Donald Trump said Monday that despite calls to put her on his ticket, Ivanka Trump will not be his running mate.
“I wouldn’t be doing that, although a lot of people would like to see that. A lot of people would like that choice but it wont happen, that I will tell you, it won’t happen,” Trump told Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” Monday, when asked if he would select his daughter as his running mate.
The real estate mogul jokingly floated her name as a possible running mate last year, before quickly saying he was kidding.
“I’m thinking about making Ivanka vice president,” Trump said last December on “Live with Kelly & Michael.” He then walked it back, “I’m kidding, I’m kidding.”
Trump also used the interview to slam primary rival Ted Cruz’s campaign as well as the Colorado delegation allocation process, which over the weekend won all of the 13 final pledged delegates.
Trump called the process “a crooked deal,” and said Colorado supporters are “going absolutely crazy because they weren’t given a vote.”
“Well that really shouldn’t be the way it is. This was changed in the summer to help a guy like Cruz and it’s not right.”
Trump also weighed in on the news that two of his children — Ivanka and Eric — would be unable to vote for him next Tuesday because they missed New York’s voter registration deadline.
“They had a long time to register and they were unaware of the rules so they feel very, very guilty, they feel very guilty, but it’s fine, I understand, that,” Trump said. “I think they have to register a year in advance so Eric and Ivanka I guess won’t be voting.”
New York’s primary is April 19.
