Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) appeared open to the possibility of serving in President Donald Trump’s administration but said she has yet to have the phone ring.
The former governor famously ran as the late Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential nominee in 2008 against then-Sen. Barack Obama. Since her term as governor ended in 2009, she’s remained outside the public eye.
But during an interview on Friday with NewsNation, Palin said she would be open to working with Trump and serving her country once again.
“I thought that there would be a position in energy in that department because that’s my baby is wanting energy independence for America. You know, that’s all about security and sovereignty of our nation is to be energy independent,” she said. “But that hasn’t happened.”
However, Palin said that there are “gatekeepers” in the administration that could get in the way, as she was stopped from attending the 2024 Republican National Convention last July.
“I didn’t even get credentials to attend the GOP convention if you can believe it. I mean, wow, they’re tight,” Palin noted. “And I’m the only living Republican nominee who had run for VP or president who supported Trump. And even I couldn’t get in.”
While she said Trump’s team is “pretty tight,” she still didn’t rule out the chance, saying she’d “love to serve.”
Later on in the interview, Palin discussed those within the administration disagreeing or criticizing the president for his actions. She said that having some who aren’t on board could lead to turnover sooner rather than later.
“If things aren’t going to be smooth if his agenda is not going to be ushered in per the vote of the people … the wishes of the people, then I think they will regroup and maybe already change some persons,” Palin said.
Palin also discussed her 2008 campaign against former President Obama and then-Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden.
“I knew that what I was standing for and fighting for was the right thing because I am so connected, I believe, to Joe Six-Pack,” she said, referring to working Americans. “That’s who I am, you know, just running businesses, raising families, not a professional politician, knowing that the bureaucrats in the face of politicians in D.C. do not know better than we ourselves as individuals how to run our lives.”