“He said he wants an “active” vice president”.
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Stahl tried to interject, but Trump continued to talk.
“You’re both teetotalers.” That’s one quality that Donald Trump and Mike Pence share, but Lesley Stahl wanted to know what else the presidential running mates have in common.
“It’s a long time ago and he voted that way”.
But Trump took about 25 minutes to actually cede the stage to Pence, using that time to alternately praise him, praise himself and attack Hillary Clinton.
Sixth, and perhaps second only in importance to Trump’s willingness to take the fight straight at Hillary Clinton, is his commitment to confront the elitism that is poisoning our society and to fight for America’s forgotten working families.
Those words from Indiana Gov. Mike Pence marked the official debut of the Trump-Pence presidential ticket.
She made the comments three police officers were killed and three others wounded in Baton Rouge.
Pence, however, has disagreed prominently with Trump on a number of issues; he has spoken out against the Republican presidential candidate’s controversial call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. and on trade deals. The featured speakers on Tuesday include Trump’s children Tiffany and Donald Jr.
A handful of protesters showed up outside the airport, but there was no conflict between them and supporters inside. And he voted that way and they were also misled.
Trump spoke not in a swing state, as is the norm for such announcements, but instead at a Hilton Hotel ballroom, just a few blocks from his residence at Trump Tower. As this writer has previously stated, the Christian faith is politically neutral, which is why devout Christians can be Democrats as well as Republicans.
It wasn’t until later that year that Trump began expressing his opposition to the war.
There was little hoopla – and no questions, though Trump on Thursday had billed the event as a news conference. “There is going to be respect again for law and order”.
The violence comes less than a month after a pair of police shootings prompted the assassination of five police officers in Dallas. The campaign says it will continue to expand its team for the general election in coming days.
“Conventions are always fascinating”, Kean Jr. said. The presumptive GOP nominee also bashed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which his VP pick has supported, and decried the so-called Johnson amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates. “Face the Nation” offered excerpts earlier Sunday. Pence called such a ban “offensive and unconstitutional”.
Trump praised Pence’s record as governor of IN, saying he will help push to create manufacturing jobs – a key domestic platform IN Trump’s campaign.
“We must bring a change to America’s standing in the world”, Pence said.
Priebus says Trump understands the need to grow the party beyond white voters.
“One of the reasons is party unity, I have to be honest”, he said.
Rothenberg said Pence did “fine” on such points.
In the CBS interview, Trump repeated a claim he often makes: that he opposed the war from the start.
Priebus tells ABC’s “This Week” that Trump is already an intriguing figure to Americans.
Trump tweeted just before 11 a.m. Friday that Pence would be his running mate.
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“It looks like a tremendous success from a military standpoint”, Trump said in a March 2003 interview.
