“We must bring a change to America’s standing in the world”, Pence said.
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In a wide-ranging speech in which he touted his own “landslide” victory in the Republican primaries, Trump cast Pence as a ideal 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.
And also, “Hillary Clinton must never become president of the United States of America”. “The turnaround and the strength of IN has been incredible”.
Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday he is looking for a “fighter skilled in hand-to-hand combat” as his second-in-command, but hadn’t seen enough of Pence to measure his fight. He chuckled off attacks from Democrats, many of whom consider him “extreme”, and said that he’s “a conservative but I’m not in a bad mood about it”.
“He’s entitled to make a mistake every once in a while”, Trump said of Pence. Malcolm Lazin, Executive Director, Equality Forum stated, “The selection of anti-gay crusader Governor Mike Pence, along with the homophobic Republican party platform & a deafening silence on the LGBT Equality Act completes a trifecta of hate from Donald Trump on LGBT rights”. “He won’t [call Clinton that name], I didn’t ask him to do it but I don’t think he should do it because its different for him”.
Trump says he and Pence are the “the law and order candidates”, adding that his potential administration would be far tougher on both foreign and domestic terrorism than would Clinton. With Pence, Trump gets a partner who can lock down the votes of conservatives who make up the party’s base without overly exciting them or casting even a trace of a shadow on Trump’s dominating personality.
The Republican Indiana governor told the crowd of a few hundred at a nearby hangar that the past few days have been “pretty overwhelming” while praising the presumed Republican presidential nominee who named him to the ticket.
“[Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan called me up immediately and said, ‘What a great choice, ‘” Trump says.
The Republican governor had returned to IN on Saturday following his formal debut that morning as Donald Trump’s running mate IN Manhattan.
Pence had flown into New Jersey on Thursday for what was scheduled to be a Friday announcement. And Pence has criticized Trump’s proposed banning of Muslims from entering the United States.
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Flight delays pushed the event back to 6 p.m.at the Indianapolis Executive Airport in Zionsville.
