Pence is sticking with Trump -- but closely watching debate
Source: Indianapolis Star
Mike Pence is sticking with Donald Trump in public, but in private he is holding his options open, according to sources close to him.
Pence was taking a wait-and-see approach to tonights presidential debate, Trumps first public appearance since a video surfaced on Friday of Trump making lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005.
The video has become a turning point for many Republican officials. Dozens have abandoned Trump and some are calling for the billionaire businessman to step aside and let Pence run in his place. Others want Pence to leave the ticket to preserve his own reputation.
So far, there is no talk inside the Pence campaign of leaving the ticket, sources close to Pence told IndyStar, but they say any future decisions were contingent on Trumps performance during tonights debate at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)Lefthacker
(264 posts)Wants to give funds. He's going to stay on.
SunSeeker
(51,659 posts)I guess he missed the part where Trump threw him under the bus tonight.
calimary
(81,439 posts)If Pence rides this one all the way down to defeat, he may well turn himself into a contender in 2020, but he'll have so much Trump all over him that it will be regarded as baggage. And pretty substantial baggage at that. Plus - if any of those stood by bush/cheney, that's further testament as to their poor judgment and lack of fitness for higher office. Or to poke a hole in some incumbent running for reelection to the Senate or House or whatever.
We need to keep track of who went down with the Trump ship.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)So that makes them even.