Mike Pence Warns of Joe Biden Election Win on RNC Day 3

Vice President Mike Pence raised the stakes for the November election in his Republican National Convention (RNC) speech, arguing that Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s election threatens the end of America.

“Joe Biden said that we were living through a season of American darkness," said Pence. "But as President Trump said, where Joe Biden sees American darkness, we see American greatness."

Pence accepted the vice presidential nomination, on the third night of the convention, with a speech defending President Donald Trump’s record on the economy and combating the coronavirus outbreak while encouraging voters to question whether Biden is “nothing more than a Trojan horse for the radical left.”

The former vice president argued last week in accepting his party’s nomination that “character” and even democracy itself are on the ballot in November. Pence, in a speech delivered from Fort McHenry in Baltimore, sought to turn those remarks against Biden.

“The truth is: Our economic recovery is on the ballot. Law and order are on the ballot,” Pence said. “In this election, it’s not so much whether America will be more conservative or more liberal, more Republican or more Democrat. The choice in this election is whether America remains America.”

After his speech, Pence stood with Trump and their wives for the National Anthem, sung by country music star Trace Adkins. Members of Pence’s audience at Fort McHenry -- where a battle during the War of 1812 inspired the song -- also rose to their feet, including wounded veterans -- a scene intended in part as criticism of professional athletes who protest police brutality by kneeling during the anthem, according to people familiar with the matter.

Very few people in the audience of about 100 wore masks, and some of them said they had been screened for fever but had not been tested for the coronavirus infection before the event. Trump and Pence greeted members of the audience after the speech and posed for pictures. Pence was photographed shaking hands with a woman who was not wearing a mask.

Pence’s remarks served as a setup for Trump’s speech Thursday accepting the Republican nomination, which will take place after Hurricane Laura strikes Louisiana and Texas.

People familiar with campaign planning denied reports that Trump’s speech might be canceled or postponed because of the hurricane.

Republicans have sought to capitalize on American cultural divides and present themselves as defenders of freedom, while portraying Democrats and Biden, the former vice president, as socialists bent on trampling American values. Democrats painted Trump at their convention last week as an incompetent and corrupt chief executive who threatens democracy.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was among the first speakers Wednesday, saying the U.S. is “an exceptional nation founded on three principles -- equality, freedom, and opportunity.”

Pence criticized the Barack Obama administration’s handling of the economy, claiming that the former president and Biden “presided over the slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression,” while Trump is “a proven leader who created the greatest economy in the world.”

Before the pandemic struck, Trump could boast that U.S. jobs had increased by close to 7 million on his watch, with unemployment at a half-century low of 3.5%.

This year, the economy has endured the sharpest recession on record, shrinking in the second quarter by 9.5%. The job gains have been wiped out and unemployment stands at 10.2%.

Democrats have hammered Trump for reacting too slowly to the pandemic that has killed more than 179,000 Americans, saying it would disappear, and failing to marshal a national response plan. Republicans largely avoided focusing on the virus during their convention until First Lady Melania Trump spoke at length on Tuesday night with sympathy for victims, saying her husband “will not rest until he has done all he can to take care of everyone impacted.”

Pence strongly defended the Trump administration’s response, saying that the president had saved lives by stopping most travel from China in late January and “partnering with the private sector” to manufacture more protective equipment and ventilators and to hasten the development of vaccines and cures.

He promised the first safe and effective coronavirus vaccine in the world by the end of the year, and rebuked Biden for saying that Trump expected a “miracle” that won’t arrive.

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[drew]

That's the worst headline. You're not even trying to make it vaguely fit the clip anymore. Journalism is dead.

[XxJayhawksxX]

This title has nothing to do with the clip..?

[knoxknoxx]

Mike pence can talk Wow Wtf this is the most he ever spoke

[pipsy]

Lmao they call the current state of the world “greatness”.

[arlielamas-wjxo]

I saw him mention Hurricane Laura. I live on the gulf coast and have been through Camille and Katrina. My heart goes out to the people of La. and Tx. Its a hard road ahead. What is very sad is the fact that once the production platforms and refineries are back on line, T.Rump & Co. think their job is done. He doesn't relate to human beings, he relates to dollars. Sad, but true. This is exactly the way they responded to Covid-19. I'm voting Biden this time.

