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Despite the huge lead which President Trump currently has in the polls, Vice President Pence is optimistic about turning things around.
“I think that people are just now beginning to focus. Everywhere I go, the kind of encouragement that we’re getting, here in New Hampshire and in Iowa, tells me that the people need new leadership in the White House.”
In an interview with WGIR’s Chris Ryan on the campaign trail in Barrington, NH, former Vice President and 2024 GOP Presidential hopeful, Mike Pence, discusses the feedback about the economy that he has been getting from voters on the campaign trail; pledges to balance populism and conservatism; offers solutions to the problems which are only identified by the louder voices in the field of Republican candidates; reflects on the significance of his actions on January 6th; talks about how to restore confidence and civility in our political institutions; and assesses whether he can overtake Donald Trump.
Voters in Iowa and the Granite State, according to Vice President Pence, are concerned with issues like border security or the erosion of traditional values; but, by far, they are most worried about inflation and rising energy costs.
“Bidenomics is a failure. Two out of three Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Over the last three years, we have seen the worst inflation in forty years. Interest rates are now at a twenty-two year high.”
The topic of Mike Pence’s speech at St. Anselm’s College will be “Populism vs. Conservatism. The former Vice President believes that working class Americans, who feel that the elites in Washington don’t care about them, will respond to a conservative approach which promotes a strong defense, American leadership in the world, fiscal responsibility, free market economics, and traditional values.
Vice President Pence agrees that the louder voices in the field of Republican candidates, like Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis, have garnered lots of attention by calling out the problems which we face as a nation.
“I think that the American people want to know that you get it. They want to know that you know what the problems are, but I think people are looking for solutions.”
When he reflects upon the events of January 6th, Vice President Pence downplays his historic decision by comparing promise to support and defend the Constitution to the same oath taken by members of our armed services.
“I just want to be remembered as someone who did his duty.”
As former President Trump faces numerous indictments and as current President Biden is also being investigated, Vice President Pence believes that we can restore confidence in our public institutions by cleaning house at the Department of Justice and by appointing people who are respected by both parties for their dedication to the fair administration of the law.
In addition, because the challenges which we face at home and abroad require us to work together, Mike Pence is committed to bringing a threshold of civility into public life.
“I believe that you can disagree without being disagreeable. I can tell you that your ideas are wrong without calling you a bad person.”