Constitutional lawyer James Bopp, an Indiana delegate to the Republican National Convention who is close the governor, told The Washington Times that Indiana House Speaker Brian C. Bosma, 58, a conservative Republican, had sought advice from him on running for governor.
“He wanted my counsel on what he needed to do to set himself up to run for governor, because he expects Pence to step down as governor in order to be Trump’s running mate,” Mr. Bopp said in an interview.
The Trump election team boosted the Pence speculation Sunday by suddenly adding a campaign rally in Indianapolis to a fundraiser planned for Tuesday featuring Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence.
Several Republicans close to the campaign and to the governor have told The Times over the last 24 hours that they are now convinced it’ll be Mr. Pence.
Pence has been labeled as being very anti-gay by the media. Don't you think that will hurt Trump with moderates/independents?
Cooper Russell
Hey opie.
Does this offset Trump's "NY Values?" will he be able to get more of the religious right?
I think this is good news. Anyone agree or disagree and want to share their thoughts?
Brody Clark
>Good pick?
Dont know much past wikipedia about him.
Anti-immigration.
Veteran.
Loves Muh Israel.
Why would James Bopp reveal this? What sort of name is Bopp?
Logan Stewart
no. all republicans are labelled very ani gay, very racist, very sexist etc. He is a moderate where it counts.
His problem is his support for TPP
Kevin Gomez
Michael Flynn ftw
Gavin Green
I fear that it may turn off some of his independent support. Trump has said he supports transgender people using whichever bathroom they prefer and Pence, who implemented the 'anti-gay' religious freedom law, would put Trump in an awkward position.
Gabriel Rogers
I'm still hoping it will be a woman. It would BTFO the narrative so hard
Nolan Rogers
samefag:
Bopp supported Romney in 2012 and the lawyer who argued in favor of Citizens United, getting it passed as "free speech"-- so he's that fucking asshole. Makes sense why he would out Turmp's pick.
Bentley Gomez
Not in Indiana, everyone here has very high regards for our supreme governor. His anti-gay lagislation is a bit misinterpreted. It wasn't really AGAINST them, it was for of a "Fuck Off with your hippie nonsense " move.
Julian Wilson
The liberal kike media has labeled Trump as "homophobic" and "transphobic" even if he is literally the most pro-fag candidate of all time (aka the NYC values Rato was dog-whistling about). It's time to stop listening to the filthy jew media and their lies.
Aaron Bailey
That's not too bad of a record. Anti-immigrant just means against illegals these days.
Cooper Price
He is a TPP shill like Newt.
Joseph Bell
Aw shucks, well that's unfortunate.
In all honesty Trump could probably care less whether a man fucks dudes or cuts off his dick and identifies as an attack helicopter. He just wants to MAGA. There's no doubt in my mind that that's actually his motive.
Lucas Anderson
Am I the only one who wants Flynn?
Trump's main weakness is in foreign policy. I think getting a unity ticket with an experienced General Like Flynn who is vehemently anti-Obama is the best way to win in a landslide.
Daniel Rodriguez
If Trump was smart he'd pick someone who'd gather the moderates/minorities.
Luke Sanders
Wont matter. Trump is turning more along party lines every day and will continue to do so until he is a mainstream Republican candidate. Him backing a guy who is comparatively anti-gay/trans was inevitable.
Michael Martinez
Gay Centipede here, if this is true Trump has lost me.
The American Taliban wing of the GOP is a blight on the party and the country. I would not want a religious zealot at the helm of the world's last superpower.
Flynn is objectively the best choice in the VP shortlist.
Joseph Powell
Flynn or Webb. Anything else will be a disappointment, especially some establishment BS candidate like Gingrich or el Rato.
Kevin Clark
I feel less like Pence will work behind trump's back to get him shot. Newt is game over.
Ian Ramirez
Joni Ernst is still a possibility apparently.
Indiana isn't supposed to be a swing state though. Trump needs states like Florida, Ohio, and Virginia to win.
That's a fair point, but now the narrative of the liberals may have some truth behind it because of Pence's religious freedom law.
Mason Taylor
this is problematic as fuck. what is this the 1950's? this is proof of a racist candidacy. donald trump and his white supremacist cabinet. I can't even.
Angel Howard
You are not. Most of us want a robust military man.
Elijah King
Can't Recompense the Pence Can't Fence the Pence Can't Dispense the Pence Can't Defence against the Pence Can't Sense the Pence Can't Pence the Suspense Can't Expense the Pence
or my personal favourite: Can't Condense the Pence
Nicholas Perez
Stop repeating the pandering cuck meme. He's getting more of the Hispanic vote than Romney. Count on it.
Carson Moore
You are the blight on the country actually. You're an embarrassment to us before God and our forefathers.
