One of Trumps biggest draws is he's a character. He's a larger than life, likeable, exciting character.
Many of his potential VP picks also had that magic to some degree or another. Newt, Christie, and others seemed to be characters with big personalities.
He hasnt officially announced anything, it's all speculation. I speculate that Trump's floating his short-list to let the masses and the media do his vetting for him. Hell, he could go with a pick that's not even on the list.
Benjamin Price
...and.... DROPPED
Looks like It's Clinton or Johnson for me.
Parker Young
Ignore shills
Ayden Reed
Fuck off. Terrible terrible VP choice. Pence is shit. I'm not voting Trump now.
Luke Peterson
He's handsome and will bring in women voters.
Wyatt Gonzalez
This guy opposes online regulated poker so he can go suck a fat cock.
Jackson Reed
Coulter has been saying that a guy like Pence would be Trumps first big mistake.
>My vice presidential prediction is: Trump is about to make his first mistake. I knew this would happen as soon as he hired campaign consultants, rather than relying on his gut. If these campaign consultants were any good, their first piece of advice to Trump would be, "Fire us immediately!"
>Trump's advisers are undoubtedly telling him he's got the "outsider" image covered. He needs someone with experience in Washington -- as if presidents don't have staffs -- an elected Republican official with solid standing in the GOP, preferably a sitting senator or governor, who will give the ticket gravitas and heft.
After rubbing the Republican establishment's nose in the fact he doesn't play by their rules, he's going to pick a vp that proves he plays by their rules?
Alexander Martin
What if the choice was christie?
Daniel Cook
He's a fucking white male. Now I'm a #ShillForHill
Nicholas Carter
Isn't Pence like fucking pro-amnesty, virtue signaling cuck?
Carter Watson
I'd still vote for him. Not too fond of Crispy Creme but he's way better than Pence.
Juan Jackson
>Is anyone else a little worried about Pence?
I called him as the Presidential pick when the election started, before Trump got into the race. He's fine.
>I know literally nothing about him.
That's good for trump. He's a guy no one knows, so know waves are made, and yet he knows a lot of people on the hill. Can get stuff done.
Big guys with big personalities would only but heads with Trump. No one's going to be drawn to Pence, but unlike the other two you mentioned, no one is going to be pushed away either. He's the safest choice for a Trump ticket.
Bentley Sanders
>desperately trying to push the narrative that this pick will change anything
Lucas Moore
Pence virtue signals for christfags, but yes..
Angel Ortiz
wtf, I hate Trump now too!
Jack Thomas
It's gonna be David Clarke. kek wills it
Zachary Butler
It will. Pence is a horrible governor and a nutjob. He's also far-right and will dissuade Independents and moderates from voting Trump in November. He needed someone more popular and to help him pull in the centre, but he made a shit choice.
I'm really starting to think he is a Hillary plant to win her the WH. He's been making a lot of dumb choices it seems almost on purpose.
Noah Collins
>establishment loves pence >trump forced to pick a guy who is against most everything trump is for what a loser
Benjamin Rogers
Pretty shitty choice. Indiana's not likely to swing blue this time so there's not much electoral math benefit to him. It's nice that he's a governor and not just a former congressman but Exec experience is less relevant for a VP than the President. He also feeds into every Dem gag about "two white guys", or in this case, "two old white guys". Hillary can pick some greenhorn like Castro and people are going to like him better just because he's younger.
Flynn would have been a stronger choice because he would bring gravitas to the VP debate and could steamroll over anyone Hillary picks once the conversation turns to foreign or defense policy.
Gingrich would have been a worse choice though.
Jason Morales
WHY DIDN'T HE PICK FLYNN!!!? WTF IS HE DOING?
Chase Watson
>he's a guy nobody knows HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA are you fucking serious? The media is going to rip this guy apart, he's anti-tpp, hates the gays and thinks the gays destroyed rome
Robert Gray
Agree. Fuck Pence
Joshua Baker
It's better than Christie but that's not saying much.
Matthew Mitchell
This. If he wanted to swing a state, he should have picked Kasich, not Pence.
Fucking this. Flynn would have been terrific; Sessions too.
I hope it's another media bait-n-switch since the official announcement is tomorrow morning. I really don't like this cunt.
Nathan Bennett
At least, it's not Christie or Gingrich. Cry moar, faggots.
Eli Morgan
"Trump's national campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said "a decision has not been made." A formal announcement is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday in Manhattan."
Angel King
wtf i hate trump now!
Jeremiah Turner
At least Crispy Creme would pull in moderates and independents. Fucking Gingrich would get some of the independents, especially with his moon base plans.
Ian Thomas
It's making me feel kind of nervous. I wish I could convince him to pick Flynn. Here's hoping this whole pence thing is just a buildup, and he pulls a bait and switch and picks Flynn.
Julian Sullivan
reminder anyone on pol could be doing 20x better at managing his campaign than whoever he has currently enlisted
they really believe people won't care Pence is anti-tpp, hates gays with passion and is fucking pro-amnesty given trumps stand on immigration LMAO wake up
Nicholas Hernandez
i dont trust this pence guy. im not gonna follow poltics anymore. all the candidates are shit.
