Donald Trump “will stand with our ene- our allies”, said Trump’s vice presidential candidate Mike Pence, capping off one of the strangest vice presidential announcements in recent memory and perhaps revealing his true feelings. “He is a solid, solid person”.
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Then he briefly praised Pence. Trump thinks he’s pretty good looking.
Asked if Mexico would pay for a wall along the nation’s southern border, Pence said: “Absolutely”.
“We’re exhausted of being told that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives better for us… We’re exhausted of having politicians in both parties in Washington, D.C., telling us we’ll get to those problems tomorrow”.
Lanhee Chen, who advised Romney in 2012, said it was clear that in the Trump-Pence partnership, there would only be one boss. Pence heads back to IN for a solo event on Saturday night, and the Trump campaign hasn’t released a schedule for the convention that would include a joint appearance. “Because I’m an outsider”, he added in explaining his decision. The two men, instead of presenting an image of an emboldened, unified front, barely spent any time on stage together, as Trump quickly exited after greeting Pence with a perfunctory handshake and arm pat. And when they shook hands, with the political world watching, it was only for a few seconds before Trump left the podium.
After 28 minutes, Trump called Pence onstage.
“It was the single greatest non endorsement I’ve ever had”, Trump said. “It’s more than just getting along or liking each other”, said former Minnesota governor and presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty.
The Trump-Pence event offered Americans the first glimpse at what the 2016 Republican presidential ticket will look like, barring the unexpected. We wish them well. Despite a loud outcry from business and civic leaders, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into law, allowing Indianans who are sued for discrimination to cite their religious beliefs as a defense.
He also softened his vocal opposition to Trump’s call to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States.
In sharp contrast, Pence has been very conservative on many social issues such as abortion and gay rights.
Trump’s decision to select Pence was seen as a move to unify the Republican Party, which remains deeply divided in the wake of the NY real estate mogul’s primary victory.
Trump appeared to repeatedly digress from his prepared speech to go off on a characteristic conversational stream of consciousness, crowing about how he had predicted terror attacks in Europe and Britain’s vote to exit the European Union. Pence, meanwhile, had faced a Friday deadline to withdraw from his re-election race for governor so he could run for vice president; his aides filed the paperwork about an hour before the cutoff.
But even after word spread that Trump had chosen Pence, he appeared to have nagging reservations.
The Indiana governor praised Trump’s strength and leadership in comparison to Clinton.
Pence had endorsed Sen.
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Among them, an affinity for IN, a state that Trump reminded was supposed to be a “firewall” for his last two GOP primary rivals, Ted Cruz and John Kasich – both of whom dropped their bids after Trump trounced them IN the state.
