“Some people would say that men are insulted by that. Some people would say it’s fine. I don’t know,” Trump said about the promise.
TRAVIS: You weren’t a politician for a long time. If you were sitting back on your couch, watching television and following this election, what do you think he’s going to do? What do you think he should do?
TRUMP: Well, I think that I would be inclined to go a different route than what he’s done, doing it the way he, first of all, he roped himself into a certain group of people, which is fine.
TRAVIS: He said he had to pick a woman.
TRUMP: He said that. Some people would say that men are insulted by that. Some people would say it’s fine. I don’t know. I will say this. People don’t vote for the … This is history. This isn’t necessarily me. This is history, because we have a great Vice President. Mike Pence has been incredible, actually. He’s been a great Vice President and done a really, really good job in everything I’ve given him.
People don’t vote for the Vice President. They really don’t. They don’t vote for the Vice President. You can pick a George Washington to be your Vice President. Let’s pick up Abraham Lincoln coming back from the dead. They just don’t seem to vote for the Vice President. Now in this case, because Joe’s got some things going on.
Let’s not kid ourselves. Unless you, I don’t know where your politics are, but Joe’s got some pretty big things going on. This is going to be a very, very important pick. It’ll be interesting to see who he chooses. I’m interested to see also. In the end, I don’t think it’s going to matter. Joe’s going to have to stand on his own two feet.
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