CHERYL: TIME FOR THE "HOT TOPIC BUZZ." THE 2024GOP PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS HEATING UP, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINED MARIA EXCLUSIVELY ON SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES AND DISCUSSED HIS THOUGHTS ON A POTENTIAL 2024 RUNNING MATE. MARIA: IS THERE ANYONE ON THE STAGE YOU SEE AS POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE AS YOUR VP. >> POSSIBLY, YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK SOME GOOD PEOPLE ON THE STAGE, ACTUALLY. I THINK YOU HAVE SOME VERY TALENTED PEOPLE. I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED BY SOME OF THEM. SOME OF THEM I'M VERY FRIENDLY WITH, NATURALLY. A NUMBER OF THEM CALLED ME UP, NOT TO ASK FOR PERMISSION BUT SORT OF TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO SAY THEY'D LIKE TO DO IT, A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO EMBARRASS THEM BY SAYING WHO. NO, I THINK YOU HAVE GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD POTENTIAL CABINET MEMBERS TOO, ACTUALLY. MARIA: WHO IS THAT. >> I DON'T WANT TO MENTION THAT. MARIA: DO YOU SEE YOURSELF PERHAPS WITH SENATOR TIM SCOTT? >> I THINK HE'S A GOOD GUY. WE'VE DONE OPPORTUNITY ZONES TOGETHER, ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY. TIM IS VERY GOOD. I COULD SEE TIM DOING SOMETHING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BUT HE'S IN RIGHT NOW CAMPAIGNING AND I'M SURE TIM AND EVERYTHING ' EVERYE WOULD SAY I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN ONE THING. TIM IS A VERY TALENTED GUY. YOU HAVE OTHER TALENTED PEOPLE. CHERYL: IT'S INTERESTING, TIM SCOTT, LET'S START THERE. HIM AS A POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE FOR -- >> I THINK HE WOULD BE A STRONG RUNNING MATE FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I THINK HE'S BEEN VERY STRATEGIC, NOT TO DIRECTLY COMBAT HIM IN ANY OF HIS LANGUAGE. THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THAT DEBATE STAGE ULTIMATELY. I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT AT THIS POINT. THE NEXT GO-ROUND IF TRUMP BECOMES PRESIDENT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. TRUMP CAN'T RUN AGAIN. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WHOEVER STEPS UP AT THIS MOMENT, THEY ARE REALLY SET FOR THE JOB. TRUMP ALSO MENTIONED VIVEK RAMASWAMY AS SOMEONE WHO COULD BE A POTENTIAL PERSON IN HIS CABINET OR MAYBE ALSO A RUNNING MATE. YES, THAT VP PICK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. CHERYL: THIS CAME UP AT AN EVENT GLEN BECK WAS AT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. HIS PREDICTION, IT WILL BE VIVEK RAMASWAMY, THAT'S WHO THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHO PICK IF GETS THE NOMINATION. >> I THINK IT'S INTERESTING. OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW EVERYONE IS SAYING THEY WANT THE TOP JOB, RIGHT, BUT FOR ME IT BECOMES WHO IS GOING TO APPEAL TO INDEPENDENTS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE HE HAS HIS BASE. THAT'S SOLID. YOU ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO BE REALLY DYNAMIC AGAINST VP KAMALA HARRIS ON STAGE WHEN THEY'RE DEBATING ANDD IT REALLY COMES DOWN WHO DOES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THINK IS THE NEXT FACE BECAUSE WHOEVER BECOMES THE VP PICK IS GOING TO BE KIND OF SET UP IF PRESIDENT TRUMP WERE TO WIN TO BE THE FUTURE. CHERYL: I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUMPING AHEAD HERE, MIKE LEE. AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS COMES DOWN TO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE NEXT MONTH ON THE DEBATE STAGE. IT WAS MAKE OR BREAK OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE CANDIDATES TO GET THEIR FINANCIAL REPORTING IN AS FAR AS FUND RAISING AND MIKE PENCE DIDN'T DO VERY WELL AS FAR AS FUND RAISING FOR THE QUARTER, CHRIS CHRISTIE HAD SMALL NUMBERS, HE ALSO JUST ANNOUNCED. TIM SCOTT LOOKING STRONG FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. VIVEK RAMASWAMY, STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, IT DOES COME DOWN TO MONEY. LET'S BE CLEAR. THIS IS ABOUT HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THERE'S A BIT OF A HIT PIECE ON DESANTIS ACTUALLY ON ANOTHER NETWORK THAT'S OUT THIS MORNING SAYING THAT HE'S STRUGGLING NOW FINANCIALLY AND THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SO FAR AHEAD THAT DONORS ARE SCRAMBLING RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. >> IT'S VERY MUCH LOOKING LIKE WE'RE WEEKS OR MONTHS AWAY FROM STARTING TO REFER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AS THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE. NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABOVE 50% IN THE PRIMARY POLLING AND LOST. I THINK HIS NOMINEE IS GOING TO BE CARRIE LAKE. I THINK SHE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, VERY SIMILAR CANDIDATE, SHE'S BEEN VERY LOYAL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME THAT SHE'S BEEN IN THE PUBLIC LIFE TO DONALD TRUMP AFTER SHE LEFT BEING ON TV. SHE'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL, VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE COURTS ON A LOT OF HER ELECTION LAWSUITS, IT'S NOT GETTING A LOT OF PLAY TIME. CHERYL: I THINK THAT'S PRETTY -- >> SHE'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION. SHE'S HAD SOME TREMENDOUS WINS. ARIZONA, WISCONSIN, GEORGIA, THOSE ARE THE THREE STATES 40,000 VOTES THAT SEPARATED THE LAST ELECTION. I THINK SHE HELPS HIM DELIVER A LOT OF VOTES THERE AND A LOT OF MODERATE REPUBLICANS THAT WOULDN'T NORMALLY VOTE FOR HIM. CHERYL: AGAIN, IT'S EARLY. I SAY IT'S A BASEBALL GAME. I THINK WE'RE PRETTY MUC
