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Trump's veep compares him to Ronald Reagan

Tuesday, 19 July 2016 10:40 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 19 July 2016 10:44 PM ]

Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. (photo by Chicago Business)

Mike Pence, the governor of the US state of Indiana, has drawn a direct comparison between presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and former US President Ronald Reagan.

Trump's vice president made the analogy in a speech he delivered on Tuesday prior to the Republican National Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, saying, the New York businessman reminds him of Reagan.

"I have a sense of this man. I have a sense of his heart. I have a sense of his hands-on style of leadership, and for all the world, he reminds me of Ronald Reagan," the GOP vice presidential nominee said.

*Former US president Ronald Reagan (file photo)*

"It happened in 1980, when Ronald Reagan was chosen, that we had a nominee like our nominee this year, who although he had achieved great heights in his career, never lost touch with everyday Americans," Pence said.

"Ronald Reagan achieved great things in his life and his career, a movie star, a celebrity, governor of the great state of California, but he never lost the common touch, did he?" he added.

Pence also hailed Trump’s achievements, saying, despite the fact that the presumptive Republican nominee enjoys fame in real estate and entertainment, he would fight for all voters in office.

"He's a builder. He's a fighter. He's a father, and he's a patriot,… And I submit to you today, having gotten to know this good man who is our nominee, Donald Trump may have achieved great heights in business and industry and in the world of entertainment, but his heart is with everyday Americans, and he will fight every day to strengthen this nation and bring America back," Pence noted.

This is while Ronald Reagan's son, Michael Reagan, has already expressed his reluctance over supporting Trump, saying, even his late father would not back the real estate mogul either.

"This most likely would be the first time if my father was alive that he would not support the nominee of the GOP," Reagan said.

Presumptive US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) and Indiana Governor Mike Pence (L) take the stage during a campaign rally at Grant Park Event Center in Westfield, Indiana, on July 15, 2016. (AFP)

Trump announced Pence as his running mate on 15 July.

Pence, 57, was elected as the governor of the state of Indiana in 2012. Before his current job, he spent 12 years in Washington in the US House of Representatives at the Congress.

Trump is hoping that Pence's legislative experience in Congress as well as his position as the governor of a Midwestern state could give him an upper hand in the November vote.

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