Trump offered the vice presidential spot to Pence Thursday, and the governor boarded a plane for NY in anticipation of a Friday announcement, according to a Republican with knowledge of the process. Christie was a Republican claiming victory in a Democratic state, with a Democratic Legislature, and vowing to “pick Trenton up” and “turn it upside down”. “Contribute now to be the first to join the Trump-Pence Team”. Griffin and Pence were on the House Judiciary Committee in Congress.
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In political circles, Pence is seen as a “consensus choice” that could make Trump more “palatable”, not only among the party’s elite but also for ultraconservative voters and the powerful evangelical segment.
He brags that they’ve been “crushed”.
“I think there are principled fights that Pence and the governor have had”. The logo is further proof, not that we needed any, that when it comes to running for president, neither Trump nor anyone he works with knows dick about dick.
Trump is set to be formally nominated as the party’s candidate for the presidential election at the convention, which opens in Cleveland on Monday. Highsmith said it should be recognizable quickly and not offensive, then hastened to add that he wasn’t offended by the Trump logo.
“I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running mate”, Trump tweeted on Friday. The NRA endorsed Trump in May.
The billionaire businessman strode first onto the stage that featured a backdrop of 10 American flags.
So the verdict that Pence is probably the best Trump could do is double-edged. During his presidential campaign, he referred to “Donald” as his friend.
Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta called Trump’s pick “the most extreme VP pick in a generation”. “All of the good and all of the bad that come with Donald Trump’s political profile is going to be owned by Chris Christie”. “Always divisive. Not so decisive”.
Republicans said Malloy’s strong rhetoric reflected poorly on him, not Pence.
“With his pick of Mike Pence, Donald Trump is doubling down on the hatred and bigotry that has defined his campaign”, Malloy said.
Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico would have been another obvious plus for Trump, who can use all the help he can get with both women and Latinos. “Everybody around him in the campaign apparatus had been making these moves to make it so Mike Pence would be his running mate”.
Trump and Pence will appear at a midtown Manhattan hotel on Saturday morning. He was picked after Trump’s days-long and unusually public deliberation process. Carney said, referring to media questions Trump might have faced. The Borowitz Report was acquired by The New Yorker in 2012.
The Northeast might not be the most fertile ground for Republican candidates for national office, but New York, New Jersey and CT will be front-and-center at next week’s Republican National Convention.
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Though independent appraisals of Trump’s net worth have concluded his claimed $10 billion net worth is exaggerated, he will soon be the wealthiest person to receive a major party’s nomination and has made his fortune a campaign issue.
