Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who Donald Trump formally introduced as his running mate on Saturday morning, lauded the presumptive GOP nominee as a strong leader who will bring his brand of “no-nonsense leadership” to Washington D.C., saying that he accepted Trump’s offer because the stakes “could not be higher.”
“Elections are about choices, and I also joined this ticket because the choice could not be more clear, the stakes could not be higher,” Pence said in a brief speech, following a lengthy introduction from Trump broadcast from the New York Hilton Saturday morning.
“Americans can choose a leader who will fight to make America safe and prosperous again and bring real change or we can elect someone who literally personifies the failed establishment in Washington, D.C.”
Nearly eight years of the combined policies of President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have “weakened America’s place in the world and stifled our nation’s economy,” Pence continued, and the terrorist attacks at home and overseas and Friday’s attempted coup in Turkey “all attest to a world spinning apart.”