There was a time when anyone auditioning to be Donald Trump’s next vice president understood the unspoken but clearly crucial condition for even being considered: claiming the 2020 election had been stolen. Then, last month, GOP representative Elise Stefanik upped the ante by not just denying the results of the election, but declaring that if she had been VP at the time, she “would not have done what Mike Pence did,” i.e., follow the law. And now, Byron Donalds—who, like Stefanik, is said to be on the VP short list—has taken things yet a step further.\
Speaking at an Axios event on Thursday, the Florida congressman suggested that, should he be added to Trump’s ticket and should the duo win in November, he’d be willing to block the results of the 2028 election. “If you have state officials who are violating the election law in their states…then no, I would not,” Donalds said when asked if he would certify the 2028 results if he were VP.
Obviously, we have no idea who will be on the ballot in 2028. Maybe the winning candidate will be someone Trump likes and, in this theoretical scenario, there’ll be no need for Donalds to violate the Constitution. Or maybe, as was the case in 2020, Trump will be unhappy with the results. Only this time, he’ll have a VP willing to break the law for him. It’s not hard to imagine, making Donalds’ answer extremely unnerving.*
*As is the scenario in which an emboldened Trump decides he shouldn’t be limited to two terms, and enlists the help of handpicked loyalists like the congressman to keep him in power!
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