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Vance and Rubio emerge as early contenders to inherit Trump’s Republican Party
Vice-President J.D. Vance and Senator Marco Rubio are emerging as potential successors to Donald Trump within the Republican Party. Vance was temporarily demoted to press secretary, where he made statements critical of the media and denied political ambitions.
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