Pence endorses Holcomb as Indiana GOP governor candidate

He went on to deliver the customary red meat to the delegates, lambasting Clinton, calling her “America’s secretary of the status quo”.

Holcomb was nominated to fill the remainder of Sue Ellspermann’s term as the lieutenant governor when Ellspermann resigned in March 2016 to become the president of Ivy Tech Community College.

Donald Trump’s running mate Gov. Mike Pence says Indiana’s lieutenant governor should take his place on the November ballot as the GOP nominee for governor.

“It probably fit right into Donald Trump’s strategy, because it got people like me who are not that warmed up to move with Donald Trump’s side”.

As members of the Indiana Republican State Committee, you are tasked with a historic duty, one in which I know you are approaching with a discerning heart.

Pence also said he felt confident Trump would appoint conservative justices to the Supreme Court, something Trump’s Republican opponents questioned in the primaries.

Cruz walked onto the Cleveland stage to a standing ovation and held the audience’s rapt attention until he told delegates to “vote your conscience” with no mention of nominee Trump, who had called him “Lyin’ Ted” on the campaign trail.

“I guess he was just looking for some balance on the ticket”, Pence said.

Holcomb got a huge endorsement from Gov. Mike Pence on Friday, after having the honor of placing Pence’s name for nomination at the RNC earlier in the week.

“You have nominated a man for president who never quits, who never backs down, a fighter, a victor”.

“We are, as we have always been, one nation, under God”, he said. As Ted Cruz’s performance showed, the Texas senator yields to no one in the bullying department.

“The idea that his network, financial or otherwise, would pack up if someone other than Eric Holcomb were selected seems very inconsistent with the governor’s own words”, Brooks spokeswoman Dollyne Sherman said. And it means that campaign chief Paul Manafort had been wrong the day before when he said there was no copying, and blamed the media, the Clintons, and anybody else he could think of for claiming there was. The campaign blamed a friend of the Trump family, who helped Mrs. Trump with her remarks and who admitted to including a few phrases from first lady Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.

“He’s a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers”, Pence said. “Trump chose Pence because Trump himself is not a religious conservative or an establishment candidate, and is not known for solid stances on some of the matters most central to evangelical concern”. “And when Donald Trump does his talking he doesn’t tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness”.

Following the event both Trump and Pence will head to Winston-Salem North Carolina for a rally that night.

“The last time, I got accused of speaking a little long, so this time I’m going to speak a lot shorter”, Trump said when he spoke briefly to the television cameras after embarking from his helicopter Wednesday afternoon.

However, as I prayerfully considered the group offering themselves to succeed me, I concluded that I made my choice several months ago.

The entire hall started applauding Pence. “He’s a national figure now”.