Indiana Governor Mike Pence is Trump’s New VP Running Mate

Mike Pence has a family, been married since 1985 to his first wife, three children, and former congressman for six terms in Washington and Governor of Indiana. He is the GOP vice presidential nominee Donald Trump has selected. Pence will greatly shore up the Republican establishment and conservative bona fides.

Trump needed an experienced lawmaker from a rust belt state who can reach out to Washington politicians. He fills that slot perfectly. He is the counterweight to Trump. Expect the billionaire to be brash, bold and sometimes inconsistent. That’s his style and it brought more votes in the primaries than any Republican candidate in history.

Governor Pence offers a more consistent tone while offering years of steady Christian conservative principles. Picking such a strong conservative has its fallacies which may come out in the general election.

In recent times, Pence was unanimously elected head of the House Republican Conference in 2009. He was the third-highest ranking Republican in the House. He had a reputation of strict fiscal and social conservatism. Pence has been a strong advocate for tax cuts and spending limits. He is best known with far left liberals for resisting new protections for the LGBT community. Furthermore, he called for a ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
Donald Trump picks Mike Pence.

As governor, Pence has seen the state’s economy grow and the unemployment rate has been cut nearly in half. Under Pence, Indiana was the first state to drop Common Core education requirements and also agreed to expand Medicaid under Obamacare.

Trump’s choice of Pence may have been a political blessing for him. He has been in a tight reelection with a slim lead over Democrat John Gregg, the man he narrowly beat to win the office in 2012.

Nevertheless, Trump and the governor have their differences. Although Pence will be Trump’s leading advocate, the two do not see eye to eye on every issue. The governor has often criticized Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration, calling it “offensive and unconstitutional” last December. He has also supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership back in 2014. Trump is adamantly against it. He also voted for Ted Cruz in Indiana’s primary.

Dwight L. Schwab Jr. is a moderate conservative who looks at all sides of a story, then speaks his mind. He has written more than 3500 national political and foreign affairs columns. His BS in journalism from the University of Oregon, with minors in political science and American history stands him in good stead for his writing.

Publishing

Dwight has 30-years in the publishing industry, including ABC/Cap Cities and International Thomson. His first book, “Redistribution of Common Sense – Selective Commentaries on the Obama Administration 2009-2014,” was published in July, 2014. “The Game Changer – America’s Most Stunning Presidential Election in History,” was published in April 2017.

Location

Dwight is a native of Portland, Oregon, and now a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area.





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