Who’s Running Trump’s Running-Mate Search? Depends Who You Ask
Trump strategist Paul Manafort speaks with former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson as they arrive for a Trump for President reception during the Republican National Committee spring meeting on April 21, 2016, in Hollywood, Florida.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesPeople surrounding Donald Trump have different answers to who’s leading his running-mate search, another instance of tension between loyalists as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee gears up for the general election.
Campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is in charge of the vetting team, the Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing two unidentified Republicans. That led to questions about what happened to Ben Carson, a former rival whom Trump had tapped to oversee the selection process. A top Carson adviser, Armstrong Williams, told Bloomberg Politics on Tuesday the retired doctor’s work on the search is done, though he’ll continue to help Trump in other ways. Roger Stone, a longtime Trump insider, said it’s not true that Lewandowski’s in charge.