# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/381 "2016-07-15T14:54:55Z")
Trump tweeted that it’s Pence and will hold a news conference about it tomorrow. ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/382 "2016-07-15T15:12:21Z")
Well there goes my theory. ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/383 "2016-07-15T15:18:37Z")
Maybe Pence has done polling that shows he’s dead in the water as far as re-election to the governor’s is concerned. That’s the only reason I can conceive he’s signing up for this. Has he reversed his opposition to banning all Muslims yet? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/384 "2016-07-15T15:43:03Z")
I had been wondering when Trump was going to reach out to fanatic “pro-life”. Mike Pence appears to answer that question, hates Planned Parenthood to pieces. So, Trump has achieved his goal, he has united all the most negative and hateful elements together in one toxic unity. I, for one, am surprised. Had no idea I could despise him more than I already did. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/385 "2016-07-15T15:44:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I guess Newt is butthurt, he called the pair “pirates”. Wow, the nerve of this guy. Didn’t even take him a day, did it? He truly is only out for himself. ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/386 "2016-07-15T15:53:34Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > Wow, the nerve of this guy. Didn’t even take him a day, did it? He truly is only out for himself. I corrected that above. Gingrich was refering to himself and Trump as pirates. And it happened before the veep announcement. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/387 "2016-07-15T15:54:51Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Maybe Pence has done polling that shows he’s dead in the water as far as re-election to the governor’s is concerned. Conventional wisdom has been that, although he’s leading IN polling by a few points, Pence is very uneasy about his chances for re-election and gambled that a losing VP nod would hurt him less than losing the gubernatorial race. ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/388 "2016-07-15T16:11:06Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Conventional wisdom has been that, although he’s leading IN polling by a few points, Pence is very uneasy about his chances for re-election and gambled that a losing VP nod would hurt him less than losing the gubernatorial race. True, now he can blame his loss on Trump. But how’s he gonna get the smell of burnt rotting flesh out of his clothes? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/389 "2016-07-15T16:55:19Z")
The campaign unveils its [“TP” logo](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-vp-pick-mike-spence-logo-225612). Regrettably, they neglected to update their slogan accordingly, to “Get America Moving Again”. ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/390 "2016-07-15T17:08:14Z")
So, the T is screwing the P. Maybe Trump is more subtle than I thought. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/391 "2016-07-15T17:08:35Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The campaign unveils its [“TP” logo](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-vp-pick-mike-spence-logo-225612). > > Regrettably, they neglected to update their slogan accordingly, to “Get America Moving Again”. Does anyone else look at that logo and think that it’s implying that Trump is having intercourse with Pence? It’s the “T” penetrating the loop of the “P” that does it. ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/392 "2016-07-15T17:10:14Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > So, the T is screwing the P. > > Maybe Trump is more subtle than I thought. 😉 I saw it more as a reach-around. ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/393 "2016-07-15T17:12:36Z")
> [@oft\_wears\_hats](#): > > Does anyone else look at that logo and think that it’s implying that Trump is having intercourse with Pence? It’s the “T” penetrating the loop of the “P” that does it. I have to say that the logo looks like it was designed by someone who never once thought of sexual inference about the imagery. OR who thought of nothing BUT sexual inference about the imagery. ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/394 "2016-07-15T17:18:29Z")
TP: Make America wipe again. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/395 "2016-07-15T17:32:24Z")
I don’t think this logo will survive first contact with the internet: [https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpPence?src=tren](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrumpPence?src=tren) ETA: It gets better: [https://twitter.com/TheRealDonnacha/status/753999668166660096](https://twitter.com/TheRealDonnacha/status/753999668166660096) ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/396 "2016-07-15T17:35:22Z")
I hope it’s not too late to make a “wipe America’s problems away with TP” reference. Edit: Or “Look out, you have some TP stuck to your shoe, America!” ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/397 "2016-07-15T18:17:47Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Gingrich was refering to himself and Trump as pirates. “(R)rrrrrrr matey?” “…Indiana Land-ho…!” “Shiver me chin-flaps! We’ve been Scuttled, boys…!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/398 "2016-07-15T18:28:09Z")
> [@Crybaby\_Boobie](#): > > I hope it’s not too late to make a “wipe America’s problems away with TP” reference. > > Edit: Or “Look out, you have some TP stuck to your shoe, America!” [I have no words.](https://twitter.com/rabid_child/status/753990928671571975/photo/1) ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/399 "2016-07-15T18:35:18Z")
Yep, that connects all the dots! ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/400 "2016-07-15T18:37:41Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > [I have no words.](https://twitter.com/rabid_child/status/753990928671571975/photo/1) That is the awesomest image ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179.md?page=21)