EXCLUSIVE — The Democratic National Committee is using former President Donald Trump‘s 78th birthday to ding him and his vice presidential short list as “extreme.”

The DNC is circulating a mock birthday e-card in which the DNC pretends to be one of Trump’s vice presidential hopefuls, the short list for which includes a number of congressional allies and campaign surrogates. The Trump campaign has asked those Republicans, from Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) to Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), for vetting documents before an expected announcement at next month’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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