A senior Trump campaign adviser confirmed Pence is being formally vetted.
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“I cannot in good conscience vote for him”, Talmage Pearce, a GOP delegate from Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District, said in an interview.
Pence served in Congress for 12 years before he was elected Indiana’s governor in a narrow 2012 victory over Gregg.
Donald Trump’s long-awaited vice president announcement is getting closer, say sources, as the Republican National Convention on July 18 quickly approaches.
The businessman’s campaign has tried to bring in experienced political hands, including adding Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway on Friday, amid a series of departures.
Behind the scenes his role was more robust – he spent hours that day at Trump Tower, helping Trump craft a statement created to put the issue behind the campaign, and sticking around to help him craft a subsequent speech.
Meanwhile, at least two of Trump’s staffers resigned this week, joining a growing list of personnel who have parted ways with the campaign in recent months.
Trump has said he’s looking for a running mate with a long history in the public eye to help with the vetting process.
Previously, Trump has also suggested having a “winner’s night” at the convention that would likely include nonpolitical speakers such as famous sports figures.
Luckily, online gambling site Bovada has posted the odds for the Top 10 Republican vice president candidates, featuring everyone from Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin to current Trump rivals such as John Kasich.
Two sources said Pence was invited to stay for golf. A source said Christie was instrumental in coaxing Trump to take a less confrontational stance with a Mexican-American federal judge overseeing a fraud case involving the candidate’s now-defunct Trump University venture.
One clue to Christie’s rising importance came earlier this week when some campaign supporters held a conference call to discuss strategy and talking points for media appearances.
While Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders represent a parallel phenomenon, Sanders actually represents the continuation of movements that have already been underway in this country for some time, Gingrich said – movements toward more government health care and subsidization of college education, for example. Yet it’s still among the most important decisions nominees face during the general election and their choice is viewed as a reflection of their priorities and values.
“But Carr, in a column Thursday in the Boston Herald, said that Trump advised him off-stage: “‘Whatever you do, don’t apologize'”.
Under Pence, who has described himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order”, in has marched to the front lines of the nation’s culture wars. “That is consistent with meetings that Mr. Trump is holding with many key party leaders”. His stock may have gone down, however, because he has not shied away from criticizing the candidate at times.
“I think (Trump) needs the help”.
“If they say they are going to conduct this investigation by the book, I believe that’s what’s going to happen”, said Schiff, who supports Clinton for the party’s nomination.
The same goes for Oklahoma’s Fallin, who was among several Republican governors at a joint meeting with Trump in June.
“It’s an honour to be mentioned for the office of vice president”.
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“‘You never hear me apologize, do you?'” Trump added, according to Carr.