Henry Russell
Maybe he's wondering why Trump would shoot himself in the foot... Before throwing himself into the general election.
Brody Cook
Pretty pathetic of you desu
Isaiah Ross
He sounds based wtf.
>muh media Maybe they will stop calling Trump Hitler too. Thank you for correcting the record.
Wyatt Robinson
>not Paul you fucked it
Luke Lopez
if doubles then pick will not be pence
Cooper Morales
>be against nearly everything the potential President stands for >based lol?
Brandon Miller
He must need help with the Religious wing of the Republicans
I swear they have fucked us every election due to their faggotry.
We lost the gay thing, leave it be. Its a culture war now not a political one. The left only has muh feels, if you stop opposing stupid shit like Gay marriage and Tranny rights the left will collapse under their own economic stupidity
Jaxson Thompson
He's picking Pence in the hopes that evangelicals will be more likely to vote for him. A lot of evangelicals were turned off by Trump but Pence has actively discriminated against evangelicals' favorite minorities to hate.
Jonathan Scott
praise kek
Isaiah Miller
>they really believe people won't care Pence is anti-tpp, hates gays with passion and is fucking pro-amnesty given trumps stand on immigration LMAO wake up
This.
He'll be painted as backwards, and against all the minority voting groups, the ones that today actually unfortunately decide elections these days. Women, niggers, gays, spics, they're all going to fucking hate Pence and it's gonna cost Trump the election.
Connor White
>trump stands for sodomy
Ethan Walker
What the fuck is Trump doing
A pro-amnesty guy who is a Jesus freak but also a COWARDLY jesus freak who gets bullied by LGBT
Why would you EVER pick him over an attack dog like Christie?
I'm curious though, who does Sup Forums think would have made the best VP?
Brody Myers
This totally isn't filled with shills at all
Aaron Lopez
THIS
I am now #MentallyHill
Aiden Harris
Ummm.... excuse me, but I thought this was a presidential election, not a vice president election.
Oliver Thompson
>implying Trump won't win Ohio Hillary wants to shut down blue collar workers. She's fucked.
Daniel Morris
ITS SPECULATION ASSHOLES, drudge ran with a dubious story because he didn't read the fine print of the story.
"Trump's national campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said "A DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE." A formal announcement is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday in Manhattan."
Luis Anderson
come on guys, at least be more convincing so I can get my panties in a knot
>John "Just Soros My Country Up Senpai" Kasich
Jack Peterson
Flynn is okay but too under-the-radar for Trump
Newt is awful but above Pence
Pence is fucking dogshit, there's no way Trump actually wants him unless Ryan is forcing him to take Pence as a peace-agreement
Christie is well, lmao christie
Sessions is probably the best on this list
Michael Young
This kills Trumps chances of using TPP against Clinton. She will just turn around and say that his running mate is in favor. Controlled opposition confirmed.
>Suspend the relocation of any more Syrian refugees
>Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border.
>Vote to pass the bill that would require hospitals to gather and report information on possible illegal aliens before hospitals can be reimbursed for treating them
>Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration.
>End Birthright Citizenship; no more anchor babies. Pence signed H.R.1868
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: a U.S. citizen or national; a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States; or an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Get the fuck out of the thread you fucking kike
Eli Wood
>A lot of evangelicals were turned off by Trump No they weren't. He carried the fucking South. They'll vote for Trump anyway.
Cameron Ortiz
Someone give me Pence's rap sheet.
The Dems and the media magnify every controversy 10x over.
Is Pence
>Anti gay? >Pro war? >Has he ever said anything disparaging about women? >Is he actually against TPP?
I really hope Trump viewed this guy through the Media Lens.
Through that lens the worst thing they could bring up about Christie was his highwaygate or whatever the fuck that was.
The media can run for DAYS with a made up controversy about a fucking geometric shape.
If there's ANYTHING big on Pence, it was a terrible decision.
Chase Hill
>man coulter thinks "she" knows better than Paul Manafort about campaigning
The retardedness of women knows no bounds
Lucas Myers
He voted for Iraq?
Why is Trump doing this?
Give me the low down friends.
Ryan Green
...
Christopher Perry
Pence sucks.
Julian Reyes
>it's not speculation >links more speculation undisclosed sources.. The official stance of the trump campaign is that a decision has not yet been made yet, how hard is that to understand? If a choice had already been made the campaign would declare that a decision HAD been made that would then be revealed tomorrow.
Isaiah Ortiz
The Wikipedia article has quotes with a lot of spelling errors. Many bad first impressions are going to be made.
Jordan Harris
It matters who Trumps VP is
Because if its someone the Republicans want more than him, they are just going to impeach him on trumped (kek) up charges so they get their REAL man in office
Honestly, I think Trumps biggest mistake is the fact that he's allowing the Republicans to cozy up to him
Lucas Allen
I'm with #her now
Andrew Turner
>Pence
the wall just got 10 feet shorter :(
Adrian Nelson
If he chooses Pence it's for two reasons:
>There is a real risk of a revolt at RNC and this is his one way to stave it off.
>Pence comes with koch bros cash and donny can't get what he needs elsewhere.
Cooper Davis
it's a scam to get you excited, it's not gonna be Pence, the guy is a nobody
William Lopez
>Anti gay?
strongly
>Pro war?
yes
>Has he ever said anything disparaging about women?
opposes abortion
>Is he actually against TPP?
yes
Jackson White
I remember in 2012 a lot of pro-lifers and hardcore Christian conservatives were itching to get then Rep. Mike Pence to run for president. He came close but opted out instead to run for Governor of Indiana.
Honestly, I think this is smart on Trump's part. Pence will be a firewall against the pro-lifers/conservatives. Think Vinick/Sullivan from West Wing.
As I have asked here before...who has ever been swayed to vote for an opposition candidate, by a presidential's VP pick?
It rarely, if ever happens. I'm a Hoosier, and that woukd be like me saying..."oh thank God Bush 41, picked Dan Quale for vice president, now I can sleep at night!"
Pence is a conservative, but to pigeonhole Pence as a blatant neoconservative is inaccurate. He is a neoconservative in part, but he is also a paleoconservative, a social conservative and cultural conservative.
I love Pence. He puts dindus in their place, and does not want refugees here, and is pro man/woman marriage.
I find Pence's favorability CAFTA, NAFTA and TPP to be alarming. He has addressed CAFTA a positive for the state of IN because it enabled IN to make hundreds of millions of dollars from this state's corn industry.
I don't want Pence to leave IN. He sends me refund checks from IN surplus, while keeping taxes low. Who does that?
Jaxon Morgan
>anti gay the entire gay community hates him with a passion, trump will lose every single gay vote he's been trying to muster up >pro war yep >women women also hate him with a passion, given his mega far right stance on abortion and the comments he made towards women >tpp yep
Evan Perry
Then he better not fucking pick Pence, he picks Pence he loses the election.
He's got to pick (out of the already shit choices) at least Christie or Gingrich if he wants to win.
>Pence has stated his support of Israel and its right to attack facilities in Iran to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons, has defended the actions of Israel in its use of deadly force in enforcing the blockade of Gaza, and has referred to Israel as "America's most cherished ally".[43] He visited Israel in 2014 to express his support, and in 2016 signed into law a bill which would ban Indiana from having any commercial dealings with a company that boycotts Israel >Israel >most cherished ally
Is anything else even relevant guys? :^)
Ethan Watson
LMAO he picks this guy he's fucking done.
Brandon Clark
>Run for president, and get into the lead, because you're not a life career politician and not part of the corrupt system.
>choose a crooked life long career politician for VP
Choosing Pence is a completely illogical choice to try and consolidate the Republican Party (even though Trump is doing perfectly fine with Republican support) that will simultaneously make it impossible for Trump to expand the party, which was his most viable path to the white house. Moderate independents and democrats, who are far larger in number than the 10% of the Republican party that Trump is attempting to court with Pence, will be completely turned off by this neocon pro TPP evangelist.
Jonathan Reed
Controlled opposition so Hillary wins.
Jaxon Rogers
Pence serves the same purpose as Biden did for Obama, he's a nobody who won't overshadow the main pick and he serves as an olive branch to the establishment and the cuckservatives.
Jason Myers
the christian right is not a problem, stop pretending it is.
They are all voting for Trump.
Leo Reyes
>Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq. >Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. >Voted YES on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops. >Which affirms that the United States and the world have been made safer with the removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime from power in Iraq >Pence co-sponsored strengthening sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition
>I know literally nothing about him. And therefore he is the perfect Trump VP.
He and Trump will be the blank slate on which the voters write their hope in rage.
James Butler
This is just fucking disappointing
Fuck pence. that piece of shit.
Ayden Russell
He's strategically leaking contradictory information to stay at the top of the news cycle. There are two contradictory "leaks" about each of his VP choices so far. It's intentional.
Logan Morales
You wishy washy shit
Jaxon Long
>Pence is terrible!
Doesn't say why
Kys
Joseph Young
>predicted Trump would win primary when he announced >literally wrote the book Trump's campaign was founded on
Owen Murphy
OMG just WTF!!! theres no way im voting DRUMPF now!
who's with me? #ImWithHer #HillMissile
Robert Roberts
He's going all out
Bentley Richardson
>VP
Who gives a fuck?
Henry Edwards
Both are shit, as usual. The only correct answer is to be apolitical
Landon Clark
This will be the moment that costs Trump the election.
Eli Stewart
>guy who becomes president if the president gets assassinated >second most powerful man in government >who cares
Not the brightest are ya
Jonathan Mitchell
God this is infuriating. The main reason people argued against Michael Flynn is because of disagreements with Trump on abortion, which isn't even a part of Trump's campaign. These same cuckservatives are shitting themselves with excitement over Pence despite the fact that he disagrees with some of Trumps most fundamental campaign policies.