REPORT: Trump Tried To Un-Pick Pence Last Night

The Daily Beast reports:

Donald Trump was reportedly so uncertain about his choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be his running mate that he asked some of his top staffers if he could back out of it late Thursday night, according to CNN’s Dana Bash and NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell. The alleged hesitance came at around midnight last night, Bash said. Regardless of whether Trump was fully confident with his decision, he made it official earlier Friday on Twitter.

More from NBC News:

Sources tell NBC News that Donald Trump was watching news coverage from his Beverly Hills home Thursday and was described as surprised and “irritated” that news organizations were identifying Pence as his choice early in the day.

Those sources said that by mid-afternoon, after the initial news reports, he had still “not informed” the other two men on his final list -former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — that a final decision had been reached. Trump spoke to Gov. Christie after 4:00pm in what was described as a “tense” conversation where a Pence pick was discussed but a final decision was not communicated.

By about 5:00pm, sources said Trump had not personally made the offer to Pence to join the ticket.

We can be sure that Trump was looking at last night’s anti-Pence meltdown across Teabagistan, particularly from “thought leaders” like Ann Coulter.