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In awkward first interview together, Pence and Trump disagree on campaign tactics
When it comes to Donald Trump's selection of Mike Pence as his running mate, things appear to have moved away from suspense and are now just plain tense.
In an odd and seemingly uncomfortable clip of an interview set to air Sunday night on CBS' "60 Minutes," the two men headlining the GOP 2016 ticket appear to disagree on the upsides of running a negative campaign and convey an uneasy rapport with each other.
When journalist Lesley Stahl asked Pence what he thought "about your running mate's campaign and the tone and negativity of it," the notoriously conservative Indiana governor replied by avoiding the question.
"I think this is a good man who's been talking about the issues the American people care about," he said.
"But name calling, 'Lyin' Ted,'" Stahl interjected, referring to the condescending nickname Trump awarded to former rival Ted Cruz.
"In the essay that I wrote a long time ago, I said campaigning ought to be about something more important than just one candidate's election," Pence continued.
"And this campaign and Donald Trump's candidacy has been about the issues the American people care about. They see America in decline at home and abroad
our porous borders, a Congress that's been unable to balance its budgets, they want leadership in Washington, D.C., that will solve problems," Pence added, before Trump awkwardly jumped in.
"Leslie, Leslie," Trump cooed at the veteran broadcaster.
We're different people. I understand that," he said about he and Pence.
"I'll give you an example. Hillary Clinton is a liar," Trump added plainly
"That's negative," Stahl responded.
"You better believe it," Trump hit back sharply. ""Hillary Clinton is a crook. I call her 'Crooked Hillary.'"
"He won't," Trump said, nodding to Pence. "He won't. I didn't ask him to do it, but I don't think he should do it, because it's different for him."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/pence-trump-disagree-campaign-tactics-awkward-1st-interview-article-1.2714889
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L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Why would a democracy even consider a money grubbing egomaniac for a public office, any public office?
MissB
(15,810 posts)Love the drop cloth for the tripod.
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)well no, here is another image of the chairs. they look the same size
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Don has an ego the size of the Sun!
Rex
(65,616 posts)MissB
(15,810 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)I've never known a person so thin skinned and egotistical.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)..... .....
Rex
(65,616 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Pence's hands look twice the size of Trump's.