Pence was elected Indiana’s governor in November 2012, taking office two months later.
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Trump’s repetition of the phrase “not quite there yet”, which he used four times in the interview, echoed Ryan’s own hesitancy to back Trump.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign town hall at Ocean Center, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The latest sparring between the Trump/Pence ticket and down-ballot Republicans is yet another sign of GOP disunity going into a competitive general election.
Sen. John McCain did not directly answer a question about whether he felt comfortable with the prospect of Donald Trump having control of the country’s nuclear arsenal.
On Tuesday, Trump sent shockwaves through the Republican Party when he declined to endorse McCain and Ayotte, as well as House Speaker Paul Ryan.
In a statement, Pence said he and Trump believe Khan is “an American hero” and said “his family, like all Gold Star families, should be cherished by every American”.
“I said at that time, ‘If I see a situation where our conservative principles are being distorted, I’m going to stand up for those conservative principles, ‘” Ryan said.
Sen. John McCain had to wait a few seconds when faced with the daunting proposition of Donald Trump in charge of the nuclear launch codes. Ted Cruz dropped out of the race.
Trump played down the friction between him and Ryan at a campaign stop in Portland on Thursday, calling Ryan a “good guy” and discouraging a supportive crowd from booing Ryan’s name.
But Ayotte has consistently denounced Trump’s more controversial comments. In response to Trump’s criticism of the family of a dead American soldier, she called out Trump directly.
Republican House members Richard Hanna of New York, Pennsylvania’s Charlie Dent and Florida’s Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Carlos Curbelo have said they won’t support Trump.
Trump added that reporters wrongly tried to portray the split – Pence supports Ryan in his re-election bid, while Trump has said he’s still undecided – as a major rift within the GOP ticket.
There is mounting pressure on Donald Trump to regain his footing in the race and fix some of the damage he has sustained in swing states.
Democrats quickly pounced on the freshman senator for sticking by the nominee.
“He said, ‘But, I like him, he’s a friend of mine”.
Clinton, meanwhile, kept up her assault on Trump’s business practices, holding up a Trump-branded tie as she spoke at the Knotty Tie Company in battleground Colorado.
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He was deeply upset when GOP leaders “took the other side” during his quarrel with the Khans, one person said, and blames his staff for not keeping top Republicans in line.
