Mike Pence, who’s seen both his announcement and acceptance speech stepped on, did everything a strong running mate should do.
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Pence checked off a number of key moments in the speech, first introducing himself to a national audience, attacking Hillary Clinton and making the case for party unity by backing Donald J. Trump, who accepted the nomination for President on Thursday.
At the end of his speech, Trump joined Pence onstage, shook his hands, and gave the crowd a thumbs-up sign. Pleasant, said he’s never met Pence, but looks forward to learning more about him. “But I’m hopeful. Right now we have eight years of nothingness-so I’m just happy it’s on his radar”.
One woman at the RNC in the Quicken Loans Arena says pence is being overshadowed by Trump and she hasn’t really been impressed by the appearances he’s made since being added to Trump’s ticket last Friday.
Alain Pouliot, undecided first-time voter and new USA citizen:”I’ve been in the US now for a year and a half”.
“Donald Trump will be a great President of the United States of America because his heart beats with the heart of the American people”, Pence told the luncheon attendees.
“The time has come for us to come together – primaries are over”, Pence said in unannounced appearance with the Conservative American Union.
Of course, who’s No. 1 on a ticket, not who’s No. 2, invariably is the decisive factor in who wins a presidential election.
Finally Pence summed up Donald Trump as the best man for the White House in these turbulent times.
“People are fed up with politicians who don’t listen to them“, Cruz said.
Walker said that despite Trump dissenters in the GOP, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is unfit for the presidency. But there were no banners unfurled with Pence’s name on them, at least that I saw watching on television, or any other indication that this was supposed to be the second-most important speech of the week.
The three leading candidates were all in Cleveland for this past week’s Republican National Convention, lobbying members of the GOP’s state central committee which will choose a candidate on Tuesday. Gary Peters said Trump chose a divisive running mate in Pence, and that working families in MI can’t afford the policies of a Trump and Pence ticket.
Come on Ted Cruz!
Cruz is saying nearly nothing about Trump in his speech.
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Pence is a well-respected figure in the Conservative movement, which means many of his beliefs are detested amongst liberal Democrats.
