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Deeper Into The Twilight Zone

07.16.16 | 12:38 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, walks with Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., during a campaign event to announce Pence as the vice presidential running mate on, Saturday, July 16, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, walks with Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., during a campaign event to announce Pence as the vice presidential running mate on, Saturday, July 16, 2016, in New York. (AP... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, walks with Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., during a campaign event to announce Pence as the vice presidential running mate on, Saturday, July 16, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) MORE LESS

Congratulations to the coup plotters in the Trump campaign who forced their candidate at the point of a gun to announce a running mate. Trump looked about as pleased to introduce Mike Pence as Turkey’s President Erdoğan did on that FaceTime call last night. That was weird.

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