President Trump’s time in the White House is be coming to a close, but his daughter-in-law is posturing to be the first member of the family to keep the Trump name in electoral politics.
Lara Trump, the wife of the president’s son Eric Trump, confirmed reports that she is considering the possibility of running for Senate in North Carolina in appearances on Fox News and Fox Business on Wednesday.
“Let’s get through this one, and then we’ll talk about the next one,” she said on Fox News when asked when she will decide she is going to run for Senate. “It would be an incredible thing. It’s my home state, a state I love so much, and look, I think we need some strong Republicans in Washington, D.C. We had a great run with the Senate and the House this go around but, I don’t know, let’s see what happens.”
A few minutes later, Trump appeared on Fox Business network and confirmed that she has thought about ruining for office in that state.
“I was born North Carolina, it is my home, my team still lives there,” Trump said when asked if she would run for office in the state. “It’s something that I certainly have considered. I think it’s a little too soon to make an ultimate decision on that, but, you know, it would be an honor to represent the people of my home state.”
North Carolina will have an open Senate seat in the 2022 cycle. Republican Sen. Richard Burr, who has represented the state in the Senate since 2005 and before that in the House for a decade, is retiring at the end of his term.
Trump was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, and named her daughter Carolina after the state.
Trump also hinted at a run in the Fox Business interview after being asked whether the “verbal abuse” and criticism that her family has endured has made her want to avoid politics.
“It is a consideration that I think we all have to think about — would we ever want to put ourselves through all the things you just described?” Trump said. “They have been absolutely brutal to every member of our family. They make up lies about us; they write completely unfounded stories about us.”
“We all have also seen the great side of things, which is that you can affect positive change for so many people by holding a position like the president has, by holding, you know, congressional or Senate seat. So many possibilities to make life better for people,” she added. “Although they have, obviously, done everything they can to try to dissuade us from doing those things, possibly running in the future — look, I think we all know the really positive side, the way you can impact people’s lives, so I don’t think you can ever rule anything out.”
