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CSPAN Campaign 2020 Vice President Pence Holds Rally In Flint MI July 12, 2024

With six days before the election, Vice President pence spoke at a rally wednesday in flint, michigan. This is just under an hour. You want to be in the show i am ready to go ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States of america, mike pence there she stood in the street smiling from her head to her feet i said, hey, what is this . Now, baby, maybe shes in need of a kiss i said, hey, whats your name, baby . Maybe we can see things the same now dont you wait or hesitate lets move before they raise the parking rate all right now, baby its all right now all right now, baby its all right now let me tell you now. I took her home to my place watching every move on her face she said, look, whats your game, baby . Are you tryin to put me in shame . I said, slow, dont go so fast dont you think that love can last . She said love, lord above now youre tryin to trick me in love all right now, baby its all right now all right now, baby baby, its all right now its all right now vice pres. Pence hello, michigan. Its a great crowd. Thank you all for coming out tonight. Our state party chair, laura cox. All the wonderful michiganders who are gathered here from near and far. It is great to be back in the wolverine state. [applause] we are just six days away from a great victory all across michigan and all across america, when we vote four more years of President Donald Trump in the white house. Four more years four more years vice pres. Pence and the road to victory goes right through michigan. On november 3, i got a favor to ask. We need you to show them that michigan is trump country. [applause] it really is great to be here with all of you. Thank you so much for coming out. I cant tell you how much it means to us. It really does. President s in arizona today. But i cant wait to tell him about this crowd in flint, michigan. Its great to be here with so many friends, but also with a son of midland, a man who served the people of the wolverine state in the Michigan State house. But the moment he arrived in washington, d. C. , i can tell you he has emerged as one of the strongest advocates not just for michigan, but for everything that has always made America Great. Join me in thanking congressman John Moolenaar. [applause] thank you, congressman. It is also great to be here with, i am told, a lifelong democrat who is a leader here in flint. We got some good news again that he is supporting President Donald Trump for four more years. Join me in thanking maurice davis, Vice President of the city council in flint. Where are you . Lets hear it for maurice. [applause] i am partial to Vice President s. Thank you, maurice, thank you so much. Thank you all for being here today. It really is amazing to think about all we have accomplished. We love you, mike. Vice pres. Pence i love you. Four years ago we inherited a military that was hollowed out by devastating budget cuts, an economy that was struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the great depression. Terrorism was on the rise around the world and we witnessed a steady assault on our most cherished values. In three short years, we rebuilt our military. We revived our economy. We secured our border, supported Law Enforcement, and stood for life and liberty and the constitution of the United States. I mean, four years ago here in michigan, you believed we could be strong again. You believed we could be prosperous again. You said yes to President Donald Trump in 2016, and i am here because we need michigan to say yes to four more years of President Donald Trump in 2020. Four more years four more years four more years vice pres. Pence think how far we have come because of the confidence the people of michigan placed in this president. It all starts with our National Defense, always. It is the first obligation of the national government, to provide for the common defense. Under the last administration when joe biden was Vice President , we saw years of reckless budget cuts that hollowed out our military. There is reports in the news even today that democrats in the house and senate are promising to make massive cuts in defense spending to fuel their Big Government plans. Its incredible. But i am proud to report to you, as your Vice President , but as the proud father of a United States marine [cheers] that we are finally giving our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard the resources and support they need to defend this nation. President donald trump has signed the largest increase in our National Defense since the days of ronald reagan. But you know, it has not just been about supporting those who serve and their families. It has also been about standing with all the courageous men and women that put on the uniform of the United States. In fact, i expect, knowing what a great patriotic state this is, if you wore the uniform of our armed forces, put your hand in the air and let me say thank you one more time for your service. Thank you for your service to this country. [applause] god bless you all. You all remember, especially our veterans, when joe biden was Vice President , we saw years of scandal at the v. A. That shocked the conscience of our nation. We literally had veterans dying waiting to get care at v. A. Hospitals. Underneath President Donald Trump, we signed the most sweeping reforms