Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, introduces Gov. Mike Pence, R-Indiana, during a campaign event to announce Pence as his vice presidential running mate Saturday, July 16, 2016, in NY.
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It was Pence who brought national attention to the issues of LGBT rights in relation to religious freedom, when he signed into law legislation (that he would later amend) that gave in business owners the legal protection to refuse their goods and services to same-sex couples, citing their religion as the cause.
When pointed out that Pence also voted for war in Iraq as did his Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Trump said the Indiana Governor is entitled to make mistake once in a while, but the former Secretary of State is not. The two men appeared together just briefly. And if these attacks continue to occur, as they surely will, President Trump will be forced to recognize that. On Saturday morning, the two appeared at a joint event in NY.
While on a flight to Cleveland to attend the Republican National Convention, Christie flew first class, a spy told us, and was “watching sports or some game show”. A few hundred people greeted him at a suburban Indianapolis airport hangar bereft of any “Trump-Pence” signs.
Lee says by picking Pence, Trump is clearly appealing to any traditional conservatives still uncomfortable with Trump. Delegates from those states will have prime seats to watch billionaire businessman Donald Trump accept the GOP’s nomination for president.
A former chairman of the House Republican Conference, he was an early tea party ally, but the staunch social conservative struggled in his sole term as governor of in when he got caught in controversy over LGBT rights.
The Adelson-backed Republican Jewish Coalition is expected to rally to Pence, who authored a bill in Congress to construct a security fence in Israel.
Donald Trump introduced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate on Saturday, calling him “my partner in this campaign” and his first choice to join him on the Republican presidential ticket.
With the convention set to begin, Republican party elders and Trump campaign officials fanned across the Sunday shows in an effort to set the stage with a show of unity and to tamp down the internal discord that remains a sub-current of the four-day convention.
State sen. Mike Kowall, R-White Lake, said he’s always liked Christie but that he seemed to him “a little subdued today”. “Life for me has been a pretty big roller coaster for the last 15 years, so I’m just going to strap in, hang on and see where it takes me next”. On trade, foreign policy and other areas, the two have parted ways many times.
Clinton’s team was already painting Pence’s conservative social viewpoints as out of step with the mainstream.
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But Clinton’s campaign quickly seized on the appearance of indecision, releasing a web video early Saturday highlighting Trump’s frequent mixed signals and contradictory statements about where he was in the selection process.
