Florida Sen. Marco Rubio characterized the meeting with former President Donald Trump as “getting the team back together” and providing the state of the former president’s campaign. It was a “terrific meeting,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said. “I was a point for the president to connect with the people who are in this city,” Cassidy said. Asked whether there was any talk about Trump’s potential choice for vice president, Rubio let out a laugh and said no. When asked how the party can be united when some senior Republicans had previously blamed Trump for the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, Sen. J.D.