The VP contender not on the list of RNC speakers
The Republican National Convention released a list of speakers at next week’s event in Cleveland Thursday, featuring several members of the Trump family and members of Congress. But Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, who is rumored to be a top contender for Trump’s vice presidential candidate, is missing — spurring speculation he may in fact be the presumptive nominee’s pick.
Roll Call reported Thursday based on an anonymous source that Trump had in fact decided on the Indiana governor, though Trump is expected to formally make his announcement Friday. Pence’s campaign manager was also spotted flying to New York City Thursday, though it was unclear if his trip had anything to do with Trump’s planned announcement at Trump Tower.
The event, which will formally nominate Donald Trump as the standard-bearer of the Republican Party, will stretch over the week of July 18th. Trump’s list of speakers also includes several of his vanquished rivals for the Republican nomination: Sen. Ted Cruz, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Gov. Scott Walker and Gov. Chris Christie are all slated to speak.
Other rumored top vice presidential picks, including former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Christie, are named as speakers.
Trump visited Pence’s home earlier this week to discuss the vice presidential choice, but also met with Gingrich and called Christie about the decision as well.
The full list:
Pastor Mark Burns
Phil Ruffin
Congressman Ryan Zinke
Pat Smith
Mark Geist
John Tiegen
Congressman Michael McCaul
Sheriff David Clarke
Congressman Sean Duffy
Darryl Glenn
Senator Tom Cotton
Karen Vaughn
Governor Mike Huckabee
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Melania Trump
Senator Joni Ernst
Kathryn Gates-Skipper
Marcus Luttrell
Dana White
Governor Asa Hutchinson
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
Michael Mukasey
Andy Wist
Senator Jeff Sessions
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
Alex Smith
Speaker Paul Ryan
Congressman Kevin McCarthy
Kerry Woolard .
Senator Shelley Moore Capito
Dr. Ben Carson
Co-Chair Sharon Day
Natalie Gulbis
Kimberlin Brown
Antonio Sabato, Jr.
Peter Thiel
Eileen Collins
Senator Ted Cruz
Newt Gingrich
Michelle Van Etten
Lynne Patton
Eric Trump
Harold Hamm
Congressman Chris Collins
Brock Mealer
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn
Governor Mary Fallin
Darrell Scott
Lisa Shin
Governor Rick Scott
Chairman Reince Priebus
Tom Barrack
Ivanka Trump
Attorney General Pam Bondi
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Chris Cox
Senator Mitch McConnell
Tiffany Trump
Governor Chris Christie
Donald J. Trump Jr.
Governor Scott Walker
This story was originally published July 14, 2016 at 6:34 AM with the headline "The VP contender not on the list of RNC speakers."