at the v. A. In 50 years. He fired 3000 employees that were not giving veterans the care you earned in uniform, and veterans choice is now available for every veteran in america. Support for our National Defense, support for our veterans is just one more reason why we need michigan to send a west point grad, an army combat veteran, and a man of leadership and quality to the United States senate. We need michigan to send john james to the u. S. Senate. On the economy, it is amazing to think what we accomplished in those first three years. After joe biden and the last administration tried to tax and spend and regulate us back to a growing economy, President Donald Trump created the greatest economy in american history. Its true. In the midst of a Global Pandemic, joe biden wants to raise taxes by 4 trillion. He has got this 2 trillion dollar green new deal. The president had to remind him in the first president ial debate, remember . He must have forgotten he was for it. President trump, by contrast, we cut taxes across the board for working families and businesses. We rolled back more redtape than any administration in history. We fought for free and fair trade, we are least American Energy, and in three short years, businesses created more than 7 million good paying jobs, including 112,000 jobs right here in michigan. Wages were rising across the board in those first three years. What meant the most to the president and me is wages were rising most rapidly for hardworking bluecollar americans, the forgotten men and women of america were forgotten no more. You know, when joe biden was Vice President , america actually lost 200,000 manufacturing jobs. You know, im from just south of here in the hoosier state. Just like michigan thank you for that. We dont get that often in football season. Indiana and michigan are very much alike. We do two things very well, we make things and we grow things, and we market them to the world. The last administration literally said after losing 200,000 manufacturing jobs, they said those jobs were never coming back. The elites on the east coast and left coast talked about our part of the country as the rust belt. There was a fair amount of rust on it when they were in charge. The last president said, when he was confronted with losing those manufacturing jobs, he said, what magic wand do you have . We didnt need a magic wand. We just needed President Donald Trump in the white house. 500,000 manufacturing jobs created in our first three years, including 17,000 right here in the wolverine state. Manufacturing came roaring back, it really did, with less taxes, less regulation, fighting for free and fair trade that put american jobs and workers first. Not far from motor city, the Automotive Industry is roaring back in michigan and across america. Right here General Motors announced 400 jobs in oakland county. Fiat chrysler is building a 1. 6 billion new Assembly Plant that will create more than 6000 jobs in detroit. Maybe best of all, last year, gm announced they are investing 150 million in their Assembly Plant right here in flint, michigan. [applause] you know, thats all a result of cutting those taxes and rolling back redtape, but it also has a lot to do with trade. When we took office, half of our International Trade deficit was with communist china. Its true. 500 billion a year we were losing in trade with china. Joe biden has been a cheerleader for communist china all along the way. He said the rise of china was a positive development. He did. And he scoffed last year as a candidate at the very idea that china was competition to the United States. But President Donald Trump put china on notice. We said the era of economic surrender is over. We imposed tariffs on chinas goods into the United States, and we are going to keep standing strong until they open their markets to u. S. Goods and u. S. Agriculture and respect private Property Rights of americans. You all remember nafta, out here in the heartland. The 25 years after nafta was signed into law, we literally saw you have to almost check this because it doesnt even sound right but 60,000 factories closed in the United States, and many of those jobs went south of the border to mexico or far overseas. Democrats, for years, like joe biden, loved to complain about nafta, but joe biden never lifted a finger to reform it or fix what was wrong with it. After michigan voted for the man who wrote the art of the deal, michigan and america got a way better deal. Nafta is gone and the usmca is here to stay. [cheers] i mean, the truth is the usmca i dont know if you knew about this. I dont know if you knew about this. Under nafta, it might have been unintentional. I dont even know. I was not around back then. There were these perverse incentives to move manufacturing out of the country. All auto parts and dutyfree cars have to be made in north america, and 40 of the parts have to be made by workers who make the average hourly wage of workers in the United States of america. We have taken the incentive away to move jobs out of the United States. It is a win for workers and a workers in michigan and a win for workers all across america. [applause] it is. Four more years withpres. Pence im her. Four more years pence im not surprised a woman with the veteran sweatshirt was cheering for the usmca. It is a win for autoworkers, and you know it. You all in michigan deserve to know that Kamala Harris was one of only 10 senators to vote