# Who will be Trump's VP? \[plus\] Trump's Vice-President choice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179 "2016-01-20T17:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/301 "2016-07-14T03:39:27Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > What does Trump gain by announcing early instead of doing it at the convention? Longer control of a news cycle if nothing else. IF one presumes that the GOP convention will otherwise be a positive bump (as conventions _usually_ are) it also avoids having the VP announcement displace any other positive hoohaw. (Of course if the GOP convention is a disaster then a distraction would be a good thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/302 "2016-07-14T09:39:34Z")
I hope he picks Michael Flynn or Newt Gingrich for maximum kekery and to ensure an amusing VP debate. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/303 "2016-07-14T09:57:59Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > What does Trump gain by announcing early instead of doing it at the convention? In addition to **DSeid** ’s good reasons posted above, Pence has a noon Friday deadline. Indiana law does not allow him to run for two offices on the same ballot. I suppose he could be on 50 other ballots and have a placeholder on Indiana’s, but that would display a level of disorganization and thoughtlessness that even I wouldn’t . expect … from … Trump’s Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/304 "2016-07-14T11:59:07Z")
It will be Pence. Overnight, the RNC released the list of speakers at the convention. Gingrich is listed, “VP Nominee” is listed, Pence is not. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/305 "2016-07-14T12:08:05Z")
Neither is Jeb Bush listed as a speaker. Trump-Jeb! If it isn’t Pence, I’ll be surprised. But it’s all up to what’s under that ferret atop the blob of orange. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/306 "2016-07-14T12:34:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > It will be Pence. > > Overnight, the RNC released the list of speakers at the convention. Gingrich is listed, “VP Nominee” is listed, Pence is not. Chris Christie’s not listed either. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/307 "2016-07-14T13:13:54Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Chris Christie’s not listed either. Apparently Christ Christie did make the list, I just don’t see him on the one the NYT put out. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/308 "2016-07-14T13:30:05Z")
Is that a pun, **Happy**? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/309 "2016-07-14T13:32:52Z")
I keep thinking it will be Christie. But, on the other hand, he has more definitive TV moments recorded where he flat out says Trump will ruin the country if elected. I don’t see how he can walk those back. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/310 "2016-07-14T13:41:17Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > It will be Pence. > > Overnight, the RNC released the list of speakers at the convention. Gingrich is listed, “VP Nominee” is listed, Pence is not. Maybe Pence isn’t speaking because they don’t want to put everyone to sleep? I’m kind of hoping it’s Newt Gingrich, since between them they have enough wives for a volleyball team. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/311 "2016-07-14T14:06:16Z")
I vote for Christie. Not in an actual election mind you, but as the choice for Trump’s VP. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/312 "2016-07-14T14:08:05Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > … I’m kind of hoping it’s Newt Gingrich, since between them they have enough wives for a volleyball team. IIRC, Gingrich dump two wives who were undergoing cancer treatment. Are either of them now healthy enough for volleyball? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/313 "2016-07-14T14:10:16Z")
Perhaps not. OK, instead, the eight of them can sit down in two bridge foursomes. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/314 "2016-07-14T15:35:23Z")
[Mike Pence reserves ad time for his gubernatorial race for early August.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/pence-reserving-indiana-advertising-time-225531?cmpid=sf) Granted, he could cancel it should he get tapped by Don. But he’s obviously not been asked anything official yet, now less than 24 hours out from the announcement. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/315 "2016-07-14T15:39:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps not. OK, instead, the eight of them can sit down in two bridge foursomes. Trump and Gingrich would cheat. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/316 "2016-07-14T15:40:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Trump and Gingrich would cheat. With their wives? Perish the thought. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/317 "2016-07-14T15:42:47Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > …I suppose he could be on 50 other ballots and have a placeholder on Indiana’s, but that would display a level of disorganization and thoughtlessness that even I wouldn’t . expect … from … Trump’s > > Never mind. The Perot campaign in '92 ended up being stuck with Stockdale because they used him as a placeholder for some early state ballots, and then couldn’t find someone else in enough time to take the slot. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/318 "2016-07-14T16:01:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > IIRC, Gingrich dump two wives who were undergoing cancer treatment. Are either of them now healthy enough for volleyball? I don’t think you RC. But regardless, his first wife passed away a couple years ago some 30 years after their divorce. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/319 "2016-07-14T16:32:33Z")
NYT just sent out an alert saying it will be Pence. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/320 "2016-07-14T16:36:51Z")
Yeah, just heard on the radio that it’s Pence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179.md?page=17)