[rollingdubs]

This is Terrorism by Definition:
"Acts intended or calculated to

provoke a state of terror in the general
public, a group of persons or particular
persons for political purposes are in any
circumstance unjustifiable, whatever the
considerations of a political,
philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic,
religious or any other nature that may be
invoked to justify them."

[shadow]

What is actually saying though?? The fuck does "greatness" actually mean ???

[amyvicente]

Umm is it just me or does anyone else feel very unsettled and not very safe right now?? 🤚🏽 and our president is the reason.

[Mech]

I took a crap today, I see greatness in it. Others wont but I know it will become the greater Number 2 that ever existed. I can be Number 1.

[gordonadams]

It's no coincidence there is unrest boiling over during the Trump presidency.

[AtomMoon]

Something not earned is not valued.
Seems to me people aren’t valuing much
Because they haven’t earned a thing

[JEiowan]

I live in the hell of a government gone insane.... omfg...the man’s a loony.

[SavvySteak]

*QuickTake News*
Taking a 55 second clip on one little thing that was a 3 hour long, broadly spoken overview of Republican Stance in a convention.
And it's still inaccurate. XD

[aaadentists]

Trump 2020! President Trump is one of the greatest President of USA! God bless America! God bless President Trump!

[cheesygoodness]

What he’s really saying: I’m concerned for my own sake, so I’ll gladly point the finger at someone else and scare folks on a mysterious ‘other’ since that’s all I can do right now.

[LondonAntonio]

IT LOOKS LIKE HE DOESN'T HAVE NO RANGE OF MOTION IN HIS FACE AT ALL AND HIS UGH.

[toomanytaps]

If you don’t want the ccp flag to fly over the white house then vote for #Trump2020

[ligbzd]

A new manager was hired for 4 years to run a thriving company. After 4 years, the company is on the verge of collapse, employees morale are at all-time low, many employees died or got sick from work, employee relations are at all-time low with in fights and verbal fights. The new manager claim NO responsible for any of this mess. He blames the manager that left the company 4 years ago and sometimes he blames a new potential candidate (not even hired yet) that is being considered for his job. He accepts no responsibilities for the mess in these 4 years... That manager is Trump.

[flawlessintimeiii]

Let’s set the stage ... the officers are at his girlfriends HOUSE BECAUSE SHE CALLED THE COPS SAYING HE STOLE HER KEYS WITH HER KIDS IN THE CAR. They were arguing over their kids. THE THREE KIDS ARE IN THE BACKSEAT WERE AT RISK. HIS BABY’s MOMMA HAS A RESTRAINING ORDER AND TELLS THE COPS HE HAS A WARRANT AND A KNIFE!!! They try to tase him .... the taser fails and he walks away opening the car door exposing the knife which was in his hand. Think about it! The police officer has one the kids. His life (officers) comes second. Think about it!!!! The dude is pissed, out of control and just stole his babies momma keys to her car with their kids in the backseat. In an interview, the dude admits he had a knife which was found on the driver’s side floor board. The officer shot him seven times in the back. I am sure if he was facing the ONE officer, he would have shot him seven times in the front but that opportunity was not officer’s choice. The dude made a huge mistake and paid the price. In the interview he admits to the investigator he was wrong! The cop was not a racist cop and the community knows it. For his first six years he patrolled his community on a bike and people loved him and where sad to see him transferred to patrol. STOP THE FUCKING HATE AND GET THE FACTS BEFORE YOU RUIN MORE LIVES LIKE ALL THOSE WHO WATCHED THEIR LIFE LONG DREAMS BURNED TO THE GROUND OVER THIS STUPID SHIT. NOW CALL ME A RACIST BECAUSE ALL LIVES MATTER INCLUDING THE THREE CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT.

[ajgajg]

The whole "This wouldn't be happening with Trump as president!" is a very interesting re-election strategy...