“Details to follow”, the 70-year-old real estate mogul posted on Twitter late Wednesday.
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For much of the day, IN was the unlikely center of the political world – all thanks to a flat tire.
Making the most of his home advantage, Pence had Trump to breakfast at the governor’s mansion after dining with him into the night on Tuesday.
Sources inside Trump’s campaign told FOX 59 that Trump has selected Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate in the 2016 presidential campaign. He was later seen leaving a hotel in the same motorcade as Trump’s children.
His family met on Tuesday with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who speaks to Trump on a near-daily basis.
All three of the finalists have had extensive conversations with Trump and his family in recent days. Having so numerous presumptive nominee’s relatives slated as speakers is unusual at a convention.
The presumptive nominee has not yet made a final decision.
And Sheldon Adelson, the casino billionaire who is among the country’s most prolific Republican political donors, is said to have communicated to Mr. Trump’s camp that he would prefer Mr. Gingrich, according to two Republicans familiar with his views. I mean I’m at three, potentially four. Romney, who spoke out during the primaries urging the party not to nominate Trump, is not appearing, but his running mate, House Speaker Paul Ryan, will speak.
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions and former U.S House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who are also being vetting as potential VP picks, will join Christie in speaking at the convention.
Pence, 57, a former congressman who has flirted in the past with a presidential run of his own, would be perhaps the safest choice for Trump given his popularity among conservatives and his experience in government.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s public criticism of Donald Trump is dividing legal experts over whether the leader of the court’s liberal wing should recuse herself in any future case involving him. “Fast but very productive”.
A source close to the campaign said Trump appeared to be leaning toward Pence but that he could always change his mind.
“I wouldn’t be happy with anyone but Newt”, Hannity said on his Fox show Tuesday night.
Trump’s choice will be one of his most consequential decisions up to this point in the race to the White House. The New Jersey governor spent the day in back-to-back meetings in Washington as he leads Trump’s transition team.
“I’m getting attacked from all sides”, Trump said.
‘I tell you Chris Christie is somebody I have liked for a long time, ‘ Trump said. “He’s a good guy, by the way, a lot of people don’t understand that”, he said on Fox News. He told CNN that he had meetings in the city for the campaign – before specifying that it was for the Pence campaign, not Trump’s.
What is certain is that Trump will announce his decision soon.
Mike Pence meets farmers, reporters during a stop at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Muncie, Ind., Wednesday, July 13, 2016. He says he had not heard from the Trump campaign Thursday morning.
Pence slammed Clinton, saying she “must never become president of the United States”.
“He would be a major upgrade for the GOP ticket”, said David Schnittger, a deputy chief of staff to former Speaker Boehner, calling Pence a “gifted communicator and principled conservative”.
“There’s a number of other and noteworthy Americans that they’re considering and I’m just honored to be on that list”, he said.
Plus, the Republican Party itself seems to be pushing Trump to pick Pence.
Gingrich packs the political punch that Trump lacks.
Pence vowed when he took office to focus on jobs and education, though he also campaigned on a description of himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican – in that order”.
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The Republican Party chairman is suggesting that GOP rebels support Donald Trump.
