Mark Cuban reveals Kamala Harris considered him as a potential VP — but turned her down

Mark Cuban revealed that former Vice President Kamala Harris had considered him as a potential running mate in her bid for the White House last year – but he turned her down.
The billionaire entrepreneur, who served as a high-profile surrogate for Harris's failed campaign, made the shocking admission in a sneak preview of 'The Bulwark' podcast after host Tim Miller pressed him about 'some green room gossip at MSNBC' related to the request.
The former 'Shark Tank' judge said the Democrat's team had reached out to ask him to submit vetting materials – but he felt a review of his extensive background would be a waste of time.
4 Mark Cuban made the shocking admission in a sneak preview of 'The Bulwark' podcast.
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'My response was I'm not very good as the number two person,' Cuban told Miller in a clip of Friday's episode.
'And so if the last thing we need is me telling Kamala, you know, the president that, no, that's a dumb idea. And I'm not real good at the shaking hands and kissing babies.'
4 Kamala Harris ultimately chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to join her losing ticket.
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Miller responded by telling the Dallas Mavericks minority owner that he may have been a bigger – and 'meaningfully different' – asset to Harris's campaign than Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who she ultimately chose to join her losing ticket.
'I mean, obviously it would have been different,' Cuban said, noting that he's not a politician.
'My personality is completely different than Tim's. My experiences, my backgrounds are completely different. I think I've cut through the sh–t more directly. I'm not a politician. And so, it would have been different, but it would have been awful.'
4 Host Tim Miller pressed Cuban about some gossip he had heard at MSNBC related to the request.
The Bulwark
The businessman joked that Harris probably would have fired him within six days.
Miller pushed back, saying that Cuban joining the presidential ticket would have been 'better than the present situation,' referring to President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who overwhelmingly won the election last November.
4 The former 'Shark Tank' judge said the Democrat's team had reached out to ask him to submit vetting materials.
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'Well, yea, that's true. But, you know, I really thought she was going to win,' Cuban replied.
Cuban actively campaigned for Harris on the trail, even facing some backlash after claiming Trump does not surround himself with 'strong, intelligent women' during an appearance on 'The View.'
He immediately regretted his careless remarks and tried to clear them up — later congratulating the commander in chief for winning the election 'fair and square.'

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Appeals court lets President Donald Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles

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• San Francisco Chronicle​

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New York's primaries

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• Politico

Scutari seeks more power for the Senate

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They made inappropriate, sexual-tinged comments about a student's appearance. They sent egregiously romantic social media and text messages. And they built physical, sexual relationships with the very students placed in their care, developing twisted relationships that experts said could have disastrous emotional effects as a child reaches adulthood and grasps the reality of what actually transpired. Since 2019, the state Department of Education has revoked or suspended the teaching licenses of 139 New Jersey educators after accusations of sexual misconduct with children, including students or others in their care. About four in five licensees whose credentials were revoked also faced criminal charges.' —'See Jeremy Allen White's Bruce Springsteen in 'Deliver Me from Nowhere' trailer, list of N.J. film locations' CORRECTION — In Wednesday's edition, I misspelled the name of Cranbury farm owner Andrew Henry because my fingers decided to type the name of former Senate Democratic Executive Director Andrew Hendry. The latter does not own a farm, though you could argue he worked as a kind of shepherd.