with phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> vice president mike pence made a campaign stop in duluth, minnesota, where he talked about the administration's efforts to bring economic prosperity to the state in the wake of the coronavirus. president trump narrowly lost minnesota four years ago. congressman pete stauber. [applause] rep. stauber: thank you very much. it is great to be here. joining us today in the beautiful city of duluth in the eighth congressional district of the great state of minnesota. i see so many friendly faces out there. this rally is about you, the workers, the people of this great congressional district, the fabric of our country's blue-collar workers. ners, manufacturers, farmers, police officers, firefighters. we know that this president and the vice president support and will defend the men and women in the blue and brown. [applause] months ago, a few short months ago, this economy was turning -- churning. all-time high, record unemployment, small businesses were opening. it was because of the progrowth policies of this administration. then the pandemic struck. it came to our shores through no fault of our own, but we will deal with it as one nation. we will come out of it stronger, more prosperous, more self-reliant and resilient than ever before. [applause] our best days are yet to come for this great nation. [applause] you know, with the trump-pence administration, the progrowth, pro-jobs policy, it ignited a blue-collar boom not only in northern minnesota, in this great nation. if you wanted a job, you could have a job. this administration brought mining and manufacturing back to the shores of the united states. [applause] proud and privileged to serve minnesota's eighth congressional district. i am fighting for your way of life every single day and so is president trump and vice president pence. [applause] night included the republican national convention. optimism, hope, prosperity, making sure that next generation has it better than we. it is our obligation as elected leaders and as members of our community to leave this earth better than the greatest generation gave it to us. [applause] i want to thank you all for , to invite vice president pence here. i wanted him to see the men and women, the blue-collar men and women, that have built this nation and will build it again. [applause] so it is my privilege and my honor to introduce to you the next senator from the great state of minnesota, jason lewis. [applause] lewis: well, hello, north land! how are you? what a crowd. there is more people he than -- more people here than at the democratic national convention. and you are awake! it is so great to be here. thank you, pete stauber. what a great job congressman stolberg -- congressman stauber is doing for the eighth congressional district. he is doing such a fine job in his service in law enforcement before that. pete, thank you for your law enforcement service. [applause] speaking of that, there is somebody else i need to mention when it comes to law enforcement. i like to tell people i never knew much about cops until i married one. i married into a law enforcement family. my father-in-law served 28 years in the st. paul pd, and my lovely wife leigh served the st. paul pd for eight great years. when you stand up? i guess you are standing up, right. i kid her a lot. she is so short, when she stands, nobody knows. it is so great to be here and welcome the vice president back to minnesota. how about that? man, oh man, what a convention. i mean, it was four days of optimism. i'm telling you, you look at the democratic national convention and it looked like an hr meeting on zoom. if you had trouble sleeping, that was the thing to watch. their we were, the republicans, celebrating america, celebrating with people who still think there is more good things about america than bad. [applause] politician is based with a first big decision, and it wasn't any different for president trump. president trump's first big decision, as you know, was to pick a running mate. and, boy, did he hit it out of the park with mike pence. [applause] and i know from first-hand experience, one of the great honors of my life was serving in the 115th congress and working with the trump administration. i can tell you no one, but no one, was more engaged with congressman vice president pence -- with congress than vice president pence. what do i mean by that? when there was a tough vote, when you needed to rally the troops, when we needed to get over the edge, the president sent vice president pence to the halls of congress and he got the job done. and, boy, did we ever get a job done. in the first two years of the trump administration, the first tax reform and tax cuts in 30 years. deregulation for miners, energy independence, and criminal justice reform, including my bill, the juvenile justice authorization bill, signed into law by the president. imagine when we flip minnesota red -- [cheers] second we can do in a trump-pence term. that's why i can hardly wait to work again with vice president pence in the united states senate. [applause] friends, here we are in beautiful duluth, a city defendant on the future of the iron range. as we get energy, logging, and yes, mining, rolling again like ever before, the fortunes of this town are going straight up and not coming back. we are talking about an energy pipeline. we are talking about getting en bridge built. we are going to get it done. we are talking about opening up twin metals. [applause] and we are not forgetting our loggers. we are going to get logging going again as well. [applause] biomass would be a nice renewable fuel. there is so many things we can get done and so many things that will get done by the democrats in the wrong direction. public order is the first duty of government, and that is why we need to restore it and restore it now. we saw what happened in minneapolis the other night. these folks are not going away with democrats who coddle them. we all want justice. a riot is not the way to get it. [applause] the fact is, when it comes to public order, putting minnesota first and ending these overreaching lockdowns once and for all, this is the administration that will get it done. [applause] public order, get the economy going again by ending the lockdowns, and putting america and minnesota first. that's the trump-pence administration right there, which is why it is my great honor to introduce to all of you the vice president of the united states, mike pence. ♪ >> ♪ vp pence: hello, minnesota. great to be with all of you today. and join me in thanking a man who has represented this state with great distinction in one chamber of the congress, and i know he is going to be the next united states senator from minnesota, jason lewis! thank you for your leadership and for those stirring words. [applause] ,o congressman pete stauber mmer, it is tom e great to be in the northstar state with all the hard-working men and women of workers for trump. [applause] great to be with so many friends. i will have more to say about all of them in a minute. speaking of friends of mine, allow me to bring greetings from another friend of mine, who i spoke to just after i landed in minnesota. and when i told him i was back in the northstar state, i don't know about you guys, but i thought he sounded a little jealous. let me bring greetings from a man who loves the state of minnesota and believes in november we are going to carry this state. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] and i am really honored to be with all of you today. i don't know if you heard about it, but we just finished up the republican national convention. with a south lawn address by our president that was incredibly stirring, incredibly inspiring. contrast that with the democrat national convention. jason lewis and i were talking about it. he said to me there convention seemed more like a zoom hr meeting. celebrationon was a of american greatness. [applause] and i am here to talk about all of what we have accomplished and what we can yet do, but to be honest with you, i am here for just one reason and one reason only. and that is that minnesota and america need four more years of president donald trump in the white house. it's on, minnesota. [applause] >> four more years! four more years! four more years! vp pence: you know, the president in that address last night really laid out a vision and a choice in this election. as president trump's said, we have a vision for our second term -- better jobs, more wages, more support for our heroes in uniform at home and abroad. as the president said, voters have never faced a clearer choice between the two parties. it is a choice between whether we allow joe biden at the democratic party to advance a socialist agenda that would demolish our cherished destiny, or whether we stand and fight for the american dream. [applause] that's what this election's all about. so i thank you for coming out today. and you can sit down, please. it's great to be back here in duluth. i will never forget we were in duluth on november 7, 2016, and we came just that close to winning minnesota, and i just know that the day after our convention ended, the right place to start was right back here in duluth. the road to victory begins in duluth, minnesota. we are going to win this state on november 3. [applause] i'm excited to be with all of you today. but like all of you, let me also say our thoughts are with all of our fellow americans in the louisiana, texas, and states that have been impacted by hurricane laura. you have seen the images of the devastation. the worst storm to strike that part of our country in 150 years. we grieve for the loss of lives and those families are in our prayers. the president will be traveling to the region to review the damage and ensure the families and communities have all the support each one of us would want to make sure we have. our message to the people of louisiana, texas, and all those areas affected by hurricane laura's we are with you today, we will be with you tomorrow, we will be with you every day until we rebuild bigger and better than ever before. that's our promise. [applause] so thank you. like all of you, i am here because i stand with president donald trump. [applause] president stands up for faith and family and the american flag, i stand with president donald trump. [applause] president stands up to the radical left and their socialist agenda, i stand with president donald trump. [applause] and when this president stands up for american jobs, american workers, and american miners, we stand with president donald trump. [applause] four years ago, a movement was born, and it looks like it is doing pretty well here in minnesota today. it is a movement i just heard about of everyday americans, from every walk of life. here in minnesota, you people, you believe we could be strong again. you believe we could be prosperous again. america said yes to president knowd trump in 2016, and i that minnesota is going to say yes to four more years of president donald trump in 2020. because with this president, for this state it is about jobs, jobs, jobs. [applause] the choice in this election couldn't be clearer. the stakes couldn't be higher. you have got a president who has done more for this country's economy, for our rights, our liberties than any president in my lifetime. and i have to tell you, as the proud father of a united states marine -- [applause] -- and the father-in-law of a united states navy pilot, i couldn't be more proud to serve alongside a president who cares so deeply about the men and women of our armed forces and their families. [applause] trump,resident donald our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard are finally getting the support they deserve to defend this nation. [applause] military,built our revived our economy, and this president has also stood, without apology, for all the god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution, like the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion, and the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. [applause] and this president has stood, without apology, for the sanctity of human life. [applause] in our first three and a half years, this president has appointed more than 200 strong, conservative judges to our federal courts at every level, and president donald trump has stood for law & order every single day and will stand for all these things for four more years. [applause] made great progress. we made great progress in this country in the first three years of this administration. i am here to tell you none of that would have been possible without the strong support of jason lewis, tom emmer, and pete stauber in the united states congress. they have stood strong with president donald trump, and would you join me in thanking them one more time for principled, conservative ,eadership that pete stauber tom emmer, and jason lewis have done for america? [applause] thank you, men. it's amazing to think in those three short years, the strong support of our partners in congress and with your support, we created the greatest economy in the history