On eve of convention, an underwhelming rollout of GOP ticket

Stahl mentioned Pence’s previous comments that “negative campaigning is wrong”, and asked him about what he thought of Trump’s campaign so far, with his name-calling at rivals Ted Cruz (“Lyin’ Ted”) and Hillary Clinton (“Crooked Hillary”).

Trump’s choice of Mr Pence was aimed in part at easing some Republicans’ concerns about his temperament and lack of political experience.

The Republican Indiana governor told the crowd of a few hundred at a nearby hangar that the past few days have been “pretty overwhelming” while praising the presumed Republican presidential nominee who named him to the ticket.

“Mike Pence was my first choice, I’ve admired the work he’s done especially in the state of Indian”, Trump said.

Pence spent 12 years in Congress before being elected governor and his demeanour is as calm as Trump’s is fiery.

As Pence arrived for a private meeting with Trump on Friday, he told reporters he “couldn’t be more happy for the opportunity to run with and serve with the next president of the United States”. But he left no doubt in a sometimes awkward event that Pence’s role will surely be as sidekick to the businessman-turned-reality-star-turned-politician at the top of the ticket.

The chairman of the Republican Party says Donald Trump will bring a message of unity to this week’s convention, also working to attract women, young people and minorities into the party. “Hillary Clinton – you better believe it. Hillary Clinton is a crook”.

Pence described Trump as “a good man who’s been talking about the issues the American people care about”. “We’re exhausted of being told that this is as good as it gets”.

Priebus says Trump understands the need to grow the party beyond white voters.

Reports began leaking Thursday afternoon that Trump, who was rumored to have narrowed his list down to Newt Gingrich, Chris Christie and Pence, had settled on the IN governor as his choice.

But the businessman’s campaign neither confirmed nor denied the reports, instead repeatedly saying that Trump would make an announcement Friday in NY. Through no fault of the campaign, the show ended up on a Saturday morning, competing on TV with two worldwide crises: the aftermath of the France attack and news about an attempted military coup in Turkey.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump brought his campaign to Manhattan Saturday to introduce his running mate, though he devoted the bulk of his remarks to attacking Democrat Hillary Clinton and praising himself.

Just as Trump was settling on Pence, Republicans gathering in Cleveland essentially quelled the effort to stop him at the convention, all but assuring he’ll be the GOP nominee.

Clinton’s team was already painting Pence’s conservative social viewpoints as out of step with the mainstream.