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Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and venture capitalist David Sachs have reportedly personally lobbied Donald Trump to select J.D. Vance as his running mate. Axios.
The 39-year-old Ohio senator was named the Republican nominee for vice president of the United States on Monday.
Axios co-founder Mike Allen wrote in the Post that Trump had told friends in the days before the announcement that Vance was the front-runner. Tuesday Newsletter.
But Vance only found out he would be Trump’s running mate shortly before Trump shared the news on Truth Social, people familiar with the call said. CNN,
The two runners-up, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sen. Marco Rubio, were apparently notified around midday Monday.
Axios is The secret lobbying effort continued into Monday morning and was led by key figures including: Musk, Carlson, Sacks.
The magazine did not elaborate on Trump’s involvement in the election, and Business Insider could not verify the report.
According to CNN, Vance said: Mr Carlson thought he would appeal to working-class voters, while his former boss at Fox News, Rupert Murdoch, lobbied Mr Trump to choose Mr Burgum.
According to the magazine, Sachs was introduced to former President Trump by Vance, himself a former venture capitalist, and influenced Trump’s decision.
Carlson told Axios that Vance was the obvious choice because “unlike some of the other candidates, he doesn’t secretly hate Trump.”
“He basically agrees with Trump. That’s why neocon donors [who want more aid for Ukraine] “Fear him,” he said.
Tucker Carlson praised President Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate. Ivan Apfel/Getty Images
Vance was one of 18 senators who tried to block a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel earlier this year.
Though the bill was ultimately approved, Vance told reporters that his actions “made it pretty clear to Europe and the rest of the world that the United States cannot write blank checks indefinitely.” Politico.
As BI previously reported, Vance has been a vocal supporter of antitrust enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission. Big Technology.
Musk publicly congratulated Vance on Monday. Write on X It was a “great decision” by President Trump.
Sachs reposted Musk’s comments and, in a follow-up post, called Vance an “American patriot.”
“When the Twin Towers fell, J.D. Vance enlisted in the Marines with a passion to exact justice on America’s enemies.” Sachs wrote in X.
“He then came to believe that forever wars were a mistake. What I want at Trump’s side is an American patriot with the courage to fight America’s wars and the wisdom to know when to avoid them. God bless JD, God bless Trump, and God bless America.”
Vance has transformed from a critic of Trump, once calling him “the American Hitler,” into a staunch supporter of the former president.
“I was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016, but he’s been a great president and he’s changed my mind,” Vance said Monday in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
“I believed the media’s lies and distortions,” he added.
Representatives for Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson and David Sachs did not immediately respond to requests for comment.