Photo: ReutersRepublican US vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence on Monday gave Donald Trump a passing grade on his debate performance and denied reports that he considered quitting the ticket after a 2005 video surfaced of Trump talking about groping women. Republican leaders who withdrew their support for Trump amid fears of handing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the White House and losing seats in Congress included 2008 nominee John McCain. Many called for Pence, the governor of Indiana, to replace Trump at the top of the ticket, No. In another split on the Republican ticket, Trump in the debate said he didn’t share Pence’s view that Russian provocations in Syria should “be met with American strength.”“He and I haven’t spoken, and I disagree,” Trump said. They trail the Democratic ticket by an average of 4.5 percentage points in national polls that also include third-party candidates, survey aggregator RealClearPolitics said.

Source: Mint October 10, 2016 14:03 UTC