RFK Jr. on being Trump's VP: "VP is the worst job in Washington."
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Brief Summary
A guest discusses declining a VP offer from Trump due to political constraints and personal beliefs.
Key points
- Declining the VP Offer. After a shooting, a call about the VP slot comes in, but the answer is no.
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Transcript
I just want to make sure I heard it properly when Cali called you was it to be the VP on the Trump ticket was that asked and did you consider it why did you say no to that but then said yes to this about three hours after the shooting at Butler I got a call from him and he asked me if I was still interested in specifically in the VP slot and I said no I had no interest in being vice president I grew up in politics and vice presidents wor job in Washington you have no budget you have no staff except what your budget actually all comes through the White House if you do something that offends the president he can literally you know he can take away your plane he can take
away your staff and he can essentially put you under house arrest and you know I have very strong views on issues and I felt like if I took that job I'd be on house arrest probably UND day