of the world. we restored the strength of our american military. we are respected in the world again. and strengthen the constitutional foundation of this nation. in a word, we made america great again. [applause] then the coronavirus struck our nation from china. but i am pleased to report to you, before the first case of coronavirus spread happened within the united states, president trump took unprecedented action. he put the health of america first. he suspended all travel from china and he saved countless american lives. [applause] firsthand,ell you the president's unprecedented action, before the month of january was out, bought us in valuable time to launch the greatest national mobilization since world war ii. at the president's direction, we marshaled the full resources, not just of the federal government, but of the entire american economy. we forged a seamless partnership with governors across america in both parties, and we called upon our great, private-sector free enterprise system in america. we reinvented testing and produced billions of supplies that we delivered to our amazing, doctors, nurses, hospitals, and health care workers. [applause] in fact, i don't have to tell you in minnesota, a great health care tradition in this state, the work of our doctors, nurses, health-care workers throughout this pandemic has been nothing short of heroic. join me in thanking all of those who have been there for the families struggling in this pandemic. thank you for your care. thank you for your professionalism. we are grateful and proud of you all. [applause] and while joe biden said the other day that no miracle cure is coming, i'm proud to report to you, because of american innovation, because of the relentless drive of this president and the expectation of the american people, we have been developing treatments, therapeutics from day one. we just approved convalescent plasma that was developed right here in the great state of minnesota, and we are on track to have the world's first coronavirus vaccine before the end of this year. [applause] say, from my heart to all the families, the more than 1800 families in minnesota who have lost loved ones, and those who are struggling with serious illness today, that you are in the prairies of the american people and we are going to continue to work every single day to make sure our health care workers have the resources and support to give your family the support anyone of us would want a family member to have. thanks to the courage and compassion of the american people, we are seeing positive trends across the country. even in the wake of the outbreak in the sunbelt, we are seeing downward trends. we are slowing the spread, protecting vulnerable, saving lives, and we are opening up america again. america's opening up schools. [applause] the strongecause of foundation that the president inered -- president poured those first three years, we have seen 9.3 million jobs added in the last three months, including 56,000 jobs right here in minnesota. upthe days ahead as we open america again, i promise you we will continue to put the health of america first. as we work to bring this economy back, we all have a role to play, and i know you will, but we also have a choice to make come november 3. i know you have early voting starting, so it is real soon, so it is time to make sure people ask a fundamental question. i asked it at fort mchenry the other night. as we see the economy coming back, as we see america regaining economic strength, you got to ask your neighbors and friends -- who do you trust to rebuild the american economy? presidedpolitician who over the slowest economic recovery since the great depression? or do you trust a builder, a job creator, a man who will lead america to all new heights? ofneed four more years president donald trump in the white house to bring america all the way back, and then some. [applause] so we have gone through a time of testing, but we are coming to the time for choosing. on jobs, on values, on safety and security, the choice could not be more clear. you know, i watched as much of that democratic national convention as i could. [laughter] near as i could tell, they didn't talk too much about their agenda. they were mostly spending their time attacking america and attacking our american president. they haven't talked too much about their agenda. frankly, after i looked at it, i don't blame them. [laughter] [applause] why -- ihat might be was told on the way here, that might be why joe biden hasn't been back in minnesota for 1000 days. i mean, think about it. think about it, men and women. in the midst of a global pandemic as america is starting to recover, joe biden wants to raise taxes by $4 trillion. president donald trump cut taxes across the board for working families, businesses large and small, and we are going to cut taxes again with four more years. [applause] joe biden wants to bury our economy under an avalanche of redtape. got his own version of the green new deal. to trillion dollar environmental -- to trillion dollar environmental boondoggle. president trump signed more laws cutting environmental redtape than any other president in history, and we are going to keep cutting the burden of redtape off american businesses. i don't have to tell you here in minnesota, joe biden and barack obama tried their best to shut down mining in the iron range. remember, joe biden told a group of coal miners they would have to "learn to code." president donald trump stood up to china's steel dumping, imposed tariffs, and opened up the iron range. and president donald trump will always stand for the way of life of the hard-working men and women of northern minnesota and the iron range. [cheers and applause] where joe biden wants to hang , president trump has made america energy independent for the first time .n 70 years [ [cheers and applause] joe budden actually wants to go back to economic surrender to china across the board. he said not long ago he wants to repeal all of the tariffs that are leveling the playing field for american workers. president trump stood up to china, will keep standing up to china to put american jobs and american workers first. [cheers and applause] joe's record on trade goes far beyond our relationship with china. he voted for nafta, and i don't have to tell all of you all across the heartland we know what happened there. back in the hoosier state, we literally saw almost entire communities shuttered as factories closed and moved jobs south of the border. did you know, since nafta, literally 60,000 actors -- factories closed