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| Donald Trump 'to pick Mike Pence as running mate' – politics live | |
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| As reports come in that Donald Trump has not yet officially made his running-mate selection, here’s a breakdown of the current favorability ratings among Trump’s top contenders. | |
| Important note: Indiana governor Mike Pence is not at all near the top of the rankings... | |
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| Conservative commentator and longtime Donald Trump supporter Ann Coulter is not a fan of Trump’s reported selection of Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate, tweeting this afternoon that if the reports are true, the choice is Trump’s “first mistake” as the Republican nominee: | |
| Withholding comment until it's official, but if claims about Pence as VP are correct, boy was I right about this being Trump's first mistake | |
| In a Facebook post penned shortly after her tweet, Coulter decried Pence as a “combo-platter of disaster” who has “sold out to left-wing activists” on LGBT rights issues: | |
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| Video: Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump in speech at the League of United Latin American Citizens convention in Washington this afternoon for what she described as his racism against Latinos. | |
| She reminded attendees of her Republican rival’s many comments: “He said that immigrants from Mexico are drug-dealers, rapists, murderers, carriers of infectious disease.” | |
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| Potential running mate Newt Gingrich’s plan this afternoon: reading potboilers and ignoring his phone. | Potential running mate Newt Gingrich’s plan this afternoon: reading potboilers and ignoring his phone. |
| Very exciting! Daniel Silva's new novel, The Black Widow, just came out. I will hide and start reading this afternoon. Gabriel Allon is back | Very exciting! Daniel Silva's new novel, The Black Widow, just came out. I will hide and start reading this afternoon. Gabriel Allon is back |
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| NBC is reporting that Donald Trump, contrary to other reports, has not settled on Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate: | NBC is reporting that Donald Trump, contrary to other reports, has not settled on Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate: |
| EXCLUSIVE @DonaldJTrumpJr tells me "It's down to 3." Trump will decide this afternoon. | EXCLUSIVE @DonaldJTrumpJr tells me "It's down to 3." Trump will decide this afternoon. |
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| Donald Trump: Sarah Palin won't speak at RNC because Alaska 'a long ways away' | Donald Trump: Sarah Palin won't speak at RNC because Alaska 'a long ways away' |
| Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will not be speaking at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next week because Alaska is “a long ways away.” | Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will not be speaking at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next week because Alaska is “a long ways away.” |
| “She was asked,” Trump told the Washington Examiner in a phone interview. “It’s a little bit difficult because of where she is. We love Sarah. Little bit difficult because of, you know, it’s a long ways away.” | “She was asked,” Trump told the Washington Examiner in a phone interview. “It’s a little bit difficult because of where she is. We love Sarah. Little bit difficult because of, you know, it’s a long ways away.” |
| Palin, who splits her time between her homes in Wasilla, Alaska, and Scottsdale, Arizona, endorsed Trump in January in a 20-minute speech that praised Trump and expressed her desire to “Make America Great Again”, using the opportunity to go on a rambling and confused attack on both parties. She condemned Barack Obama’s foreign policy and the Iran deal, and went on to say that under the current administration, “we kowtow and apologize and then bend over and say ‘thank you,enemy’.” Instead, Palin said we should “let our warriors do their job and go kick Isis’s ass.” She also attacked Obama for his 2008 “hopey changy stuff.” | Palin, who splits her time between her homes in Wasilla, Alaska, and Scottsdale, Arizona, endorsed Trump in January in a 20-minute speech that praised Trump and expressed her desire to “Make America Great Again”, using the opportunity to go on a rambling and confused attack on both parties. She condemned Barack Obama’s foreign policy and the Iran deal, and went on to say that under the current administration, “we kowtow and apologize and then bend over and say ‘thank you,enemy’.” Instead, Palin said we should “let our warriors do their job and go kick Isis’s ass.” She also attacked Obama for his 2008 “hopey changy stuff.” |
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| Mona Chalabi | Mona Chalabi |
| Indiana governor Mike Pence is not Donald Trump’s best choice of vice presidential running mate, if favorability ratings are anything to go by. According to a new survey by YouGov and The Economist, just 17% of voters have a favorable opinion of the Indiana governor, while 32% said the same of former House speaker Newt Gingrich and 33% who said the same of New Jersey governor Chris Christie. | Indiana governor Mike Pence is not Donald Trump’s best choice of vice presidential running mate, if favorability ratings are anything to go by. According to a new survey by YouGov and The Economist, just 17% of voters have a favorable opinion of the Indiana governor, while 32% said the same of former House speaker Newt Gingrich and 33% who said the same of New Jersey governor Chris Christie. |
| Among Republican voters specifically, those numbers look higher for Pence (his favorability climbs to 29%) but so too does the gap between him and other possible VPs. All in all, 61% of all Republican voters said they had a favorable opinion of Gingrich, and 59% said the same of Christie. | Among Republican voters specifically, those numbers look higher for Pence (his favorability climbs to 29%) but so too does the gap between him and other possible VPs. All in all, 61% of all Republican voters said they had a favorable opinion of Gingrich, and 59% said the same of Christie. |
