Trump is not scheduled to join him.
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He even brought up one of the glaring inconsistencies in his choice of Pence – he endorsed Ted Cruz, not Trump in the in primary. “Americans can choose a leader who will fight to make America safe and prosperous again and bring real change or we can elect someone who literally personifies the failed establishment in Washington D.C.”, Pence said.
In a bid to broaden his appeal to a fractured Republican electorate, Mr Trump presented Mr Pence as a flawless complement for the White House: a veteran of government who can guide an outsider, a man with a Midwestern sensibility and strong Republican credentials.
The presumptive Republican nominee spoke for almost a half-hour Saturday as he introduced his pick for vice president, calling Pence onto the stage at the end.
Trump touted Indiana’s falling unemployment rate and said that Pence would help his campaign and his potential administration protect the freedom of speech of religious institutions.
“This is the primary reason I wanted Mike – other than that he looks very good, other than he’s got an incredible family, and incredible wife”, Trump said. Jane Ferguson reports from Nice, France.http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/RTSI9UW-320×196.jpg2365804651QkpGuC1FZXY186921186920http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/expect-gop-convention-cleveland/What to expect from the GOP convention in ClevelandThere are 2,472 delegates to the GOP convention, and there may be as many opinions of the Trump-Pence ticket.
Trump also acknowledged his push for Pence was a nod to “party unity”, a surprising reason given the candidate’s past candor that he doesn’t feel he needs GOP unity to win.
He brags that they’ve been “crushed”.
When Trump finally got around to waving Pence on stage, he gave his new partner a shoulder clap in passing … and hustled off the stage, leaving Pence to deliver his biography on his own.
The event – the culmination of a vice presidential rollout that featured mixed signals, second-guessing and a 24-hour delay – was meant to assert that Trump and Pence would stand up to America’s enemies while being “the law-and-order candidates” at home.
But it did not come without a long and winding introduction, in which Trump devoted considerable time to attacking his presumed democratic opponent. Pence had to withdraw officially as the Republican candidate for governor by noon, as IN state law forbids running for two offices at once. We need strength. We need, in our country, law and order. Trump’s is not the first logo to become an online punchline.
The billionaire businessman strode first onto the stage that featured a backdrop of 10 American flags.
There was little hoopla – and no questions, though Trump on Thursday had billed the event as a news conference. Her campaign also seized on Trump’s chaotic process for selecting and announcing his pick, painting him in a web video as “Always divisive”.
In business and politics, Donald Trump likes to go with his gut.
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Trump’s campaign has strongly rejected the idea Trump had second thoughts about Pence. Campaign chairman Paul Manafort says Trump “never waffled” once he made his decision. If Trump anxious that someone like Gingrich could overshadow him as his running mate, with Pence, he developed the opposite concern: that the first-term governor was boring.
