The timing is aimed at energizing Republicans ahead of next week’s Republican convention in Cleveland.
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U.S. networks CNN and ABC reported without naming their sources that Pence, a 57-year-old Christian evangelical and stalwart of the American right, had already accepted the VP slot. He served six terms in Congress before becoming in governor.
“I have proposed a series of measures to combat these kinds of attacks, including launching an intelligence surge and the French and our European friends through the EU, through North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, individual nations, have to be willing to work with us to try to get better intelligence that will help them and also help us prevent attacks”, she said to a question. Trump took notice of Pence during the IN primary, noting that the governor had high praise for him despite endorsing one of his rivals.
The Indianapolis Star has confirmed that Pence will be dropping out of Indiana’s gubernatorial race to run with Trump. But he was left off the list of convention speakers, raising speculation he could appear in the prime time slot reserved for the VP pick. He has until noon Friday to withdraw from the gubernatorial ballot in Indiana.
TRUMP: It is so sad to see, Greta.
“There’s no respect for anything or anybody and this has to be dealt with very harshly”, he said.
Mr Trump was in California on Thursday for several fund raisers.
Each candidate landed support from 40 percent of registered voters.
The new numbers underscore the depth of Clinton’s troubles over her use of a private server for State Department emails.
Last week the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it would not pursue criminal charges against Clinton over the issue, but described her behavior as “extremely careless”. Some are pressing for the rules to be changed to allow delegates to ignore the primary votes and back whichever candidate they want.
To win over skeptical delegates, Trump has tapped wife Melania, daughters Ivanka and Tiffany and son Donald Trump Jr. We can’t let people from terrorist states and all of these people pour into our country because, you know, it only takes one or two people to create havoc and we’re allowing thousands of people, we have no idea who they are.
“The convention’s theme”, according to the event’s CEO Jeff Larson, will be Trump’s campaign promise to “Make America Great Again”.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump today said if elected he would go to Congress and seek declaration of war against the Islamic State terror group and would involve North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in the effort. But some of Mr Trump’s children, who have been closely advising their father, are said to favour different candidates.
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If history is any guide, Trump’s boost may be reversed when Democrats hold their own convention in Philadelphia later in the month.
