Hope Trump knows what he is doing? Shouldn't stories like this been part of the vetting process?
National Review has learned that the senator will hold a one-hour private meeting with Indiana governor Mike Pence prior to this Thursday’s Indianapolis GOP spring dinner, where he is scheduled to deliver a speech and sit at the governor’s table. The two first discussed these plans on a phone call last Friday, sources say.
Cruz would love to lock down Pence’s endorsement, knowing that the governor’s network could lend him a significant organizational edge in the state — just as Scott Walker’s did in Wisconsin. But sources say Pence, who loathes Trump, nonetheless has deep concerns about wading into the presidential race amid his own fight for re-election. If Pence doesn’t come on board, Cruz’s team is planning to deploy its next best option: Walker himself, who is a known commodity in Indiana and will likely be used as a surrogate there.
Cruz won’t be alone. There is preliminary talk of Cruz assembling a high-profile team of GOP surrogates and bringing them to Indiana, according to sources familiar with the Cruz campaign’s internal deliberations. The goal would be to project unprecedented party unity against Trump with a roster of supporters that, in addition to familiar faces such as Walker and Carly Fiorina, could include Jeb Bush or even Mitt Romney.
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/04/20/coming-soon-to-team-cruz-in-indiana-jeb-bush-andor-mitt-romney/
Mike Pence endorses Ted Cruz - CNNPolitics.com - CNN.com Gov. Mike Pence's tweet bashing Trump's proposed Muslim ban resurfaces:
Governor Mike Pence ✔ @GovPence
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.
7:30 AM - 8 Dec 2015
Pence didn't even endorse Trump during the primary. Something seems off with their fast new friendship. Too bad. Obviously Newt and even Sessions were much more loyal to Trump for months.
I think Pence wanted the religious freedom support he believed could be garnered through Cruz. Having been politically forced to backtrack on his religious freedom initiative must have been humiliating (let alone all the opprobrium that many conservatives heaped on him for that).
I think Trump made him a promise he couldn’t resist.
You should tweet that to Trump, since you’re spamming every VP thread with it.