Lara Trump and Donald Trump.Photo: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images
Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump is ruling out a Senate run for the foreseeable future.
Lara, who is married to the former president’s sonEric Trump, made an official announcement about a possible run in her home state while attending the North Carolina GOP state convention on Saturday.
“Now you mayhave heard a rumorthat I have been considering possibly running for a Senate seat here in North Carolina. I have been considering it and it’s a big decision,” she said. “I did a lot of soul-searching, a lot of thinking, talking with my father-in law, my parents, my husband Eric.
In order to run, Lara said she would have to be able to “give 100%,” which she won’t be able to do with two young children — daughterCarolina, 1, and sonLuke, 3 — at home.
“It is going to be very hard for me to enter this Senate race right now,” she added. “I am saying no for now, not no for ever, just so you know,” she added.
After her announcement, the Trumps endorsed Rep. Ted Budd for the soon-to-be vacant Senate seat. With Republican Sen. Richard Burr retiring, the North Carolina race is likely to be a major battleground between Democrats and Republicans next year.
“I sort of feel like I’ve been an unofficial member of the team for so long,” Lara said after her hiringwas announced on air, a nod to the long-standing relationship between the Trump administration and Fox News' opinion staffers.
“It was kind of a joke over the past five years — I would come there so often that the security guards were like, ‘Maybe we should just give you a key,’ " she added.
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Back in February, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Grahamsaidthat Lara “represents the future of the Republican Party.”
Before joining other members of the Trump family as an adviser to the former president’s failed re-election bid, Lara was a producer withInside Editionfrom 2012 to 2016.
source: people.com
