The timing of a decision is important. That panel’s initial votes are expected to demonstrate how firmly Trump and GOP Chairman Reince Priebus control the convention, which meets in full next week. “Nothing was offered. Nothing was accepted”.
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Trump’s team has been building hype for the decision, including in a text message to supporters that urged recipients to sign up to receive an early notification of the choice.
Pence’s homestate newspaper, The Indianapolis Star, also said Pence is the pick and said the former congressman’s credentials as a social conservative will serve to reassure establishment members of the GOP.
Gingrich later posted on Facebook that he would hold a live chat at 2 p.m. Eastern time about the “vice presidential picks and the VP selection process”.
Trump is scheduled to make his running mate announcement Friday morning.
Trump’s communication office has denied that a decision has been made.
Pence previously supported Trump’s rival, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, in April, before Cruz dropped out of the presidential race in May.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks during the Innovation Showcase, Thursday, July 14, 2016, in Indianapolis.
“Mike’s got a lot of strengths and he’s substantially younger”.
Based on one of his most recent tweets, Trump will reveal the name of his vice presidential candidate on Friday in Manhattan. “I mean, I’m at three, potentially four”, he said.
“I suspect sometime tomorrow that Mike and I will both get phone calls and one of us will be packing our bags to go to NY and the other one will be going to watch it on TV”, Gingrich said on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity”. “That’s something Trump has to personally sort through”.
Trump said the “greatest accomplishment” for Clinton, the Democrats’ presumptive nominee, will be “getting out of her email scandal” – referring to her using a private Internet server system while secretary of state to send and receive government information. Christie is in New Jersey while Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions at the same Indianapolis hotel where Gingrich had huddled with Trump’s aides.
“I think he is someone who has connected with everyday Americans like no one since Ronald Reagan”, Pence said. “He’s a personal friend of ours and mine”, House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters on Tuesday.
Trump’s latest leaning comes after the billionaire spent 24 hours in IN where he spent much of his time with the conservative in governor, who Tuesday evening joined Trump at a fundraiser, a rally and later dined with him.
Trump told national Republican officials that he had settled on Pence, according to the Republican source, who is familiar with the campaign’s operations.
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Pence has emerged as the front runner as Trump considers his options for a running mate.
