Shortly after the announcement that Gingrich had severed ties with Fox was made public, he appeared on the network and said Trump’s announcement would come tomorrow or Thursday.
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Clinton was scheduled to campaign in Virginia with Kaine later in the day. “He’s a good guy, by the way, a lot of people don’t understand that”, Trump said.
Lawmakers say Clinton’s former Democratic opponent, Bernie Sanders, received applause at the lunch.
“He clearly, I think, is down to two”, said the former Speaker of the House.
Trump took notice of Pence during the IN primary, noting that the governor had high praise for him despite endorsing one of his rivals.
“Gingrich will go too far”, Pitney predicts, “because that’s where Gingrich always goes”.
Trump’s vice presidential announcement is expected soon with the Republican National Convention getting under way in Cleveland next week.
Senior U.S. national security officials say they are anxious about the potential for violence at the Republican National Convention to be held in Cleveland next week.
“I will admit that I am a Mike Pence fan”, Ernst told Politico.
The top contenders have been vetted by a top Washington lawyer and all have spent time with Trump in recent days.
Newt Gingrich, a finalist on Donald Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, flew to Indianapolis to meet with Trump on a private jet provided by Fox News host Sean Hannity, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
Trump, who previously called for a ban on Muslims traveling to the US, also spoke about the Nice attacks on Fox News.
Some delegates said the Trump campaign and top GOP officials were trying to see if they could strike a compromise with conservatives trying to let delegates back any candidate they want and offering other rules changes. Hannity asked Gingrich during this week’s interview.
He says he was “hauling dishes out of the cupboard at midnight” the night before to prepare for the Trump family’s arrival the next morning.
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The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives joined Fox News as a contributor in 1999 after being officially reprimanded for an ethics violation and subsequently resigning from Congress. Gingrich was the first speaker of the House to be reprimanded for an ethics violation. Regardless, Gingrich said the country must “be fairly relentless about defining who our enemies are”. “Who would be best in terms of making the case and articulating the case for Donald Trump, with a positive voice like you have?”
