“I have some appeal in virtually every state”, he said.
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Trump was up against a clock in unveiling his pick. You know Mike Pence, I had forgotten this too, he challenged John Boehner and the Republican, the weak Republican establishment on spending, and literally challenged Boehner to be Speaker of the House?
Muslims and experts on Islam quickly criticized Gingrich’s initial comments. And his solidly conventional political background runs counter to Trump’s anti-establishment mantra. The duo will head to Cleveland next week for the Republican National Convention. “Perfectly happy to have them next door”, he stated. Pence has been a longtime advocate of trade deals such as NAFTA and the Trans Pacific Partnership, both of which Trump opposes.
“When I was secretary [of state] I started the first ever worldwide group to deal with global terrorism and to bring everybody to the table”, she told O’Reilly, who has repeatedly called ongoing worldwide terror attacks “a world war scenario”.
“This is not about targeting a particular religion or targeting people who practice in a particular way”, he added.
Clinton’s campaign moved quickly to paint him as the “most extreme pick in a generation”.
Gingrich is a prominent supporter of soon-to-be GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
In addition to Pence, Trump’s shortlist included former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, according to people familiar with the candidate’s thinking.
Trump told Fox News he had not made his “final, final decision”, and his advisers cautioned that he could change his mind.
Former Gingrich aide Robert George, among others, were not impressed. Trump announced his decision on Twitter Friday morning, capping a frenzied 24 hours of speculation about his choice.
The attack in Nice, in which a Tunisian-born Frenchman drove a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, was the third major terrorist attack in France in the past 18 months, raising new fears about the reach of extremist groups like ISIS. With Pence sitting in a NY hotel, Trump chose to postpone the announcement.
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He concluded with a call for Congress to draft new laws addressing terrorism and surveillance and charged that terrorists want to wield the freedom of religion enshrined in the U.S. Constitution against Americans.
