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| Donald Trump to pick Mike Pence as running mate – politics live | |
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| National Review editor Rich Lowry earlier this week identified a potential problem with the Pence pick: will Pence, a practiced communicator but not known for improvisation on his feet, be able to defend the wild things Trump says? | |
| I understand the impulse for Trump to pick Pence — an experienced pol, in good standing with conservatives, and not much of a lightning rod, at least not yet (the Left tends to make any GOP pick a lightning rod). But Trump’s running mate will have to be extremely deft at explaining away and deflecting Trump controversies. There is no reason to believe that Pence will be good at this, and I’m guessing he won’t be. Christie (comfortable at defending anything) and especially Newt (one of the most glib politicians of the last 30 years) would be much better by this metric. They both have downsides. No one will be excited by Christie, certainly not conservatives. Newt is famously ill-disciplined. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the Trump team thinks it’s getting a safe choice in Pence and then when he inevitably has trouble defending Trump (he has never operated on this kind of national stage), it won’t look so safe anymore. | |
| (h/t @benjysarlin) | |
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| The Trump campaign has issued a statement saying Trump “will be announcing his vice presidential candidate” at an event beginning at noon tomorrow at the New York Hilton Midtown. | |
| Were no Trump properties available? | |
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| Mike Pence’s withdrawal from his gubernatorial re-election bid leaves a vacuum in Indiana state politics – one that will not be filled by popular former Republican governor Mitch Daniels. | |
| Daniels, currently president of Purdue University, tells the Journal and Courier that he is not running. | |
| Daniels sent this in an email to the paper this morning: | |
| Ordinarily, it’s neither necessary nor good practice to comment on hypothetical questions. But this year and the current political situation in Indiana is extraordinary to say the least. So I think it is appropriate that I make plain today that, should there be a sudden need to name a new nominee for governor, I will not present myself as a candidate nor would I accept the nomination if offered. | |
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| Mike Pence endorsed senator Ted Cruz in advance of the Indiana Republican primary, which Trump won handily. | |
| Last December, Mike Pence called Trump’s proposed Muslim ban “offensive and unconstitutional.” | |
| Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional. | |
| “The Indiana governor and former congressman Mike Pence might seem, in many ways, Donald Trump’s opposite,” wrote the Guardian’s Megan Carpentier before today’s announcement: | |
| The evangelical Christian governor, beloved by the Trump-skeptical Koch brothers, is an unabashed advocate of the free-trade policies which Trump deplores. | |
| He voted to restrict Medicare from negotiating drug prices (which Trump supports) and was in favor of both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (Trump has opposed the Iraq war during the campaign, though his position on Afghanistan is less clear). | |
| And unlike the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who prefers more visceral appeals to voters, Pence is fond of saying: “I’m a conservative, but I’m not angry about it.” | |
| Related: Mike Pence: potential Trump VP pick could be asset despite clashing views | |
| And on Tuesday night at a joint event in his home state, Pence gave the impression that he was a man who really wanted the job. Describing Trump as “a fighter, a builder and a patriot”, Pence said: “We will not rest, we will not relent, until we make this good man our president.” | |
| If their opposing views on trade, healthcare and war seem to jar, Pence and Trump do have a few commonalities: in Pence’s unsuccessful second campaign for the House of Representatives in 1990, Federal Election Commission disclosures revealed that Pence was subsidizing his personal income with campaign contributions – to the tune of nearly $10,000, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis. | |
| Pence, at the time, told the Chicago Tribune that he’d had to suspend his law practice to take a second run at the congressional seat, and that, according to campaign finance laws at the time, he was “completely legally right, and it is morally right for a man to provide for his family”. (Federal law still, in fact, allows candidates’ campaigns to pay them salaries, as long as they aren’t paid more than they earned immediately prior to their candidacies.) | |