against the usmca. She and i had a little bit of a debate over in Salt Lake City a couple of weeks ago. [cheers and applause] thank you. Ive tried to call her out on a lot of issues. The truth is, she said that she voted against 1 only 10 senators who voted against this. 90 senators in washington do not agree on anything. They did on the usmca. She was rated last year as the most liberal member of the United States senate and actually voted against the usmca because she said it did not go far enough on climate change. You all deserve to know that she put her radical, environmental agenda ahead of michigan jobs and michigan autoworkers. [booing] i promise you, under President Donald Trump, we are always going to put american jobs and American Workers first. [cheers and applause] then you have energy to play such an important role. It drives prosperity in michigan all across the heartland in this country. I know that you have heard it. Joe biden and Kamala Harris, over the last year, have repeatedly said that they want to ban fracking and abolish fossil fuels. Joe biden actually said in the president ial debate the other night and how good was President Trump in that debate . Am i right . That was a great night. 90 minutes at the end of the debate, if youre still up, and they start to talk about energy. Joe biden actually said that America Needs to transition from the oil industry. [booing] i mean, the president says, that is a big statement. Boy was it. According to a 2017 study, by a nonpolitical group, the oil and gas industry supports 160,000 jobs right here in michigan. They are talking about, whatever they are saying. Honestly, joe biden says show the take. We have been showing the tape. [cheers] pretty easy to find. They are going to ban fracking and abolish fossil fuels. But President Donald Trump has been a champion for American Energy and American Energy independence. [cheers and applause] we have developed all of the resources of our land, and america is a net exporter of energy for the first time in 70 years. [cheers and applause] you know, when it comes to jobs and trade and energy, President Trump will always put michigan and america first. On this economy, honestly, with six days to go, many women of michigan, we have a choice to make. This state will play an outsized role in deciding this election. Make no mistake about it. We got your back years re four more years pence here is the choice. I know that you have got my back. We have just got to make sure that michigan comes through. Let me tell you something. The choice and this election is real simple. The president says it all. When you look at our agenda, less taxes, less regulation, free and fair trade, American Energy independence, and you more taxes, more regulation, economic surrender on trade. It is clear. This is a choice between a trump recovery and a biden depression. A nonpartisan study just came out last week that said that joe bidens economic policies would cost 5 million american jobs. The average American Family would lose 6,500 per year in income. In all of the six days that remain, i want you to reach out to neighbors and friends here in flint and all across the state. A want you to say, i was standing out in the cold and mike pence showed up. [cheers] he told me to ask one question. Here is the question that you have got to ask. Find somebody who knows you who has not made a decision yet. Look at them and say, who do you really think can bring this American Economy all the way back . A career politician with 47 years in washington, raising taxes and stifling the economy, and waving a white flag of economic surrender on trade, or a proven job creator who will keep cutting taxes, fighting for american jobs and American Workers . [applause] for a Great American comeback in michigan and across this nation, we need four more years of President Donald Trump in the white house [cheers and applause] four more years four more years pence so it is about our security and about our prosperity. Here at home, it is also about the rule of law. I could not be more proud to be Vice President to a president who stands every day with the men and women who serve on the thin blue line of Law Enforcement. [cheers and applause] Blue Lives Matter vice pres. Pence President Trump and i know what you know. The men and women who put on the lawenforcement uniforms at this in this country deserve respect every day. The president and i will always support the right of peaceful protests. It is enshrined in our constitution. But rioting and looting, like we saw last night in philadelphia, is not peaceful protesting. Burning businesses is not free speech. For months, remember, all summer joe biden talked about were peaceful protesters. He was never condemning people who were literally burning businesses to the ground. I was in minneapolis a couple of weeks ago, and i met an incredible africanamerican woman named flora westbrook. Flora started a little salon and in minneapolis 35 years ago. She built it up with her sister. She told me of the day, a couple of days after the killing of george floyd, how she saw the violent protesters coming closer and closer to her little salon. Till they burned it to the ground. The truth is, joe biden would double down on the policies that have led to violence in our cities. When you refuse to condemn those that perpetrate violence against our families and comm

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