Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., the conservative chairman of the House Budget Committee, described Pence’s remarks as “just wonderful” and predicted that Republican congressional candidates facing tough reelection fights would “absolutely” campaign with him in the coming months.
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The Indiana governor, who has close ties to the establishment of the Republican Party and credibility with the conservative movement, was picked by Trump specifically to bring the party together after a fractious primary process. When asked, 84 percent of Latinos said Pence’s immigration record, which includes his sponsorship of a bill denying citizenship to children born in the U.S.to undocumented parents and his congressional vote to block undocumented immigrants from accessing hospital care when he served in Congress makes them less likely to vote for Donald Trump in November.
Driving home Pennsylvania’s battleground status this year, newly minted GOP vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence rallied the troops here Thursday, exhorting them to turn the Keystone State red for the first time in 28 years. While the network does not plan to target resources on the White House ticket, some of its top donors expressed excitement and relief that Pence got the vice presidential nod, and have already volunteered to host events for him.
Goldberg’s article displayed the danger we face and therefore enhanced my motivation to act as an informed and hopefully more humble “patriot”, a word I had rarely used since the 1970s but must now reclaim.
But Bennett also said the speech “didn’t grip”, saying that former House speaker Newt Gingrich, former NY mayor Rudolph Giuliani and radio talk show host Laura Ingraham delivered better convention speeches.
“This is another time for choosing”, Pence said, quoting from Reagan’s most famous speech – a manifesto for conservatism delivered in 1964.
“I believe we have come to another rendezvous with destiny”, he said. “We forget that sometimes, but this is an important delegation, they’re united, they’re energized and they’re here every night”, Perdue told Farmer. Help us get to where you are, Mike. But that is where Trump is reportedly going to change things, which is exactly why you should care.
On Thursday morning, Pence was on the Fox News Channel clarifying Trump’s views on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Throughout Cleveland during the Republican National Convention people stopped police officers to shake their hands, say thank you, and show their gratitude and appreciation.
Interrupted by chants of “Trump, Trump, Trump”, Cruz paused and said with a smile, “I appreciate the enthusiasm of the NY delegation”.
“Governor Pence enacted the largest income tax cut in the state’s history”.
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“It’s a different world than what it was three weeks ago”, he said.
