Trump to Announce VP Pick in Manhattan @ 11am on Friday

[SamAdams76]

Received text from @realDonald Trump:

I will be making the announcement of my Vice Presidential pick on Friday at 11am in Manhattan. Details to follow.

[Albion Wilde]

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Selected Trump articles on FR, from 2:15 PM to 11:00 PM EDT, 7/13/16:
Laura Ingraham: “Hillary Should Make It Official and Name Jeb Bush as Her Running Mate” –RCP
News on The 700 Club: July 12, 2016 (Trump & Robertson) (video)
Trump to Announce VP Pick in Manhattan @ 11am on Friday (vanity)
Republican Officials Brace for Chaos at Convention –NYT
Anti-Trump forces move to defy RNC, free delegates to vote ‘conscience’ –Wash.Times
Stop Trump Effort Short but in Striking Distance ahead of Committee Meeting –NBC
Rules Committee Delegate Name & Email List [group attempting to unbind delegates] (freeper research)
What 2016 GOP Platform Pushes on 4 Key Issues –DailySignal
Delegates Accuse LGBT Coalition of Trying to Hijack GOP Platform –DailySignal
Openly Gay Delegate Makes Impassioned Plea to Soften GOP Stance –HuffPo
Be Aware, But Not There! National 'Day of Rage' Friday 7/15 [list of locations] –ZeroHedge
New peak for US health care spending: $10,345 per person –AP
The People’s Wisdom on Islam: Serious Threat –Geert Wilders
Nearly Four-Fifths of White Evangelicals Say They’ll Vote for Donald Trump –NYT
Trump's VP search enters frenzied phase –CNN
Possible VP choices Newt Gingrich and Jeff Sessions head to Indiana –CBS
Sources: Sean Hannity flew Gingrich to Trump meeting –CNN
GOP leaders seek to squash rebellion talk ahead of key rules meeting –TheHill
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush to appear together in Little Rock –CNN
Secret Service director: Threat to candidates is elevated –CBS
Hillary Law School Journal Published Cop Killer Cartoons –DailyCaller
FAA mandates no-fly zone over conventions –TheHill
Hillary, at Site of Lincoln Speech, Laments GOP’s Turn to Trump –NYT
Dem Convention Host Chair Ed Rendell: Trump Right on Trade, China –BuzzFeed
Former DOJ Prosecutor Sues Obama, BLM, Eric Holder for Inciting Race War [$2B] –ZeroHedge
FBI agents signed NDA for matters involving Hillary’s emails –NYPost
US will welcome target of 10,000 Syria refugees, says Kerry –Yahoo
Iowa Poll: Trump 44, Clinton 42; Younger Voters: Trump 51, Clinton 32 –Sundance
Poll: Trump gains on Clinton in Wisconsin –Politico
Clinton Losing on Honesty in FL (Tr+5), OH (Tr+1), PA (Tr+6) –Quinnipiac
More Questions Emerge About Skewed Hillary Polls –ZeroHedge
Trump Beats Hillary in Swing State Polls; Betrayed Bernie Supporters Not with Her –Limbaugh
NYT, WaPo criticize Justice Ginsburg’s Trump comments –Yahoo
Justice Ginsburg crossed way, way over the line –WaPo [has hell frozen over?]

[Nita Nupress]

Thanks. Read 122. I’m thinking it’s Hunter.

[ez]

Pat Buchanan for VP.

[Fai Mao]

“Thanks. Read 122. I’m thinking it’s Hunter.”

Hunter also represents a changing of the guard.

I’d like to see him as the pick.

[Jane Long]

Exactly what hubby said.

He thinks Newt’s talk is a red herring.

[CottonBall]

I like hour tagline. It’s sadly true.

[ABHurst51]

Mostly likely Pence. Main rule for VP is do no harm. VP candidate needs to be competent, but not flashy or controversial.

[NKP_Vet]

It’ll be hard for the NeverTrumpers not to support Trump if he picks Pence. They love him. He’s conservative and an Evangelical. He also served 13 years in Congress where he was on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Pence served for a time as the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative House Republicans.

