He said Gov. Pence would stand up to America’s enemies and that he and the governor represent “the law-and-order candidates” at home.
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In a 29-minute speech that often deviated from prepared remarks, Trump spoke at length about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and his own proposals before interrupting himself by saying, “Back to Mike Pence” and offering his motivation for the selection. “He is a solid, solid person”, he said.
Ali Pardo, RNC’s Colorado Spokesowoman, shut down the notion that Trump and Pence have too many differences. I want to be an outsider.
Pence’s entire role on the ticket appears to be to filter the insane out of what Donald Trump says in order to make is sound more conventionally Republican.
When he brought Pence to the stage, the celebrity businessman shook his hand and patted his forearm before quickly exiting.
The lack of chemistry between Pence and Trump was obvious that one wonders if they had ever really spoken to each other before Pence was added to the ticket.
Mr Pence, 57, served six terms in Congress before being elected governor and could help Mr Trump navigate Capitol Hill.
Joining Trump in the interview his vice presidential running mate Mike Pence said this is the kind of leadership that is needed in the US.
The interview was a trainwreck tribute to the ego of Donald Trump, who made it clear that he was in charge and that the spotlight was always to be on him at all times.
The trappings of a presumptive nominee’s most significant announcement were missing in the Manhattan hotel ballroom where a few hundred supporters gathered Saturday morning. He predicted that Pence would have won re-election as governor, were he not running for vice president.
Claiming that she “got away with murder”, Trump said that “she is the embodiment of corruption”. Because we’ll get a good flavor for how America is feeling on the outside of the convention center as to how they’re protesting, what their message is and how that’s going to go.
“I could feel the excitement”, Sue Saunders said.
Clinton’s team was already painting Pence’s conservative social viewpoints as out of step with the mainstream. Her campaign also seized on Trump’s chaotic process for selecting and announcing his pick, painting Trump in a web video released on Saturday as “always divisive”.
Trump and Pence are expected to win the GOP presidential and vice-presidential nominations, respectively, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week.
“Just as the Pence drama was unfolding, an attacker with no apparent ties to any known terrorist group drove a truck into a huge crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, France”.
Newt Gingrich, a former speaker of the House, and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey were also finalists, and both men have closer personal ties to Trump. There have been reports that Trump was still having serious doubts about Pence on Thursday night, looking for a way out…. Pence called such a ban “offensive and unconstitutional”.
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The US presidential hopeful explained his choice by praising the governor’s fiscally conservative policies and his election in Indiana’s Republican primary, which defied predictions from the party establishment.
