And Vice President pence for four more years. God bless our heroes and god [applause]united please welcome the Vice President of the United States, mike pence accompanied by the second lady, karen. Second lady, karen pence. [cheers and applause] [applause] four more years] vice pres. Pence good, america. To youn honor to speak tonight from the hallowed grounds of fort mchenry, the site of the very battle that inspired the words of our national anthem. Those words have inspired this land of heroes in every generation since. 6 yearson this site 20 ago when our young republic heroically withstood a ferocious naval bombardment from the most powerful empire on earth. They came to crush our revolution, to divide our nation , and to end the american experiment. The heroes who held this fort took their stand for life, liberty, freedom, and the american flag. And those ideals have to defined our nation. But they were hardly ever mentioned in last weeks Democratic National convention. Instead, d
Steve cortes Discusses Campaign 2020 and the Republican Convention. Plus, emails, tweets, and phone calls. Washington journal is next. With gratitude for the confidence President Donald Trump has placed in me, the support of our Republican Party, and the grace of god, i humbly accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of the United States. From the third night of the Republican National convention, the Vice President in baltimore excepting the nomination to serve as the president s running mate. We will begin with your thoughts andhe themes of the evening the issues surrounding campaign 2020 and our first hour. You can dial in at 202 7488000 if you are supporting President Trump. If you support joe biden, call us at 202 7488001. Candidateport another or undecided, your line is 202 7488002. Us with your name, city, and state, or go to twitter and facebook to join the conversation. Pageew york times front framed last nights convention speeches. Law and orderew as a rallyi
Happened in kenosha this week is a continuation of the president s focus on law order, wanting to bring control back to the streets of american cities. The federal government is now sending in some federal Law Enforcement personnel into kenosha to bring some peace and calm. Host it was part of the theme of the Vice President s remarks last night. What is the strategy . Guest the strategy is to say that what we are seeing now in these cities with these protests and civil unrest is what you would get if the country goes away from President Donald Trump and elects Democrat Joe Biden in november. The president and Vice President are painting themselves as the only ones who can bring calm to america, and that is the strategy you saw last night with the Vice President s speech, and you will see a little bit of that tonight when the president gives his speech. Time from thetern white house, do we know what the set up will be at the white house . Guest his speech is actually a little bit later
File. As you may know by now, trump lost his entire legal team over the weekend. He has since named two new lawyers just last night. They are david schoen and bruce caster, hes represented mobsters and longtime adviser roger stone. Earlier tonight he previewed his Trial Argument on fox news. Besides the fact that this process is completely unconstitutional and this is a very, very dangerous road to take with respect to the first amendment, putting at risk any passionate political speaker, which is really against everything we believe in in this country, foundation of the first amendment. But im going to tell you, its the most illadvised legislative action ive seen in my lifetime. It is tearing the country apart at a time when we dont need anything like that. I think President Biden missed a great opportunity to be a statesman and to demand that this thing be called off, frankly. This is the political weaponization of the impeachment process. Meanwhile, the Biden White House is ramping
Passionate political speaker, which is really against everything we believe in in this country, foundation of the first amendment. But im going to tell you, its the most illadvised legislative action ive seen in my lifetime. It is tearing the country apart at a time when we dont need anything like that. I think President Biden missed a great opportunity to be a statesman and to demand that this thing be called off, frankly. This is the political weaponization of the impeachment process. Meanwhile, the Biden White House is ramping up their push for the president s nearly 2 trillion covid Relief Package. Tonight the president met with ten republican senators who proposed a slimmeddown version of the bill. The group, which includes senators Susan Collins and mitt romney, wants a 618 billion package. Their plan would provide 1,000 stimulus checks as opposed to bidens proposal of 1,400. After the twohour meeting, Senator Collins walked out of the white house and spoke to reporters. It was a