“It’s bedlam”, the presumptive Republican nominee said.
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Trump says he’ll hold a news conference on Saturday morning. Other possible hopefuls have until three days before the state committee meeting to declare their candidacies.
Cardwell says the committee will vote August 1 on a lieutenant governor candidate.
Mr Pence also has influential allies in Mr Trump’s inner circle but some of his children, who have been closely advising their father, were said to favour different candidates.
Trump himself told Fox News Channel’s Greta Van Susteren Thursday: “I haven’t made my final, final decision”.
“Governor Pence is an ideal vice president and trusted by conservatives”, Moore said in a statement.
Advisers to Trump indicated to Republicans in Washington on Wednesday that they planned to make an announcement with Pence, but on Thursday both Trump and his press officers stressed that he could still change his mind. Pence had emerged as a late favorite for the job.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is welcoming Donald Trump’s decision to tap Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate. It was not immediately known who was behind the attack, but it prompted Trump to say that if elected president, he would ask Congress for a declaration of war against the Islamic State. He later backtracked, saying he would amend the law to ensure it didn’t allow discrimination.
Holcomb cites his experience as lieutenant governor and a top aide to former Gov. Mitch Daniels as qualifications for the top spot. Republican U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks and Todd Rokita did the same.
Mike Pence is his choice to be his running mate.
As governor of Indiana, Pence has invited criticism for signing bills making it harder for women to have abortions. Bosma said he remained committed to his work in the Legislature.
Since taking office in 2013, Pence has presided over Indiana’s improving economy and falling unemployment rate, which Republicans credit to the state’s low taxes, limited regulation and pro-business climate.
Pence’s elevation to the ticket could help unify the divided Republican Party before next week’s national convention in Cleveland.
But Manafort said Friday morning he believed Trump had “reached a decision but he isn’t prepared to announce it yet”.
IN law bars a candidate from seeking multiple state and federal offices at the same time. The deadline to withdraw from Indiana’s gubernatorial ballot is today. GOP officials could later restore any of them to a vacancy.
The Indiana Republican Party’s county chairmen and precinct chairs pick the candidates for the seats, so that may not fare well for those who have gone against the incumbents.
Trump could have shaken up the presidential race by picking a running mate who could have broadened the electorate for the GOP.
Haley supported U.S. Florida Sen.
Pence, who served 12 years in the U.S. House before winning election as in governor in 2012, is particularly popular with religious conservatives and spent much of his career opposing increased government spending and immigration “amnesty”. IN law prohibits candidate from running in more than one race. Mr Pence now faces a much longer turn in the spotlight as Mr Trump’s top ally during the four-month battle for the White House.
A day of media drama and speculation took a tragic turn yesterday as a horrifying terror attack in France prompted Donald Trump to postpone the scheduled rollout of his running mate.
IN law bars a candidate from seeking state and federal offices at the same time. That report was followed by CBS also reporting Pence as the pick, before the Star, Indiana’s largest newspaper, confirmed the report.
On the other side of the aisle, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi slammed Pence’s service in Congress as a fight for a “hateful agenda”.
Without a public affirmation of his partnership with Trump, Pence could have been placed in an uncomfortable position – forced either to end his bid for re-election without an irreversible commitment from Trump, or to abandon his quest for the vice presidency due to an accident of scheduling.
IN law bars a candidate from seeking two state offices at once.
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Will Pence add the conservatism needed to win over the Republican base?
