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Trump Likes ‘the Concept’ of a Female Running Mate

Donald Trump has told NBC’s Kristen Welker that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was “one of the people I’d consider.”

Former President Donald Trump has said he likes “the concept” of having a female running mate in an interview set to air Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. “Are you leaning toward a woman?” anchor Kristen Welker asked. “I like the concept, but we’re going to pick the best person,” Trump said. “But I do like the concept, yes.” He said South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who recently endorsed Trump, would be a “fantastic” vice president. “She’s been a great governor,” he said. “She gave me a very full-throated endorsement, a beautiful endorsement actually. And, you know, it’s been a very good state for me. And certainly she’d be one of the people I’d consider, or for something else maybe. But we have a lot of people. We have a lot of great people in the Republican Party.”