republican vice presidential nominee mike pence told republican donors<u+00a0>saturday<u+00a0>night that he is fully committed to donald trump, aides said. speculation that mr. pence might leave the ticket, following<u+00a0>in the footsteps of other republicans who abandoned mr. trump on saturday after the release of a videotape of the nominee making lewd comments of women , is <u+201c>categorically false,<u+201d> one aide said. <u+201c>governor pence spoke enthusiastically about mr. trump, his pro-growth economic policies and the movement he<u+2019>s begun,<u+201d> said marty obst, director of trump-pence vice presidential operations.<u+00a0>none of the donors at the<u+00a0>saturday<u+00a0>fundraiser in providence, r.i., canceled after the release of the video, or asked questions about it, mr. obst said. <u+201c>several guests remarked that they didn<u+2019>t want to get caught up trying to dissect every statement by mr. trump,<u+201d> mr. obst said. <u+201c>they were focused instead on his message and his positions.<u+201d> earlier<u+00a0>saturday, mr. pence said he couldn<u+2019>t <u+201c>defend<u+201d> mr. trump<u+2019>s remarks and scrapped an appearance in wisconsin on his behalf. later, though, he released a full<u+00a0>campaign schedule for next week, including events in the battleground states of north carolina, iowa, nebraska and virginia. write to monica langley at monica.langley@wsj.com
pence tells donors he is fully committed to trump    - wsj
monica langley