We don't know yet who Donald Trump's vice presidential pick will be, but "the good thing is we have a deep bank," former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Dr. Ben Carson told Newsmax on Monday.
"We have a lot of people," Carson told "Rob Schmitt Tonight." "And that's a good thing, rather than just a handful."
Carson added that the fact that the GOP has a deep bench is "a real strength."
"There's a real strength there, not only for now, but into the future," Carson said, noting that the future is "what we need to be thinking about, because the country, frankly, is in a lot of trouble."
"We need to make some major changes, and we need to make them pretty soon," Carson continued.
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