| But Pence wasn’t the least-popular running mate Trump could have picked, according to YouGov: Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, Sherrod Brown and Julian Castro all had lower favorability ratings among Republicans than Mike Pence - an unsurprising result given that those names are all Democrats. Bottom of the pile among Republicans was Cory Booker. | But Pence wasn’t the least-popular running mate Trump could have picked, according to YouGov: Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, Sherrod Brown and Julian Castro all had lower favorability ratings among Republicans than Mike Pence - an unsurprising result given that those names are all Democrats. Bottom of the pile among Republicans was Cory Booker. |
| Pence’s 12 years of experience serving in the House of Representatives, however, could make him a smart choice. Despite Trump’s anti-establishment rhetoric, most voters think the presidential candidate’s running mate should have political experience according to the YouGov survey. Only 1% of the 997 registered voters that YouGov spoke to said that a vice-presidential running mate was “the most important” issue to them, two out of three said it mattered to them. | Pence’s 12 years of experience serving in the House of Representatives, however, could make him a smart choice. Despite Trump’s anti-establishment rhetoric, most voters think the presidential candidate’s running mate should have political experience according to the YouGov survey. Only 1% of the 997 registered voters that YouGov spoke to said that a vice-presidential running mate was “the most important” issue to them, two out of three said it mattered to them. |
| When respondents were asked about Trump’s running mate specifically, 61% said it should be an individual who “has political experience getting things done in Washington”. And it was an even more important consideration for those who said they planned to vote for Trump in November - 75% said that his eventual VP should be a political insider. Only 15% of Trump supporters said they thought he should pick a woman as his running mate. | When respondents were asked about Trump’s running mate specifically, 61% said it should be an individual who “has political experience getting things done in Washington”. And it was an even more important consideration for those who said they planned to vote for Trump in November - 75% said that his eventual VP should be a political insider. Only 15% of Trump supporters said they thought he should pick a woman as his running mate. |
| After a bad week of national polling for Hillary Clinton (a poll by CBS and The New York Times released this morning suggested she was tied with Trump), Trump’s pick could be crucial for nudging him ahead in the 2016 race. | After a bad week of national polling for Hillary Clinton (a poll by CBS and The New York Times released this morning suggested she was tied with Trump), Trump’s pick could be crucial for nudging him ahead in the 2016 race. |
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| “Whether I’m the person he announces or we have Mike Pence be announced, I’m going to do a Facebook live.” – Newt Gingrich | “Whether I’m the person he announces or we have Mike Pence be announced, I’m going to do a Facebook live.” – Newt Gingrich |
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| Gingrich praises Pence | Gingrich praises Pence |
| Gingrich is happily handicapping potential veep picks not-him: | Gingrich is happily handicapping potential veep picks not-him: |
| “Chris Christie is a terrific prosecutor. He has this unique ability to reach out and define a case... in the sense that you’d want somebody to take on Hillary Clinton, Christie is significant.” | “Chris Christie is a terrific prosecutor. He has this unique ability to reach out and define a case... in the sense that you’d want somebody to take on Hillary Clinton, Christie is significant.” |
| “Pence brings the qualities of governing very successfully...having cut spending, having cut taxes, having done things to bring more jobs to the state.” | “Pence brings the qualities of governing very successfully...having cut spending, having cut taxes, having done things to bring more jobs to the state.” |
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| Here’s the Newt Gingrich Facebook Live link. | Here’s the Newt Gingrich Facebook Live link. |
| Newt Gingrich tells @NBCNews that Donald Trump has not called him re: VP. #2016 #Veepstakes | Newt Gingrich tells @NBCNews that Donald Trump has not called him re: VP. #2016 #Veepstakes |
| Newt still holding out hope? On Facebook Live, he says: "We'll find out what Donald Trump decides to do." | Newt still holding out hope? On Facebook Live, he says: "We'll find out what Donald Trump decides to do." |
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| Well that’s not a very nice thing to say about someone! | Well that’s not a very nice thing to say about someone! |
| ay ay ay those Wikipedia editors have fast fingers… pic.twitter.com/38J5H22WkU | ay ay ay those Wikipedia editors have fast fingers… pic.twitter.com/38J5H22WkU |
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| Five minutes to Gingrich. Will he dispel with this fiction that he might be Trump’s veep pick? | Five minutes to Gingrich. Will he dispel with this fiction that he might be Trump’s veep pick? |
| Will host @facebook LIVE on vice presidential picks,VP selection process at 2pET. Submit q's https://t.co/c259s6ITqS pic.twitter.com/r0wyqUCwOY | Will host @facebook LIVE on vice presidential picks,VP selection process at 2pET. Submit q's https://t.co/c259s6ITqS pic.twitter.com/r0wyqUCwOY |
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| This is rich: the White House praises Pence for expanding Medicaid in Indiana under Obamacare – which counts as a significant strike against Pence’s conservative bona fides... not that many people seem concerned about conservative bona fides in this annus trumpus: | This is rich: the White House praises Pence for expanding Medicaid in Indiana under Obamacare – which counts as a significant strike against Pence’s conservative bona fides... not that many people seem concerned about conservative bona fides in this annus trumpus: |
| What does Obama think of Pence? @PressSec says he did "important work" w/admin on expanding Medicaid in his state. | What does Obama think of Pence? @PressSec says he did "important work" w/admin on expanding Medicaid in his state. |
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| “We are a nation of immigrants...” | “We are a nation of immigrants...” |
| More oldies and goodies from Pence’s Twitter feed: | More oldies and goodies from Pence’s Twitter feed: |
| We are a nation of immigrants, I want to celebrate the Hispanic community and all the contributions you have made to IN | We are a nation of immigrants, I want to celebrate the Hispanic community and all the contributions you have made to IN |
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