Chase Wood
This is a sodomy-free board. Kindly remove yourself.
Evan Diaz
Excellent. I was hoping for Pence.
Juan Rogers
Hoosier here. Mike Pence is fucking horrible, and a goddamn shadow of Daniels. He's a retard doing all kinds of autistic shit like fucking up our students with ISTEP (shitty standarized testing, basically the worst example of it and the country) and all kinds of other shit. There's no good reason for him to be the Trump VP either as Indiana is as red as Trump's tomato face.
Fuck thinking about Pence at all makes me RRREEEEEEEEEEEEE
Jeremiah Brown
Pence sucks and endorsed Cruz during the primaries. I'll vote for Shillary if Pence is Trump's choice.
Liam Roberts
The media is going to label anyone he picks with their worn out shaming buzzwords.
It's guaranteed.
Carter James
None of you notice the plan? Float around multiple people. Earnst, Flynn, Pence - get money - media attention - hype..
Aaron Barnes
You're fucking retarded, dude. There's no proof that that sort of tactic even works, and Trump said he didn't want a gimmick veep.
Trump's position has always been states rights on the issue, which is a polite way of saying "no rights for you." However, he doesn't appear to personally care.
Blake Jones
I don't think he is the right guy but it wouldn't affect my vote.
Samuel Mitchell
He had to pick someone to rally the Republican base. It's the price for going so hard against the narrative in the primaries.
Jordan Rogers
Good point. Could be neither of the people that have floated around. I am hoping for a VP form the military. If it is not Flynn or Web, then Allen West would be my third choice.
Ryder Collins
>he thinks Citizen United was a bad decision You're a liberaltarian aren't you
Ian Russell
R A N D A N D
Oliver Roberts
Trump will make Hanna-Barbera real, instead! Weebs BTFO! Make Western Animation Great Again!
Nathan Moore
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE
Isaiah Evans
mummy should be the vp
Hudson Gray
>women vote for Hillary solely because she's a woman >blacks vote for Obama solely because he's black >doesn't think this same exact logic applies to Trump's VP You might be the retard here.
Ethan Martinez
Yeah that Palin pick really worked in 2008 didn't it? Don't be a retard. Trump definitely needs to pick a man (probably white, but you could get away with a legit, based minority).
Ryan Russell
It says on wikipedia that Flynn is a democrat who is pro-choice and ambiguous in his opinion on gay marriage. Would that not alienate GOP voters? Would he even want to be Trump's VP pick?
Anthony Morris
Those aren't VPs.
Shit doesn't work for VP choices.
Obummer is also a "community organizer." Ben Carson for example is not, and would not be able to get much black support.
Quit with this "gimmick veep" meme. He wants a functional attack dog.
Landon Kelly
Reuters is reporting quite a bit about Flynn. Guess it all depends what trump wants more, a politician to do politican things, or a general and hammer down on being tough for national security.
Adam Rivera
>indiana
stupid, stupid, stupid. doesn't he know we NEED someone from Ohio or Pennsylvania or Florida?? whats indiana gonna get us?
Ethan Martinez
If you want Trump to lose, he should pick either one of them.
Adrian Hill
No because the VP nor the President have any say on those issues. Mostly these issues are resolved at the Supreme Court level.
All Trump needs to do is emphasize that he will pick conservative judges. That should help recruit the social conservatives on his side.
Daniel Hernandez
shit pick.
rand still the best choice.
if trump gets killed they still have to deal with the randal.
Elijah Williams
>abortion and gay marriage are for the Supreme Court
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Hunter Thompson
Trump Pence 2016
not a huge fan of the sound of that tbqh
Lucas Gutierrez
Why would they cause Trump to loose? I think a unity ticket would help UNITE the country.
The whole theme of these couple of months is that the country is divided, with a grid-lock Washington. I think with a Unity ticket you can really push the narrative that Trump is the uniter and Shillary the divider.
That is essentially what has been happening for the past couple of years though.
Nicholas Ramirez
Condi Rice.
Jonathan Collins
>read James Bopp as Bob Bopp fuck
Joshua Bailey
i'm not surprised
idiots beget other idiots
Nicholas Johnson
There's no alienating "true conservatives" when Hillary is on the other ticket
Trump would never get the neocon vote (Krauthammer) in the first place
Jacob Torres
You have to pick someone that the other party is even more worried about to make assassination and impeachment less of a possibility. There's no reason to impeach Obama because Biden's dumb ass would be president. This is even more important for someone like trump, but it's even harder to find someone the democrats wouldn't rather have as president.
Trump should pick Iron Mike
Caleb Fisher
fuck condi, she's tainted with the stench of dubya and cheney's taint
Evan Hughes
reminds me of "tuppence"
Jeremiah Ward
Yeah, the further to the left Trump can go the less air Hillary has to breathe.
