Trump announces Pence will be his running mate -- discussion thread

[Mr. Morden]

NYT confirms (sort of):

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/753627358389800960

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UPDATE: It's official:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/753965070003109888

[Mr. Morden]

CBS says Trump will call Pence this afternoon to formally offer him the job:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-to-pick-indiana-gov-mike-pence-for-vp/

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[Mr. Morden]

Indy Star confirms too, saying that Pence won't run for governor:

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/14/report-pence-trumps-vp-pick/87075866/

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[Mr. Morden]

NBC's New York affiliate has video of Pence getting off a plane in New Jersey:

https://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/753712744675872768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[Mr. Morden]

NBC's New York affiliate has video of Pence getting off a plane in New Jersey:

https://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/753712744675872768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

You need to change the thread title, Trump is now saying he hasn't picked Pence, or anyone.

But numerous news outlets are saying that he's offered it to Pence, and that he's accepted.

[Mr. Morden]

NBC's New York affiliate has video of Pence getting off a plane in New Jersey:

https://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/753712744675872768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

You need to change the thread title, Trump is now saying he hasn't picked Pence, or anyone.

But numerous news outlets are saying that he's offered it to Pence, and that he's accepted.

And Trump himself is saying they're wrong, he's made no final offer.

I would assume that’s his clumsy attempt at subterfuge, leading up to the “official” announcement.  Look, we were in a similar situation four years ago, when it was leaked that Romney had picked Ryan.  Numerous news outlets said that their sources told them that Romney had offered Ryan the job and he’d accepted, but many posters here didn’t believe it.

But whatevs.  I’ve changed the subject line to “Trump apparently picks Pence for veep”, to make it sound a bit less definitive.  Even if this is some kind of weird con, it’s still an “apparent” pick, since the news outlets are reporting it.

[Mr. Morden]

From Costa:

https://twitter.com/costareports/status/753913092820656128

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https://twitter.com/costareports/status/753913312241414145

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[Mr. Morden]

https://twitter.com/Politics1com/status/753930112475594753

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[Mr. Morden]

link

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[Mr. Morden]

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/15/politics/donald-trump-vp-pick-timing/index.html

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[Mr. Morden]

Mike Pence show theme song:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/listen-to-the-amazing-opening-theme-song-to-mike-pences-radi?utm_term=.jiOGLRdEl#.afz4G5xnl

[Mr. Morden]

Sounds like Trump wanted to pick Christie, and only didn’t because of Christie’s history with the family of Trump’s son-in-law:

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-wavered-pence-pick-after-news-leaked-sources-n610651

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Also from the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/us/politics/mike-pence-donald-trump-vice-president.html?_r=0

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[Mr. Morden]

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