Billionaire “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban — a vocal critic of President Donald Trump — confirmed Thursday that he turned down a suggestion to be thought-about as Kamala Harris’ operating mate within the 2024 presidential election.
The gig finally went to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D).
Cuban advised The Bulwark’s Tim Miller that he declined a request from Harris’ marketing campaign to submit vetting papers as a result of he felt the checklist of potential contenders could be too lengthy.
The minority proprietor of the Dallas Mavericks ended up campaigning and advising then-Vice President Harris earlier than her defeat to now-President Donald Trump.
Miller requested why he didn’t go all in.
Cuban mentioned he’s “not excellent because the No. 2 individual.”
“The very last thing we’d like is me telling Kamala, you realize, the president, that, ‘No, that’s a dumb concept.’ Proper?” he defined, including: “And I’m not actual good on the shaking arms and kissing infants.”
Had Cuban grow to be the vice presidential candidate, he acknowledged that “clearly it will have been totally different.”
“My persona is totally totally different than Tim’s. My experiences, my backgrounds are fully totally different,” he mentioned. “I feel I’ve minimize via the shit extra instantly. I’m not a politician and so it will have been totally different.”
But in addition, he claimed, “it will have been terrible” and Harris “would have fired me inside six days.”
