Facing Republican scrutiny, Trump-Pence ticket aims to show harmony
After a couple of awkward joint appearances, US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, made a show of their solidarity at the Republican National Convention on July 20 despite a string of policy differences.
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Pence, the keynote speaker on the third day of the convention in Cleveland, has been well received by people in the party's social conservative wing who are skeptical of Trump's commitment to opposing abortion and same-sex marriage but who trust his running mate.
Trump, 70, and Pence, 57, shared the stage only briefly on July 16 when Pence publicly agreed to be Trump's vice presidential candidate.
Their first televised interview together, on CBS's "60 Minutes," was not smooth.
Asked then about Pence's support for the Iraq war while he was a US lawmaker, Trump responded: "I don't care," saying Pence was allowed to make occasional mistakes.
When the interviewer asked if Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should get the same wiggle room on her own vote for the war when she was a US senator, Trump said: "No."