His Committee assignments in the U.S. House included: Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia (Vice Chair); Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution (Vice Chair), and Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet. While in Congress he belonged to the Congressional Internet Caucus, International Conservation Caucus, Sportsmen’s Caucus, and the Tea Party Caucus.

He’s also despised by democrats because he’s pro-life big time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/us/indiana-governor-mike-pence-signs-abortion-bill.html?_r=0

[Mollypitcher1]

Sessions!

[djstex]

Thanks for the ping!
This is exciting!!

[Duchess47]

Love that picture. :)

[Mollypitcher1]

Loved his dad. Hunter is truly a chip off the old block. Trump just might go with the Marine.

[dragnet2]

I don't think the VP thing is that big of a deal here. All the usual enemies hope it will, but I don't see it being a biggy. It usually never is an earth shattering decision due to the nature of the VP position.☺ Trump is in great health and most 25 years younger get tired just reviewing his schedule. I think the only concern here is hopefully the crowns of collusion and corruption won't try something illegal to silence Trump.

[stars & stripes forever]

[It ain’t official yet and the Republican party is not the least bit worthy of trust.]

It is unbelievable how some usually sensible conservatives can’t come to grips with DONALD TRUMP. They ask me, “Who are you going to vote for?” I say, “Who are YOU going to vote for? HILLARY CLINTON?”

Then they mumble about writing in a name. I tell them they should know better. They are brain washed and need deliverance.

[stars & stripes forever]

[Newt is on Hannity now.....promoting himself....]

AMERICA doesn’t need 2 ALPHA MALES.

[Ancesthntr]

“Duncan Hunter Jr. was the second congressman to come out and support Trump. Perfect fit—Veteran, Congress since 2003 solid conservative and a chip off the old block. BTW he is young too.”

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I agree.

Being a vet, this will reinforce/confirm Trump’s commitment to vets - and that is a LARGE group, esp. when considering that they have family.

Being a Congressman for the last 13 years is a major plus, and fits the bill that Trump himself laid out a while ago - an insider who could help move legislation. BTW, this would further confirm that Trump does NOT intend to legislate, but leave that up to Congress.

His youth is also important - Trump is a long-term thinker, and he’d be foolish to be a flash-in-the-pan in terms of turning around this country. That was Reagan’s greatest failing - letting the Bush/GOPe people keep their slimy boogerhooks in the very center of power.

Hunter also doesn’t appear to have too many enemies, while still being firm in his views. This balances of Trump’s aggressive personality, and also reinforces that Trump really is a lot more conservative than he’s being given credit for.

Finally, Hunter would take the wind right out of the sails of the #NT/Republicans for Hillary crowd. Not that the nomination is in danger (it isn’t any more, especially after that ruling yesterday), but it will help to move a lot of die-hard conservatives who are in an “I’m not voting for this guy” mood over to the view that while Trump isn’t perfect, his right-hand man will be very conservative, and also have a leg up on getting the nomination after Trump leaves.

I like the idea a LOT. I also like Newt a LOT, though he is a bit much of a self-promoter for my taste. He is brilliant, knows history and foreign policy very well, knows EXACTLY who the Clintons are, and will steer Trump in the right (and the correct) direction. He’s absolutely perfect for the Valerie Jarrett office - behind the scenes, steering and informing a lot to aid the President, but not a public face.

Christie? I’m from Jersey (before escaping under the wire to Texas, Free America - and I don’t trust the SOB as far as I can throw him. He is anti-gun, and that will cost a LOT of votes down South and out West. Let him be AG, and sic him on the Clinton and Obama crime families.

Pence? Sorry, I’ll need a gallon of Rock Star to stay awake while he speaks. Let him be Secretary of Commerce or something of that sort, but not Veep. He’s a bit too Establishment to be Trump’s natural successor.

[cherry]

I’m thinking Susan Martinez would be good....but the choice has probably already been made...

[cardinal4]

I wont be able to accept, I already have a job in STL..

[cherry]

is that Pence?....he looks like a wimp...sorry...

[stars & stripes forever]

I still have my pink SARAH shirt.