Donald Trump says he plans to tap a politician to serve as his vice president. "Somebody that can help me with legislation and somebody that can help me get things passed and somebody that's been friends with the senators and congressmen and all so we don’t have to go the executive order route as much as Obama did, you know, where he can't get anything approved so he just keeps signing executive orders," Trump said in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday morning, the day after he all but sealed the GOP nomination with his win in the Indiana primary.
But Trump isn't ready to name names. "Well, it's too soon. I just don't want to do it," Trump said. "I think that, you know, a lot of people are talking about certain names, and certainly those are the names we are thinking of." The five potential running mates The Washington Post and others have floated recently are Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
Watch Trump's full interview below, with his vice presidential remarks starting at the 16:05 mark. Becca Stanek
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