Now if there is a third party to the right of Trump his only chance then will to be a better left candidate than Hillary, which is very possible.
Robert Reed
...
William Mitchell
Though he really needs to get the party shit sorted out though so they can start running their ads, and he can run his specialized ads for crooked hillary.
Gavin Thompson
What moderate Democrat is actually going to vote Trump because he picks Flynn or Webb. Seriously.
Isaac Nguyen
Definitely, he will seem very backwards to them and it'll hurt Trump's chances.
The only right choice is Gingrich or Rand Paul.
Aiden Richardson
>Pick Flynn >It's a general >Has national security experience >appeals to poor people >Has foreign policy experience, appeals to republicans >Is moderate so its not trump alientating voters but the party
Nicholas Gutierrez
too good to be true. to be quite honest family, we fan dream.
Jack Cox
Thank you for saying this, was going to say the same thing. Now that Pence fucked education in Indiana, they have one of the largest teacher shortages in the state's history.
Gabriel Jenkins
I went to high school with his daughter-in-law.
Adrian Rivera
Indianafag here, seconded. It's more of a "don't impose government rules on private businesses" law than a gay-bashing law. I don't know anyone here that wouldn't serve a fucking cake to a gay couple, and I live in a town of 2000 people. They might talk about when they get home like "those gay guys ordered a cake, can you believe that shit?" but they wouldn't be rude to their faces. It'd be impolite.
Except New Castle. That place is methheads trailer trash central.
Chase Hill
hahaha wow
Camden Reed
Talk to any normal person in Indiana and you'll see what it's about. It's more libritarain than it is anti-gay.
Robert Foster
Trumpence 2016
Leo Stewart
Seriously, what?
Robert Hall
that you believe it
Jonathan Barnes
No, GOP voters would see a strong military leader and instantly pledge allegiance to team Trump.
Dems/Libs could be persuaded to join the fight because of the General's political alignment.
Flynn is a 100% win.
Kek blesses this.
Justin Johnson
I'm from here (Indiana). What state are you from?
Charles Flores
>army general seeking high political office just 3rd world things
Caleb Evans
I wish it was Gowdy That dude is based as fuck
Caleb Morgan
>Not choosing a woman, nigger or some minority guy as a running mate to please SJW >Instead, Trump chose a middle aged white man
Now, that's ballsy
Hunter Allen
Trump literally doesn't care moderates and independents. He presents his views and asks people either vote him or fuck off somewhere lese.
Owen Murphy
>I have no idea who Dwight Eisenhower or Ulysses S. Grant are
Joseph Rivera
gave up on the Religious Freedom Act without a fight because oh no they threatened boycotts
probably a concern troll when it comes to 'our tone with these wonderful Hispanics'
very likely soft on immigration like the rest of the American ''''right''''
yeah he's cool af until you find out he's one of the biggest open borders agitators in Washington
Brayden Jackson
HA CALLED IT FAGS
Sebastian Howard
FBI insider here, I know exactly who Trump's nominee will be
Jace Mitchell
>anecdotal evidence
indiana is fundie as fuck
Jayden Miller
rural Hoosier here
most of us genuinely don't like Pence at best, hate him at worst
Mitch Daniels was well-liked by both sides, Pence is not
I don't think this would be good for Trump nationally
Joshua Butler
Is this that retard who pretended (as does the entire GOP) to be anti-gay to get some extra votes? Good short term strategy, terrible for building a state's economy.
That Trump would pick him is a YUGE red flag for me. Trump needs to pick someone who will MAGA for everyone, no exceptions. Mike Penis doesn't fit that bill, IMHO. Tons of better choices.
Dylan Myers
Shut your cock sucker, you faggot.
Christian Myers
no, he's legit retarded
>indiana >liked bitch daniels
no
Julian Diaz
Fuck you dude Indiana here and Mitch Daniels should have run for president. He's based as fuck.
Robert Bailey
it's gonna be crispy creme
Evan Campbell
I was a didn't really pay attention to local politics when Daniels was in, but I remember family saying they liked him.
Dodging the question. I'm from Indiana. What state are you from to act like you know how people are here?
Eli Moore
James Mattis would have been the ideal. There are no real good picks for VP here. Unfortunately, Trump has to settle for political experience and what the GOP will tolerate. Since he has to deal with Congress as President.
Tyler Perry
its apparent
Aaron Collins
>Centipede
Reddit has gay boards, right?
Josiah Diaz
Think of all of the narratives you've heard bashing the "average American," and see if you can work out whether or not they would support it.
Eli Howard
What is good about letting corporations spend unlimited money on candidates? It's a horrible fucking thing, and they argued that it was "speech". God awful.