Donald Trump reportedly picks Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as VP running mate

Still, the Star said it had independently confirmed that Pence “is dropping his re-election bid in IN to become Donald Trump’s running mate”.

Reports said Trump’s advisers have told national Republican officials they were preparing to make an announcement with Pence, according to three people with knowledge of the conversations, who were not authorized to discuss them publicly. Flake hopes Pence can get Trump to change his positions and statements aboutHispanics, he said.

For the first time in state history, the Indiana Republican State Committee will determine the GOP candidate for governor in a process that could last into August. Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma and U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita have declared their intentions to run. We’re very good friends.

Trump has famously struggled to earn money for his campaign through supporter donations, but Pence could give him a huge boost.

Pence’s elevation in the political world comes as he faced a tight race in Indiana. My philosophy of government second.

Viewed as a safe pair of hands, Pence has diverging views with Trump on his proposed Muslim ban and trade, and is more socially conservative, but he could help unify a divided party behind Trump’s White House bid.

Pence has spoken favorably about Trump in recent months however, comparing the real estate mogul to party icon Ronald Reagan repeatedly as the possibility of a VP coronation has become reality.

After losing early campaigns for Congress, he wrote an essay apologizing for running negative ads against an opponent, Rep. Phillip Sharp.

But all morning Thursday, there were signs that Pence had become Trump’s top choice. Pence called it “offensive and unconstitutional”.

Pence had considered running for president himself in 2016 before deciding to run for re-election as governor. I think Pence would be a better president than Gingrich.

Some of the technology industry’s most prominent executives – among them Apple’s Tim Cook and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff – vocally protested the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a “religious liberty bill” that they warned would open the door to legalizing discrimination against minority groups. His embrace of a “religious freedom” law drew strong national backlash from gay rights advocates and threats of a boycott from the NCAA and other major organizations.

After “business, civic and sports leaders. strongly called for a fix to the legislation”, USA Today noted, Pence later signed a revised version of the law.

But Pence appeared to back the bill in an interview on Fox. “I’m not going to say it won’t bother me if I’m not selected”.