Newt Gingrich says he would consider being Trump’s running mate

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday he would consider an offer by presidential candidate Donald Trump to be the presumptive Republican nominee’s running mate.

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Gingrich said while his answer wouldn’t be an “automatic yes” the one-time presidential candidate would leave the door open to the possibility of becoming the vice president.

“If he asks me I’d certainly say I want to sit down and talk about it,” he said. “I think we’d be hard-pressed not to say, ‘yes.'”

Trump is closing in on becoming the Republican presidential nominee as the primary season moves toward closure and as some one-time critics fall in line to endorse the businessman, who is just 103 delegates short of the 1,237 needed to shore up the nomination.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus listens to a question during an interview in Washington May 6, 2016. Photo By Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

In an unorthodox move, Trump said Friday he would buck the standard presidential candidates’ practice of releasing his personal tax returns.

On Sunday, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said on ABC New’s “This Week” that Trump has “rewritten the playbook” and voters would decide the repercussions of his decision not to release the tax returns.

“It’s going to be up to the American people,” Priebus said. “I think Trump represents such a massive change to Washington that people don’t look at Trump as to whether or not he releases his taxes.”