According to the New York Times, the Trump campaign “has signaled strongly to Republicans in Washington that he will pick Mike Pence”.
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Donald Trump was expected to formally announce Pence as his running mate in a news conference Friday.
Mr Trump hopes Mr Pence can help him appeal to the party’s conservatives.
Frustration among Trump and his advisers mounted because of news reports that Pence was the pick, sending top aides scrambling to insist no final decision had been made.
Still, Pence hasn’t walked in lock step with the presumptive nominee.
Some delegates said the Trump campaign and top GOP officials were trying to see if they could strike a compromise with conservatives trying to let delegates back any candidate they want and offering other rules changes.
Gingrich, who has been active on the social media venue, hosted a Facebook Live event with Trump earlier this month.
It could herald another twist in this year’s campaign saga, with Trump turning a corner of sorts after a painful two months of gaffes and distractions, even as Hillary Clinton takes her turn for a thumping at the polls in the wake of the FBI’s scathing verdict on her “extremely careless” handling of classified materials when she was secretary of state.
Mr Trump had said Mr Curiel could not possibly rule fairly in a case against him became of his Hispanic heritage. But how do people feel about the possibility of Mike Pence being Vice President of the United States? The former House speaker later told NBC News that “it was a very great honor to be considered” by Trump.
“In many ways he’s sort of the anti-Trump, he has a strong record as a strong conservative”, said Rep. Luke Messer, R-Indiana, a former state GOP party official who replaced Pence in Congress. “Donald Trump is famous for speaking off the cuff every day”. Speaker Paul Ryan said he’s a big fan of the IN governor.
“We are supporting North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and we should at least get something out of it and getting rid of ISIS and getting rid of this cancer that we’re watching all over the world, that certainly would be a good thing, a good thing for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to be involved in”, he added.
“It’s a good move by Donald Trump. Clearly Mike is one of those”.
Davis said if and when Pence withdraws his name the committee may be bombarded with phone calls. And he splits with Trump by supporting a major trade pact. “He says it’s pro-business…for the IN consumer, IN manufacturing segment”.
Pence has been busy on Twitter in recent days – touting his accomplishments as governor.
Others, like Joseph Greenwell, weren’t so sure Pence would end up on the ticket.
Asked whether the terror attack influenced his VP selection, Trump denied that it had: “No, absolutely not”.
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The two appeared to get along well, and Trump teased the crowd in Westfield, Ind., “I don’t know if he’s going to be your governor or your vice president, who the hell knows!”
