Donald Trump ribbed Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on Monday after the longtime bachelor introduced he was engaged to be married. (Watch the video beneath.)
GOP frontrunner Trump shared the stage with Scott and different former opponents within the Republican race at a rally in New Hampshire earlier than Tuesday’s first main.
The former president stated in introducing Scott: “Everybody knows him and today was a big story — the biggest story out there. He’s engaged to be married. We never thought this was going to happen, what’s going on?”
Scott, 58, introduced his engagement to Charleston inside designer and mom of three Mindy Noce, 47, on Sunday. He shared a photograph of him taking a knee to suggest and famous she stated sure.
He dropped out of the race days later, nonetheless.
On stage Monday, the senator and two different ex-presidential candidates, Vivek Ramaswamy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, had been merely hypemen for Trump’s showdown in opposition to Nikki Haley, his former U.N. ambassador, within the main.
The criminally indicted former president held an 11-point lead in a CNN ballot performed earlier than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced he was quitting the race.
It’s anybody’s guess whether or not the looks of the three former candidates is any harbinger of who Trump would choose as a operating mate.
Trump stated stated earlier that he had already made his choice however wasn’t telling. This week, although, he stated that particular person has a 25% likelihood of being the one.