But despite Pence’s conservative bona fides, he may not make many inroads with independents in an election in which some analysts say those voters may well determine the election’s outcome.
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The party’s platform committee this past week endorsed draft language that calls on Congress to pass legislation that would shift some federally controlled public lands to the states.
“Now. we’re certainly not a backwater – we’re at the cutting edge”, said Rokita, who was twice elected IN secretary of state before winning a seat IN Congress.
A reserve Montana delegate will have to be appointed to replace him.
Past vice presidential announcements have seldom been like that. Both groups can now accept unlimited donations. A steady conservative with extensive governing experience, Pence may also serve to reassure Republicans who are skeptical about Trump’s conservative bona fides.
“She got away with murder”, he said glibly. “Seven and a half years of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s policies have weakened America’s place in the world and stifled our nation’s economy”.
Trump officially introduced Pence as his running mate at a low-key rally on Saturday in NY. Republican officials were overwhelmingly positive in their reactions to a Trump-Pence ticket. He did return for a brief photo-op at the end. The early birds were there an hour before the “welcome home rally” was scheduled to start.
Trump spoke first, while Pence stood off stage out of view.
“I introduce a man who I truly believe will be outstanding in every way and who will be the next vice-president of the United States, Governor Mike Pence”, he said.
The presumptive Republican nominee spoke for almost a half-hour Saturday as he introduced his pick for vice president, calling Pence onto the stage at the end. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said that Pence has experience inside and outside Washington and shows a lot of maturity.
“He looks very good”, Trump said. He promised that he and Trump-whose shifting positions and departures from party orthodoxy have alarmed and mystified many Republicans-would govern as a traditional conservative while also hailing him as an anti-establishment figure.
He brags that they’ve been “crushed”.
Trump calls Indiana Gov. Mike Pence “a solid, solid person” and is contrasting his character to what he deemed “the corruption of Hillary Clinton”, his likely Democratic opponent in the fall election.
Donald Trump introduced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate on Saturday, calling him “my partner in this campaign” and his first and best choice to join him on a winning Republican presidential ticket.
Mr Trump was not his first choice as nominee either. I never had an illusion that, just because the candidate is a clown, that the Trump campaign was anything but very serious. “That day begins when Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States of America”.
State law bars most candidates from seeking two offices, meaning the candidates took a considerable risk by dropping off the ballot in the hopes of the potentially bigger reward.
A long and bruising campaign with Clinton stands between Trump and the possibility of that kind of high-stakes situation. “Always divisive. Not so decisive”. Before she was elected to Congress, she served as USA attorney in Indianapolis and as deputy mayor for former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith. “Never waffled once he made his decision”, Manafort wrote in an email.
First of all, for approximately a half-hour, there was serious doubt as to whether Pence was in NY at all.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump described meeting with Mr Pence’s family, including his wife and daughter, as part of the motivation for selecting him as a running mate.
Trump and Pence will appear at a midtown Manhattan hotel on Saturday morning.
Their joint appearance on Friday was rescheduled after the lorry attack in France, amid reports that Mr Trump only settled on Mr Pence after being talked out of other options by his family. In the past year, Trump has gone as far as to hire actors to play supporters to make his New York City media events seem well attended and popular.
It was all a vivid reminder that this campaign is largely a solo act, and that once Pence gives his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, he may rarely be noticed nationally again.
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In business and politics, Donald Trump likes to go with his gut.
