Trump Plans Public Event Friday With VP Pick (down to Newt, Pence, Christie)
Source: NBC News JUL 12 2016, 5:15 PM ET
Donald Trump will showcase his vice presidential pick at a public event on Friday, multiple sources tell NBC News.
Trump's possible picks are thought to be narrowed to three candidates: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
While the joint appearance is expected on Friday, it's not clear whether or not the identity of the pick could be released or could leak earlier in the week.
Trump is scheduled to attend a fundraiser and rally in Indiana Tuesday night with Pence; he campaigned with Christie on Monday and with Newt Gingrich last week.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/team-trump-plans-public-event-friday-vp-pick-n608161
BainsBane
(53,137 posts)Shores up the evangelical and movement right votes, which Trump needs. We'll see what he does though.
trof
(54,256 posts)Birds of a feather and all...
BainsBane
(53,137 posts)If Newt is the choice, we already have a great name.
trof
(54,256 posts)No, it wasn't me.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)Freddie
(9,283 posts)And the "feel free to discriminate against the gays" law. HRC will make mincemeat of him in due time.
BainsBane
(53,137 posts)That is all a given.
red dog 1
(27,942 posts)My money is on Pence, but my hope is that it's Christie ("Get in the plane & go home"
bucolic_frolic
(43,570 posts)useful as a shield going into the convention to inoculate against
being dumpstered
tblue37
(65,556 posts)Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)That it is Gingrich, because he has publicly begged and embarrassed himself more so than the rest in hopes of being VP.
djg21
(1,803 posts)If it's Christie.
bucolic_frolic
(43,570 posts)one hides his tax forms, the other hides the George Washington bridge
They'd never live it down
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)?w=350&h=196
chillfactor
(7,595 posts)but I wish trump would choose one of the other slime balls...christie or gingrich...if it is pence.....partnering with trump will be the end of any political future for him...but pence may be too dumb to realize that.
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)Hillary shoots him down and hopefully we get a Democratic governor in here.
BlueEye
(449 posts)but the Senate race looks likely to go blue with Evan Bayh jumping in!
It seems like Democrats can do well in statewide races in Indiana when they run moderate "known entities."
bucolic_frolic
(43,570 posts)a unit of political currency that ain't worth a plugged nickel
BlueNoMatterWho
(880 posts)The key could be where Fridays event is held. Might say a lot about who the choice is.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)I want all that ass-kissing he gave Trump to have been completely for naught. It's clear the orange blowhard has very little respect for him as a person.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)mpcamb
(2,884 posts)He can be made to sound reasonable (if not believable) .
Just a guess, but I think (despite his innumerable and glaring flaws) he'll be the pick.
MFM008
(19,839 posts)If I were HRC I would announce mine and walk the hell all over Trumpelforeskins FREE week of self advertisements.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,145 posts)Bucky
(54,106 posts)IIRC correctly, the electors of any state can't cast both presidential and vice presidential ballots for residents of their own state.
It's easily skirted around. Cheney changed his residence to Wyoming to run with Dubya. It wasn't skirting that particularly requirement but Nixon was officially a resident of New York, not California, when he was elected president.
BumRushDaShow
(130,145 posts)I guffawed when Trump blurted out that he was the "Law and Order Candidate" and I thought of Ghouliani, and then he disappeared off the short list.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)"What a is a putz, a yutz and a schmuck?"
Open letter.
Newt, Pence, and Christie
Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)If it was too obvious it wouldn't make for great entertainment ! It came as great surprise when all 16 went down for the count !
It doesn't even say here who it is I will pick ! It is a surprise of such greatness in my opinion of course, I can't even let myself know in cold print who the surprise is !
Who ever it is will fit in the back of my golf cart so Christie is ruled out,that much I can tell you !
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)He has tried to stop Syrians from settling in Indiana and he had that bigoted anti gay law so he has trump cred
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)apnu
(8,761 posts)However none of them will help in the GE, but Christie has the best chance of getting the fiscal Republicans to come over to Trump, many of whom, so far, are lukewarm towards Trump. Ask any wall street broker type of the three and they'll probably sing Christie's praises the most. Christie is familiar to them and he's got this bullshit "getting things done in the face of opposition" halo with the conservative crowd.
Newt is old, and bad, news except for a few wacky die-hards. Pence doesn't even rate except for the dying off evangelicals and other Christian conservative radicals. That's not the voting block it once was.
ProfessorGAC
(65,466 posts)Then they've got an all NY/NJ ticket. The radicals in their southern base won't like that one bit. Would be another reason for them to stay home.
apnu
(8,761 posts)There isn't one good GOP choice in the field anywhere in the US. Any pick will alienate some major group the GOP needs.
NY money is already distancing themselves from Trump, Christie would shore that up. However, as you say, that will likely alienate the religious right and rural voters. If Trump picks Pence that will play well with the religious and rural, but signal to money that Trump isn't serious and they will close up the wallet.
And Newt is just "ew" to both groups. There is a tiny slice of religious conservative money that still believes in the Contract for America (I've met them), but they aren't much help in a Presidential campaign.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)And last time I checked, CO is a swing state.
apnu
(8,761 posts)But Christie shores up a key group for Republicans that, so far, has been distant with Trump.
Darb
(2,807 posts)Tethered to the stage.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)A more likely scenario:
Trump announces a major presser for potential running mate. The media immediately ratchets up the 24/7 news cycle coverage and doubles down with speculation and conviction, giving Trump an even larger news cycle market share.
Among the pomp and circumstance, a jovial, smirking Trump emerges. With a gasp and an index finger, he announces that the whole charade has been a live-action, reality-based programming skit that will air nationally this fall on Monday's and 9 p.m. on NBC.
Trump drops mic and exits stage right...