In their first joint appearance, Trump tried to draw a sharp contrast between Pence, a soft-spoken conservative, and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate.
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Trump has signalled that he wanted an experienced politician to help his presidential ticket because he is a political outsider with no experience in governing.
“I also admire the fact that he fights for the people and he also is going to fight for you”.
Pence was quiet and low-key for much of the interview, while Trump cut in to answer questions intended for the governor. “Let me say from my heart …”
But they’re having no trouble getting behind Trump’s newly announced running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence.
Trump also offered new details about why he selected Pence as his running mate.
The presumptive Republican nominee introduced the IN governor at a Manhattan hotel two days before the start of the Republican National Convention.
Trump based NAFTA, signed under President Bill Clinton and a regular target for him in his anti-free trade campaign position, but didn’t note that Pence has a long history of voting for free trade.
“And one of the reasons is party unity, so many people have said, party unity”.
Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter, and other members of Donald Trump’s family will be speaking at the upcoming Republican National Convention, “and I think that’s going to be interesting”, Trump tells Lesley Stahl.
And this campaign and Donald Trump’s candidacy has been about the issues the American people care about. Trump says he opposed the war from the start.
But Pence insisted that the two were a united front, saying he supported Trump’s policy of temporarily banning Muslims from the US.
Christie also indirectly criticized former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who was also considered for a spot on the GOP ticket.
Pence had been in a tight re-election bid for governor and faced a Friday deadline to withdraw from that race in order to run for vice president instead.
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Trump’s decision to select Pence was seen as a move to unify the Republican Party, which remains deeply divided in the wake of the NY real estate mogul’s primary victory.
