’s a “spotlight hound” who is always striving for attention. (Sound like any ex-presidents you know??) And while her unflagging loyalty to Trump is obviously viewed as a positive, the 45th POTUS reportedly doesn’t like Lake “running around saying she should be VP.” Said another source close to Team Trump: “I think she is an effective surrogate, but I’m not sure she will be a VP pick. But who knows?”
A spokesperson for Lake insisted the chatter around Trump allegedly souring on her is nothing more than “pathetic attempts from Team DeSantis” to create drama. “MAGA world is more United [sic] than ever and ready to win big in 2024,” the person said. Lake herself has not directly commented on her reported ambitions to join Trump‘s ticket; in May, she offered the deeply cringeworthy take that she doesn’t “think President Trump needs a vice president,” adding: “He is that powerful as a leader, he doesn’t really need anyone.” On Truth Social, the ex-president recently promoted Lake’s book and then made an appearance at a party for her at his New Jersey golf club. Asked last month about potential No. 2s, Trump said: “I think about it. We have a lot of candidates, right? We have them running left and right.”
Meanwhile, Lake apparently has at least one contingency plan in place should she fail to receive the nod from Trump—on Wednesday, she threatened to run for US Senate.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has reportedly parted way with the House Freedom Caucus
According to The Daily Beast, the Georgia congresswoman was kicked out of the group last month, in part for calling fellow member Lauren Boebert a “little bitch.”
“She is no longer with HFC,” a Republican lawmaker told The Daily Beast, noting that “disparaging” fellow members is frowned upon. “I think there has been some disparagement that’s been going on,” the GOP lawmaker added. That euphemism refers to Greene’s recent fight with a prominent Freedom Caucus member, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), which culminated last month with Greene calling Boebert a “little bitch” to her face on the House floor, as reported by The Daily Beast.
That “little bitch” comment was apparently the final straw for Freedom Caucus members—a group in which Boebert remains a loyal member in good standing.
While Boebert did not disclose where she came down on Greene’s membership in the caucus, she said on Thursday that the “little bitch” comments “had absolutely no influence on my vote,” supposedly because of her deep and abiding respect for “freedom of speech.”
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