Live from Council Bluffs, it’s Mike Pence

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Power Line:

Scott Johnson

August 9 2016

Nebraska attorney Dave Begley has filed another of his reports from Council Bluffs, this one on the appearance of GOP vice presidential candidate Mike Pence. Close readers may observe that Pence’s positive case for Trump is a little thin. Dave reports:

 

Governor Mike Pence appeared in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Monday night. He has the personality of a likable guy. He should be effective in raising money and getting votes in key Midwestern swing states.

 

He made news in two respects. Governor Pence met with the parents of Iowa native Sarah Root. The full heartbreaking story is reported by the Des Moines Register here. The short version is that Sarah had just graduated from college, with honors, when a drunk illegal alien hit her car in Omaha and killed her. The illegal alien was able to get out of jail on bond for some reason that is still not clear to me; he has not been seen since.

 

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The speech itself was workmanlike in a good way. It was divided into three parts. The first part was devoted to advocating for Donald Trump. He hit the main points. Trump is a fighter. Trump is a doer and not a talker. Trump has been attacked by the Dems and media and is still standing. Trump understands average people. Pence cited Trump’s speech on economics in Detroit on Monday and asserted its main points: a 15 percent corporate tax rate and a moratorium on all regulations. New or rewritten trade deals are also part of the package.

 

The second part constituted an attack on both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Here Pence held out Hillary Clinton as representing the failed status quo while Trump-Pence represents change. One of his lines was to the effect that the American people have been told by the Democrats that this is as good as it gets while that would not be the case with the Republicans in the White House. American greatness; not mediocrity with 1 percent growth.

 

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