Then he would get back to his stump speech. I was standing next to senior officials chuckling to themselves in bemusement as they were watching this unfold as we were. You just dont see introductions for Vice President ial running mates go down like this. Right now donald trump and mike pence are shaking hands in this room. It was only at the end of the event that we saw trump, pence and their families come out on the stage for their picture. Normally when you see a president ial candidate introduce the Vice President ial running mate, they stand there for a few minutes and get their shots. Donald trump only shook mike pences hand for a few seconds and walk off stage. It with as strange moment there. But i can tell you from being in the room, we were wondering where mike pence was, was he waiting in the wings, was he standing backstage. Sean spicer did tweet a picture of mike pence standing off to the side. But that was really our only confirmation for several minutes that mike pence w