Post by grant73 on Oct 6, 2020 17:39:09 GMT -8
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump for months resisted naming Mike Pence as his vice presidential running-mate during the 2016 campaign because he considered him a “loser,” according to a forthcoming book and interview with the president’s former deputy campaign manager.
“Why would I want a guy like that to be my VP?” Trump said when his then-campaign manager Paul Manafort pushed to have Pence, then governor of Indiana, as his running mate, according to the book, “Wicked Game: An Insider’s Story on How Trump Won, Mueller Failed and America Lost” by Rick Gates, Manafort’s deputy in the campaign.
“Why would I want a guy like that to be my VP?” Trump said when his then-campaign manager Paul Manafort pushed to have Pence, then governor of Indiana, as his running mate, according to the book, “Wicked Game: An Insider’s Story on How Trump Won, Mueller Failed and America Lost” by Rick Gates, Manafort’s deputy in the campaign.