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Wash. state Desk Jet

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Sat Jul 16, 2016, 07:42 PM Jul 2016

In Introducing Mike Pence, Donald Trump Keeps The Spotlight On Himself

Source: Washington Post-MSN

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-introducing-mike-pence-donald-trump-keeps-the-spotlight-on-himself/ar-BBup4os?li=BBnb7Kz

NEW YORK -- At a news conference to introduce his newly announced running mate to his supporters, Donald Trump took the stage alone Saturday morning and then spent 28 minutes talking about all sorts of things with only brief mentions of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.

In those moments, Trump described Pence as his "partner" and his "first choice," despite media reports that the presumptive Republican nominee was uneasy with the selection. Trump noted that Pence "looks very good" and has an "incredible family," plus the two of them are "law and order candidates" who can defeat a "weak" Hillary Clinton. Although Trump was unscripted for most of his remarks, he usually carefully read from a script whenever referencing Pence and sharing statistics from Indiana. He repeatedly noted that he "won big" in Indiana's Republican primary, even though Pence didn't endorse him.

"If you look at one of the big reasons that I chose Mike -- and, one of the reasons is party unity, I have to be honest," Trump said. "So many people have said: Party unity. Because I'm an outsider. I don't want to be an outsider."



But most of Trump's focus on Saturday morning was not on Pence. Trump reacted to the recent attack in France and the failed coup in Turkey, repeatedly attacked Clinton, his presumptive Democratic opponent, touted his primary victories and called for religious leaders to be allowed to endorse presidential candidates. Sometimes he would transition back to the purpose of the news conference by saying things like: "Back to Mike Pence...

HELLO Folks: Chris Christie Here : )



"It's just like I told everybody when I was campaigning for the nomination ,Trump invited me to dinner, all he did all throughout the meal setting is talk about himself. The meal came down to desert and I thought, if the guy can shut up for just a few seconds so I can devour this thing of beauty ,but no ,he just had to spoil it. I mean you would have thought Donald Trump thinks he is the sweetest thing the eye has ever seen.

Finally the damn thing is over and done with, so I thought, oh relief, but no,what does the Donald do? I'll tell you what he did, he fallowed me down to my car parked in the underground parking ,talking about himself every step of the way and I sware I never should have rolled down the window to allow him to finish whatever all he had to say about himself. I wanted to just go off on the guy ,but,you know, he's The Donald and I was on his turf.

Now look ,I'm going to just say what I said when I was on the campaign trail running for president, as seen on TV.Listen to me, Donald Trump is not worthy of the presidency.

Ok so it's thumbs down -Dump Trump.
This is the new Chris Christie here,
And let me just say ,I don't get mad but I do get even !
Ok, so maybe I do get mad ,but getting even is desert.



This is the old me folks, forget about him ! But never forget doughnuts !

And let me add this:
Donald Trump is and has always been a total pain in the butt
I mean he is a real ass ache
In the picture to the left under the down light.
Seeing is believing !









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In Introducing Mike Pence, Donald Trump Keeps The Spotlight On Himself (Original Post) Wash. state Desk Jet Jul 2016 OP
looks like you have exceprts from two different articles there.... Wounded Bear Jul 2016 #1
corrected ! Wash. state Desk Jet Jul 2016 #2
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