--- ---  # Donald Trump Names Veep Pick on Twitter by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:07 AM UTCPublished: Jul 15, 2016 3:11 PM UTC  Ind. Gov. Mike Pence joins Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Westfield, Ind. on July 12, 2016. Ind. Gov. Mike Pence joins Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Westfield, Ind. on July 12, 2016.Michael Conroy—AP by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:07 AM UTCPublished: Jul 15, 2016 3:11 PM UTC Donald Trump made his vice presidential pick public in the same way he’s done a lot of his campaigning: with a tweet. After postponing a planned press conference to announce his choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence due to the attack in Nice, France, the presumptive Republican nominee sent out a tweet at 10:50 a.m. Friday with the news, the first time the announcement has been made via Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/753965070003109888) The news was not a surprise. Sources told TIME and other news outlets Thursday that Trump had already picked Pence. But Pence faced a noon deadline Friday to remove his name from the Indiana ballot for re-election as governor. Trump and Pence have [disagreed](http://time.com/4406664/donald-trump-vice-president-mike-pence-issues/) on a variety of topics during the Republican primary, and Pence endorsed Trump’s rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, during the crucial Indiana primary, though he added at the time that he wasn’t [“against anybody”](http://time.com/4312630/mike-pence-ted-cruz-endorsement-indiana-primary/http://time.com/4312630/mike-pence-ted-cruz-endorsement-indiana-primary/) either. **Read More:** [_Here’s what Mike Pence Said On LGBT Issues Over The Years_](http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious-freedom/?xid=homepage) The campaign of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton criticized the pick, with chairman John Podesta describing Pence as “the most extreme pick in a generation” and “an incredibly divisive and unpopular running mate.” The campaign also immediately [released a one-minute online video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4s3n08EtXc&list=PLXlk%5FTEo7Llxi5LqDR8q7DyaLt7AtQGGi&index=10) criticizing him. Pence later accepted, also via Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/mike%5Fpence/status/753976080483049473) **Read More:** [_Why Trump Picked Pence as His Running Mate_](http://time.com/4406477/donald-trump-mike-pence-running-mate-vice-president/?xid=homepage) Donald Trump Names Veep Pick Mike Pence on Twitter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4408060/donald-trump-mike-pence-twitter-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4408060/donald-trump-mike-pence-twitter-tweet/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Names Veep Pick on Twitter","datePublished":"2016-07-15T15:11:33.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T06:07:12.000Z","description":"Donald Trump made his vice presidential pick public in the same way he's done a lot of his campaigning: with a tweet.","url":"https://time.com/4408060/donald-trump-mike-pence-twitter-tweet/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","Mike Pence","veepstakes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cacc064d4101475/69889bf7428a9e5a91cd36c8/donald-trump-michael-mike-pence-running-mate-vice-president-veep-pick-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cacc064d4101475/69889bf7428a9e5a91cd36c8/donald-trump-michael-mike-pence-running-mate-vice-president-veep-pick-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump. 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