Expert reveals potential Trump running mate  Democrats 'would dread the most'

The race to become former President Donald Trump's vice presidential candidate is being heavily troubleshooted.

Among the runners in the veepstakes, there's one possible standout running mate that at least one expert suspects could induce Democrat insomnia.

During a panel conducted by CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead", he point-blank asked Meghan Hays, who served as a special assistant to President Joe Biden, about which candidate would most change the game heading into Nov. 5.

"Who are you dreading Trump picking, like as someone who wants Biden to win — would like — would Nikki Haley worry you?"

"I mean, that [pick] really attracts her voters," said Hays. "These people that voted for her, that [Trump's] having such a hard time getting, to your point, there's a real deficit of people that he needs to attract and I don't think any of the people that have been out there really do it for him and really bring those other groups of people."

Haley checks many boxes for Trump's third run for a second term.

Hays stressed: "But I do think Nikki Haley's probably the person that Democrats would dread the most."

Trump and Haley fought a scorched earth battle during the Republican primary. But when the former UN Ambassador bowed out and pledged to vote for Trump — it opened the door for her role in a second Trump presidency.

Palace intrigue over who the 45th president will select in his bid to become the 47th president has been wide-ranging. Trump, ever the showman, plans to reveal his No. 2 during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next month.

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"...I think (it) will probably get announced during the convention," Trump said in a recent interview with Fox News. "During the convention. There were some good people and, we have some very good people."

During his first campaign, Trump picked moderate Republican Mike Pence.

Some that appeared as frontrunners early on — such as Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) who appeared to underwhelm in her State of the Union response, to the dog-killing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem — have fallen some rungs.

Still considered viable picks are those MAGA stalwarts such as North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Dr. Ben Carson, Sen.Tim Scott (R-SC) Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) among others.

Republican Strategist Shermichael Singleton is big on Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who served as housing secretary in the Trump administration, to get the nod.

"That is my guy, Jake," he mused

But failing Carson is passed over, Singleton would like to see Sen. Tim Scott get chosen.

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Editor's note: A previous version of this article misstated that Trump seeks to become the nation's 46th president. He seeks to become the 47th.