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Posted: 2024-05-26T18:44:03Z | Updated: 2024-05-26T18:44:03Z

Jaime Harrison , chair of the Democratic National Committee, says hes worried about anyone being considered for Donald Trump s vice presidential spot, describing all MAGA Republicans as rotten apples during an appearance on MSNBC s The Weekend on Sunday.

While former President Trump has yet to announce his running mate for the 2024 presidential election, Harrison told MSNBC panelists Michael Steele, Alicia Menendez and Symone Sanders-Townsend that he doesnt trust anyone who comes from the far-right flank of the conservative movement.

Heres the thing. We dont have to paint them as extreme. Theyre extreme. All of those MAGA apples are rotten, Harrison said when asked about Trumps theoretical slate of vice president choices.

Every single one of them. They are going to bend over backward to do whatever Donald Trump they believe they need to do in order to get into Donald Trumps good graces, he continued.

'All of those MAGA apples are rotten. DNC Chair @harrisonjaime on Trumps potential VP pick. pic.twitter.com/bdAWYFZMdm

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'All of those MAGA apples are rotten. DNC Chair @harrisonjaime on Trumps potential VP pick. pic.twitter.com/bdAWYFZMdm

The Weekend on MSNBC (@TheWeekendMSNBC) May 26, 2024

Referencing recent examples, including Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) refusing to say hed accept the results of the 2024 election if Trump is not the victor, Harrison said, Weve seen it on every Sunday show. Weve seen it in all the interviews.

The DNC chair then wondered if anyone from Trumps inner circle would even keep their pledge to uphold the U.S. Constitution, noting that Trump is a man who has said that he wants to be a dictator on day one. This is a man who does not believe in our Constitution, does not believe in that pledge that he also took.

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And so all of them the election denialism, the anti-choice, attacking the Affordable Care Act and health care of the American people, selling out working families for billionaires all of them are extreme, Harrison continued. Theyre all MAGA apples or rotten apples, and we are going to expose them through our project at the DNC.

Last week, Trump told New York cable outlet News 12 hed be announcing his running mate during Julys Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Dropping several names on his shortlist, Trump told News 12 that Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) would all do a fantastic job as his VP pick.