But a former Speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich maintains that, while many of Trump’s comments have been misguided, “there’s no evidence at all that Trump is a racist”. In it, he wasn’t afraid to take a few shots at Trump, though he was always quick to point out that he and his wife, Mary Pat, were long time friends of the NY billionaire.
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Clinton is now the front-runner for the White House with polls showing her leading presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. The names were confirmed by people with direct knowledge of the vetting process who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation publicly. Jeff Sessions and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. Spokesman Marc Lotter says the meeting is consistent with other meetings Trump is having with GOP party leaders in the run-up to the GOP’s summer convention.
Trump could announce his choice of a running mate before the party’s convention to help drum up excitement heading into Cleveland, a source familiar with the process told CNN on Friday.
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski named a number of positives when it came to Pence.
This is even a worse pairing than the bad visual that would come with a Trump Christie ticket. Even though he expressed skepticism as to whether the role would suit him, he also seems to have thought deeply about Trump’s strengths and flaws. Pence is someone with strong ties to social conservatives, a voting bloc Trump continues to struggle to attract, and has spent time not only in Congress but also as a member of GOP leadership. And Gingrich is being “seriously considered” for the job, a Trump adviser said. Biden said. “That’s all I want to know”.
Donald Trump, who never held an elective office before, said that he was looking for the position of vice president a veteran politician able to help weather through the perilous corridors of politics in Washington, explained on Friday a source close to the campaign.
The one question was whether Christie knew enough about how Washington worked.
Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Summit, Biden pointed Gingrich out in the crowd, asking loudly, “Newt, are you going to do it?”
Christie was vetted four years ago by 2012 nominee Mitt Romney’s research team. Wounded by the fallout from revelations related to top aides deliberately closing lanes on George Washington Bridge as a form of political retribution, Christie still mounted a 2016 bid. “Somebody who can clearly get things done in Washington – he’s the last speaker of the House to balance the budget”. Facing a national backlash, Pence revised the law just a week after he first signed it. Trump, who largely self-funded his primary run, has not yet released June fundraising numbers.
“On a scale of 1-10, it was a 9”, one source said.
“Turkey has a tremendously powerful military”, he said. Gingrich has been a high-profile advocate for free trade for pretty much his entire political career.
That all makes sense and is in keeping with the general criteria – political experience but with a willingness to speak out against political correctness – that Trump has laid out when talking about picking his vice president.
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