Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has tapped Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, much to the delight of those who have in worked with Pence on ag issues.
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The Republican National Committee is asking for campaign donations in an e-mail that unveiled the first version of the Trump-Pence logo, and it’s pretty obvious to many people that it wasn’t designed by a graphic artist says the Indy Star. “This builder, this fighter, this patriotic American who has set aside a legendary career in business to build a stronger America”, Pence declared.
Originally, Trump planned to speak on Friday, but he postponed his remarks after the attacks in Nice, France.
“What a difference between crooked Hillary Clinton and Mike Pence”, Trump said, saying that the IN governor would never be afraid to say the words, “radical Islamic terrorism”.
Trump campaign staffer Jason Miller on Friday said the CNN report was “completely false”.
“He is a tremendous man!” But after publicly waffling over his own choice, Trump spent more time today making false attacks on Hillary Clinton-several of which could also be leveled against Pence-and talking about his own businesses than his own running mate.
On its own, the muddled lead-up to Saturday’s announcement is unlikely to impact Trump’s standing in his general election fight with Democrat Hillary Clinton.
“We are going to have surrounding states and, very importantly, get North Atlantic Treaty Organisation involved because we support North Atlantic Treaty Organisation far more than we should, frankly, because you have a lot of countries that aren’t doing what they’re supposed to be doing”.
Pence, 57, is the governor of IN, a lawyer by training and former radio talk show host with strong communication skills. The event did not feature any new “Trump-Pence” signs, instead displaying the standard “Trump” podium sign. 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.
In an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, Pence downplayed or reversed past differences he has had with Trump. Pence tweeted that calls to ban Muslims are “offensive and unconstitutional”, but Trump stuck to his guns on the proposed ban, expending it to geographic areas where terrorism is more prevalent.
Pence added that he supports Trump’s call for building a wall along the USA border with Mexico.
The Trump-Pence event offered Americans the first glimpse at what the 2016 Republican presidential ticket will look like, barring the unexpected. If Trump truly does listen to advisers as his ardent supporters claim, then Pence’s proximity to the Oval Office for the next four years could only be a positive development. He was a “unity” pick, created to show wary conservatives that Trump’s GOP still has a place for their ideology at the very top.
In a wide-ranging speech in which he touted his own “landslide” victory in the Republican primaries, Trump cast Pence as a flawless complement for the White House: a veteran of government, a man with a Midwestern sensibility and strong Republican credentials as a job creator and budget balancer. The campaign of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton denounced Trump as “the most extreme VP pick in a generation”. Trump was reportedly impressed with his calm demeanor and experience.
And that was exactly what Pence’s fans at home in IN expected. That fueled speculation that Trump was reconsidering and fueled hopes among allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that he might still be in the running.
Despite a lot of waffling from the Trump campaign in the lead up to the Pence announcement, Trump said Pence was his “first choice from the start”, Saturday, calling the two of them the “law and order candidates” who will “make America Safe Again”.
As late as Thursday – even as Pence sat in a NY hotel, having flown in from Indiana – Trump told Fox News that he had not yet made his “final, final decision”.
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Reporters on Saturday chuckled at one of the pre-event musical selections: The Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”.
