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Tommy_Carcetti

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5. Manafort was campaign manager at the time most VPs get selected for the ticket

Reply to TSheehan (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 03:24 PM

Dec 2018

Most campaign managers at that juncture will have a fair amount of input as to VP choices.

As I said before, without any evidence of any further importance, people are putting way too much significance into that fact.

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Remember that at the time Pence was picked as Trump's running mate, Manafort was campaign manager. [View all] TSheehan Dec 2018 OP

Not only that, Trump didn't know Pence, didn't want to meet with him, didn't want him as VP RockRaven Dec 2018 #1

Fishier than an aquarium that's been opened and dumped into the ocean. TSheehan Dec 2018 #2

Pence, another Russian stooge. Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #3

Hmmm indeed! FM123 Dec 2018 #4

Manafort was campaign manager at the time most VPs get selected for the ticket Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2018 #5

Occam's Razor would suggest Pence was chosen to appeal to evangelicals. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #7

My hunch is, Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #6