Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who was reportedly being considered as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, said he would be “honored” to take office but has not heard anything from the Trump campaign.
Rubio, a Republican from Florida, said Thursday that being given the opportunity to be the president’s running mate would be a “great opportunity to serve our country.”
“If anyone is given the opportunity to be vice president, they should consider it an honor and a great opportunity to serve our country,” Rubio said Thursday, according to Politico. “But that hasn’t happened. I haven’t talked to anyone in his campaign about it. I’ve never talked about it.” [Trump] Regarding the position of vice president. ”
Despite a history marked by competition and frequent bickering during the 2016 campaign, Rubio had nothing but good things to say about Trump.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) speaks with members of the media while walking through the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“We’ve had a great working relationship,” the senator continued, according to Politico. “We were competitors at one point because we were at odds with each other. But since 2016, especially since he was president, we’ve had a great working relationship. Since then, we have been working together really well.”
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Recent rumors that Rubio is being considered seem to come from the left, as he was left out of previous discussions about the Trump campaign’s short list of candidates.
Former President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump speak to the media after voting at a polling place at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Radle/Getty Images)
In an interview on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” last month, President Trump was asked about six running mate candidates: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and billionaire biotechnologist. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Florida Representative Byron Donald, and former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic Independent).
“Are they all on the list of nominees?” host Laura Ingraham asked the former president during the interview.
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, raised the question during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State Affairs, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs in the Dirksen Senate Building. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“Yes,” Trump replied. “Honestly, they’re all good people. They’re all good people, they’re all solid.”
Rubio on Thursday also shot down rumors circulating among Republicans that he has ambitions to become the conference’s chairman, flatly denying he is interested.
“No, I haven’t told anyone about running for leader either,” Rubio said. “That’s something I’ve never been interested in.”
FOX News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
