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yellowcanine

(36,351 posts)
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 09:48 AM Oct 3

Vance reveals Trump consulted with Mar-a-Lago gardener before picking him for VP

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mar-a-lago-2669314905/

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) revealed Wednesday that former President Donald Trump had spoken with a gardener at Mar-a-Lago to help him decide on a vice presidential running mate

Vance made the admission during a Michigan rally after he was asked how he would handle disagreements with Trump.

"You know, it's funny, when the president, the only conversation that he and I ever had about whether I might become his vice presidential nominee was the Saturday before the convention," Vance recalled. "And you know what the president told me? He said that he talked to everybody about who his vice presidential nominee should be."

"And I think that's one of the great things, is he's willing to take feedback," he continued. "And he even said that he was talking to the Mar-a-Lago gardener about who the vice presidential nominee should be."


Okay I totally believe this could have happened. But I have a couple of questions.
1) Why would Trump tell Vance this?
2) Why would Vance think this is a good thing?
3) Was Vance even the gardener's pick?
The crazy just gets crazier.
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Vance reveals Trump consulted with Mar-a-Lago gardener before picking him for VP (Original Post) yellowcanine Oct 3 OP
....... Mad_Machine76 Oct 3 #1
Maybe he's talking about the kid with the lawnmower. He can't distinguish reality from fantasy anymore. Walleye Oct 3 #2
It would seem we need to break out the meme of Trump yelling at the kid mowing a lawn again. Hugin Oct 3 #3
I see I'm not the only one who thought of that image Walleye Oct 3 #5
JD VANCE YOU SAY??? OKAY THEN EarlG Oct 3 #4
Excellent! Walleye Oct 3 #6
Perfect! n/t Hugin Oct 3 #7
Perfect! MorbidButterflyTat Oct 3 #16
Chauncey Gardiner was a gardener bucolic_frolic Oct 3 #8
He was a great gardener. Kid Berwyn Oct 3 #20
Yep. Everyone should see the film "Being There." Cyrano Oct 3 #23
He was weeding them out. NameAlreadyTaken Oct 3 #9
Yeah that's funny. yellowcanine Oct 3 #12
And what are the chances the gardener is undocumented? yellowcanine Oct 3 #10
Putin's mole? C_U_L8R Oct 3 #11
Putin's mole is Trump. And maybe Trump's IT guy. yellowcanine Oct 3 #14
The gardener dweller Oct 3 #13
Gardiner"s reply: It will rise from the hand while being there on the couch. aeromanKC Oct 3 #15
I love it when DU is so funny! MorbidButterflyTat Oct 3 #17
Well trump is a liar. SamKnause Oct 3 #18
Yet another bullshit story. I'm sure the only thing Trump has to do with gardeners is trying Vinca Oct 3 #19
Oh yeah, super valuable feedback from the Mar a Lago gardener: tanyev Oct 3 #21
1. Is this real? 2. Did someone just catch the movie "Being There"? haele Oct 3 #22

Walleye

(36,337 posts)
2. Maybe he's talking about the kid with the lawnmower. He can't distinguish reality from fantasy anymore.
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 09:51 AM
Oct 3

Vinca

(51,206 posts)
19. Yet another bullshit story. I'm sure the only thing Trump has to do with gardeners is trying
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 11:06 AM
Oct 3

to find undocumented ones so he can pay them nearly nothing.

tanyev

(44,700 posts)
21. Oh yeah, super valuable feedback from the Mar a Lago gardener:
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 12:27 PM
Oct 3
”I think I should do such and such. What do you think, gardener?”

“I’m sure you know best, Sir”

haele

(13,633 posts)
22. 1. Is this real? 2. Did someone just catch the movie "Being There"?
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 12:32 PM
Oct 3

Well, replacing the late, great Hannibal Lector with Chauncey Gardener is a step up, I guess.

Haele

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