Fox News Anchor Bret Baier Bluntly Asks Trump If Sen. Tim Scott Is ‘On The List’ To Be His VP

Fox News anchor Bret Baier bluntly asked former President Donald Trump if Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is “on the list” to be his VP — Trump’s answer was less-than-encouraging.

Over the weekend, Sen. Scott gave Trump an early-state boost with an enthusiastic endorsement over fellow South Carolinian ex-Amb. Nikki Haley — who appointed Scott to his Senate seat while she was governor of the state.

On this week’s edition of Fox News Channel’s Fox News Sunday, Baier revealed he asked Trump if Scott was in the running during a pull-aside with Trump — but Trump changed the subject without even saying Scott was under consideration:

BRET: said in our town hall that you had an idea, or you might have already decided about your VP pick. When do you think you’re going to make that?

TRUMP: Well, it’s never really had that much of an effect on an election, which is an amazing thing, both election and primary. It’s never really had much of an effect. I may or may not really something over the next couple of months. There’s no rush to that. It won’t have any impact at all. The person that I think I like is a very good person, a pretty standard. I think people won’t be that surprised, but I would say there’s probably a 25% chance that would be that person.

BRET: Tim Scott on the list?

TRUMP: Now, you know, he’s a great guy. You know, he endorsed me. There’s an example, Nikki comes from South Carolina, Tim Scott is from South Carolina.

But if you look the governor, great governor, another senator Lindsey, we happen to like Lindsey. But, uh, Henry McMaster knows it very well. He endorsed me. It’s very hard for a governor to endorse somebody when you have, you know, I mean, Henry McMaster was the lieutenant governor under her, and he endorsed me… What does that tell you?

Watch above via Fox News Channel’s Fox News Sunday.