| He added: “And there is a larger principle that, unless we can do this, then only the wealthy and the incumbent can run.” | |
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| The Times reports the offer was made this morning. | |
| Trump made the VP offer to Pence shortly before Noon, an Indiana Republican tells me. | |
| More via @DRUDGE: Hannity to have the first cable news interview with Pence on Friday night... | |
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| Trump picks Pence | |
| Ben Jacobs | |
| The Guardian has learned from a Republican source that Donald Trump has picked Mike Pence to be his running mate.Pence, the governor of Indiana, had represented a safe choice who would solidify the Republican base and is popular with social conservatives. | |
| In order to choose Pence, Trump had to make a decision by noon Friday, which would be the deadline for the Indiana governor to drop his bid for re-election. Hoosier State law prevents a candidate for seeking election to multiple offices. Trump previously announced that he would unveiled his vice presidential choice at 11AM Friday at Trump Tower in New York. | |
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| The Indianapolis Star says, without naming a source, that it has confirmed that Trump, whose people insist he hasn’t made a running-mate pick, has picked Pence: | |
| I've confirmed that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is Trump's VP pick https://t.co/V9SSuSdWTk via @indystar | |
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| Trump camp insists Trump has not decided | |
| Trump senior communications adviser Jason Miller says that Trump’s not yet settled on a pick: | |
| 1/2 A decision has not been made by Mr. Trump. He will be making a decision in the future… | |
| 2/2 …and will be announcing his Vice Presidential pick tomorrow at 11am as planned. | |
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| Multiple news outlets are following Roll Call in reporting that Trump has selected Indiana governor Mike Pence to be his running mate. The Guardian has not confirmed that Trump has made a selection. Trump’s campaign chairman insists Trump has not made a decision. | Multiple news outlets are following Roll Call in reporting that Trump has selected Indiana governor Mike Pence to be his running mate. The Guardian has not confirmed that Trump has made a selection. Trump’s campaign chairman insists Trump has not made a decision. |
| CBS News reports it’s Pence. The New York Times says that the Trump camp “signals” it’s Pence. | CBS News reports it’s Pence. The New York Times says that the Trump camp “signals” it’s Pence. |
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| Everybody slow down with the Pence talk, tweets Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort: | Everybody slow down with the Pence talk, tweets Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort: |
| Re: @realDonaldTrump VP selection, a decision will be made in the near future and the announcement will be tomorrow at 11am in New York. | Re: @realDonaldTrump VP selection, a decision will be made in the near future and the announcement will be tomorrow at 11am in New York. |
| Newt you gotta do something, it can't end like this | Newt you gotta do something, it can't end like this |
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| Drudge thinks it’s Pence: | Drudge thinks it’s Pence: |
| YOU'RE HIRED! pic.twitter.com/uc7KLbQbLl | YOU'RE HIRED! pic.twitter.com/uc7KLbQbLl |
| N.B.: Drudge’s announcement appears to be based on one story (in the Capitol Hill publication Roll Call) based on one unnamed source. And media outlets sometimes botch this, as when John Kerry picked John Edwards in 2004, but the New York Post reported the night before it would be Dick Gephardt: | N.B.: Drudge’s announcement appears to be based on one story (in the Capitol Hill publication Roll Call) based on one unnamed source. And media outlets sometimes botch this, as when John Kerry picked John Edwards in 2004, but the New York Post reported the night before it would be Dick Gephardt: |
| It’s Newt. pic.twitter.com/5JYJolYKir | It’s Newt. pic.twitter.com/5JYJolYKir |
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| America loves the veepstakes. Every four years, those who follow politics search desperately for signs of who the presidential nominees will pick to be their running mate, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: | America loves the veepstakes. Every four years, those who follow politics search desperately for signs of who the presidential nominees will pick to be their running mate, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: |
