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The Latest: Pence with Trump on blocking some immigration

Posted: July 15, 2016 By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times local):

10:40 p.m.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he supports Donald Trump's call to "temporarily suspend immigration from countries where terrorists' influence and impact represents a threat to the United States."

Pence spoke Friday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity," giving his first TV interview since Trump invited him to join the Republican ticket for the White House.

Last year, Pence came out against Trump's proposed temporary ban on foreign Muslims entering the United States, calling such a ban "offensive and unconstitutional." Trump's spokeswoman recently said he no longer supports his proposed religious test.

Pence says he "stepped up without hesitation" when Trump asked him to be his running mate.

He says Trump "understands the anxiety and the aspiration of the American people" like no leader since President Ronald Reagan.

The Latest: Pence with Trump on blocking some immigration

Poll: Was Trump right to pick Pence over Christie and Gingrich?



Republican 2016 US presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump (R) speaks, after being introduced by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

(L) at a Super Tuesday campaign event in Palm Beach on March 15, 2016. (Photo by EPA/Ryan Stone)

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com on July 17, 2016 at 8:30 AM

CLEVELAND — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ended days of speculation Friday morning when he announced he had chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence for his running mate.

Trump picked Pence over two other finalists that he has been considering in his high-profile search for a vice president: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Pence, a former congressman, is known as one of the most conservative governors in the U.S. He has also held opposite views from Trump on a number of issues, including trade.

But proponents of the Pence pick say it could help unify the GOP, which has been divided over Trump's candidacy.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton's campaign denounced Pence for his record, calling him "the most extreme pick in a generation and was one of the earliest advocates for the tea party."

Trump bypassed Christie even though the governor has been one of his closest advisers and most loyal supporters the last few months.

Christie has been friends with the former Atlantic City casino magnate for more than a decade and was the first mainstream Republican official to endorse Trump. In turn, Trump picked the governor to run his transition team.

As for Gingrich? The former speaker has been positioning he and Trump as maverick candidates and said that the choice between he and Pence was "a choice between having two pirates on the ticket and a pirate and a relatively stable, more normal person."

So as Trump prepares to formally accept the GOP's nomination at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this coming week, do you think he made the right decision? Vote in the informal, unscientific poll below.

Poll: Was Trump right to pick Pence over Christie and Gingrich?