Trump, Pence talk to ’60 Minutes’

A separate campaign development has seen 150 technology industry leaders sign an open letter saying a Trump presidency would be a “disaster for innovation”. On Friday afternoon, Gingrich said he had not been told personally by Trump that Pence, Indiana’s governor, had been chosen as the Republican vice presidential pick.

Manafort persuaded Trump that Pence would do more to strengthen the campaign and unify the Republican Party, according to the report.

Other candidates in the running to stand with Mr Trump were the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich and the New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie.

Trump’s children and Manafort decided Pence was the safe choice; someone who could be trusted, a calm, reliable counter force to Trump’s unpredictable and erratic tangents. He almost beat Pence in the 2012 election, losing by a little more than 3 percentage points. “But after publicly waffling over his own choice, Trump spent more time today making false attacks on Hillary Clinton – several of which could also be leveled against Pence – and talking about his own businesses than his own running mate”.

As a conservative talk-radio host in the 1990s, Mike Pence described himself as “Rush Limbaugh on decaf”.

“We love IN, we love our country”, he said. “Mike Pence is that man”.

For Pence, a former six-term congressman, Trump’s selection offers a return to national politics after his embrace as governor of conservative social issues sidelined his own presidential ambitions.

Thomas said Friday that the Pence case was one example of the type of behavior the commission worked to weed out. Just as Trump was settling on Pence, Republicans gathering in Cleveland essentially quelled the movement to oust Trump at the convention, all but assuring he’ll be the GOP nominee. That’s to be expected for any mainstream conservative Trump might have picked. Pence signed Indiana’s religious freedom restoration act that was mostly rescinded after LGBT groups called it a veiled attempt to legalize discrimination.

Asked about his support for the invasion of Iraq, which Trump has said was a mistake, Pence said reasonable people can disagree on whether the invasion was the right thing to do.

So the verdict that Pence is probably the best Trump could do is double-edged. But he isn’t necessarily the type of pick who will broaden support within the different factions of the party.

Pence, by contrast, endorsed Ted Cruz for the GOP nomination.

“I think it’s amusing”, he said.

In office, Pence has pursued these principles. “Mike’s leadership in IN and Congress make him more than ready for the position of vice president”. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a Trump detractor, served with Pence in the House and has a close relationship with him. It was the time when they opposed, unsuccessfully, the stimulus package and Obamacare, among other measures the newly elected Obama proposed.

The Democratic presidential candidate said the USA and France will never let terrorists undermine democratic values.

Trump had faced a midday Friday deadline to announce Pence because the governor had to declare by then whether he would be on the ballot in his home state for re-election. Few Republicans likely would have significant problems with him on any major policy question.

Lerner, who later moved to the Internal Revenue Service, came under intense scrutiny from congressional Republicans in recent years for her role in the IRS’ treatment of conservative groups’ tax exempt status.

In a further blow to workers’ rights, Pence lent his support to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, saying that the deal would allow IN to “enjoy increased market access and fairly compete on the world stage”.

A favorite quote highlights how Pence might smooth some of the sharp corners of the Trump campaign and its supporters.

The bottom of the logo shows the last names of the two men and Trump’s slogan: ‘Make America Great Again’.

In choosing Mr Pence, Mr Trump appears to be looking past their numerous policy differences. “And is running into the arms of a chaotic candidate”, he said, citing the number of Republicans who have distanced themselves from Trump. Trump conceded that one of the reasons he’d selected Pence was to promote unity within the Republican Party, left deeply fractured by Trump’s ascent.