| It doesn’t matter that in the words of John Nance Garner, vice-president to Franklin Delano Roosevelt between 1933 and 1941, the vice-presidency “isn’t worth a bucket of warm piss”. Observers still use every means up to and including psychics and tarot cards as they try to work out who has been picked. | It doesn’t matter that in the words of John Nance Garner, vice-president to Franklin Delano Roosevelt between 1933 and 1941, the vice-presidency “isn’t worth a bucket of warm piss”. Observers still use every means up to and including psychics and tarot cards as they try to work out who has been picked. |
| As campaigns keep their own cards close to their chest, it is notoriously difficult to be sure. This does not mean, however, there are no good indicators. | As campaigns keep their own cards close to their chest, it is notoriously difficult to be sure. This does not mean, however, there are no good indicators. |
| One easy tell is this: when speaking schedules for the Democratic and Republican conventions are leaked, potential vice-presidents are not among those named. | One easy tell is this: when speaking schedules for the Democratic and Republican conventions are leaked, potential vice-presidents are not among those named. |
| The Republican speakers list was published on Thursday. It included New Jersey governor Chris Christie and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, both long spoken of as potential VPs for Donald Trump. It did not include the governor of Indiana, Mike Pence. | The Republican speakers list was published on Thursday. It included New Jersey governor Chris Christie and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, both long spoken of as potential VPs for Donald Trump. It did not include the governor of Indiana, Mike Pence. |
| On the Democratic side, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren is a progressive leader long promoted by liberals as a potential Clinton VP. The party, however, has leaked that she will address their convention on the first night. | On the Democratic side, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren is a progressive leader long promoted by liberals as a potential Clinton VP. The party, however, has leaked that she will address their convention on the first night. |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: US election 'veepstakes': a typical frenzy in lead-up to running mate reveal | Related: US election 'veepstakes': a typical frenzy in lead-up to running mate reveal |
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| Hillary Clinton invokes the story of Patrick Zamarripa, one of five Dallas officers killed last week. She quotes his last tweet, sent on July 4th: | Hillary Clinton invokes the story of Patrick Zamarripa, one of five Dallas officers killed last week. She quotes his last tweet, sent on July 4th: |
| Happy Birthday to the greatest country on the face of this planet. My beloved America! | Happy Birthday to the greatest country on the face of this planet. My beloved America! |
| “That is Latino community. Loving, dedicated, proud, patriotic,” Clinton says. | “That is Latino community. Loving, dedicated, proud, patriotic,” Clinton says. |
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| Clinton notes that following the 2012 election, Republicans conducted a postmortem and concluded that they had to do more to appeal to Latinos. | Clinton notes that following the 2012 election, Republicans conducted a postmortem and concluded that they had to do more to appeal to Latinos. |
| “Next week, they will nominate someone who thinks Latino outreach is tweeting a picture of a taco bowl,” she says. “What a difference a few years make.” | “Next week, they will nominate someone who thinks Latino outreach is tweeting a picture of a taco bowl,” she says. “What a difference a few years make.” |
| She takes a few more digs at Trump for his anti-Latino views: | She takes a few more digs at Trump for his anti-Latino views: |
| “He referred to a [Latina] contestant in his Ms Universe pageant as Ms Housekeeping. ...He criticized Jeb Bush for speaking, and I quote, ‘Mexican.’ I mean you cannot make this up.” | “He referred to a [Latina] contestant in his Ms Universe pageant as Ms Housekeeping. ...He criticized Jeb Bush for speaking, and I quote, ‘Mexican.’ I mean you cannot make this up.” |
| Clinton then criticizes Trump for referring to Indiana-born judge Gonzalo Curiel, a federal judge overseeing a class action lawsuit against Trump University, “Mexican.” | Clinton then criticizes Trump for referring to Indiana-born judge Gonzalo Curiel, a federal judge overseeing a class action lawsuit against Trump University, “Mexican.” |
| It was a “cynical, calculated attempt to fan the flames of division and also to undermine people’s faith in our judicial system,” she says. | It was a “cynical, calculated attempt to fan the flames of division and also to undermine people’s faith in our judicial system,” she says. |
| “I will say what Donald Trump won’t say. Judge Curiel is as American as I am, and as American as Donald Trump is.” | “I will say what Donald Trump won’t say. Judge Curiel is as American as I am, and as American as Donald Trump is.” |