{"id":1436529,"date":"2022-04-13T22:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436529"},"modified":"2022-04-13T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:30:13","slug":"mike-pence-speaks-at-university-of-virginia-the-antidote-to-woke-america-is-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-speaks-at-university-of-virginia-the-antidote-to-woke-america-is-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pence Speaks at University of Virginia: &#039;The Antidote to Woke America Is Freedom&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-pence-speaks-at-university-of-virginia-the-antidote-to-woke-america-is-freedom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/pence-education-vice-president-mike-pence-speaks-educational-freedom-at-patrick-henry-college-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia \u2014 Former Vice President Mike Pence addressed students at the University of Virginia on Tuesday evening, laying out his vision for the future of the conservative movement.<\/p>\n<p>The address was given after the University\u2019s leftist, student-run newspaper attempted to ban Pence from speaking on Grounds. Despite that, the event, which took place in Thomas Jefferson\u2019s Academical Village, was packed with students who appeared to receive his message very well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Introducing Pence, and referencing the controversy that preceded the speech, Young Americans for Freedom at UVA chairman Nick Cabrera said, \u201cLet us be thankful for our freedoms\u201d and encouraged Pence\u2019s would-be cancelers to \u201cgrab a pocket Constitution on your way out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence referenced Thomas Jefferson \u2014 the founder of the University \u2014 and Virginia\u2019s significant contributions to the founding of our country multiple times during his speech on the historic Grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe antidote to cancel culture is freedom, the antidote to woke America is freedom,\u201d he told the audience before quoting the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs long as we think as we will and speak as we think,\u201d he said quoting Jefferson and referencing his ideal of an\u00a0\u201cinstitution based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind,\u201d this generation of students can be the \u201cfreedom generation\u201d required to steward the nation and its founding principles into the future.<\/p>\n<p>But, the \u201cBiden-Harris\u00a0administration has unleashed a tidal wave\u201d of bad policies, he asserted, referencing a border crisis that is \u201cabout to get worse\u201d and 8.4 percent inflation that is \u201churting American families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe left hand doesn\u2019t know what the far left hand is doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pence also said the left has ushered in an\u00a0\u201call encompassing assault on culture and values\u201d and that\u00a0\u201cwokeism is running amok in universities and schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mentioning critical race theory, he highlighted the 1776 Commission \u2014 an academic counter to the <em>New York Times<\/em>\u2019 \u201c1619 Project\u201d and the race-essentialist ideology \u2014 started by the Trump administration and ended by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCritical race theory is nothing more than state-sanctioned racism and it should be rejected by every city and every state in this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Pence said, mentioning newly minted Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), \u201cparents are beginning to take back our schools\u201d\u2013 foreshadowing a massive cultural shift in America. \u201cMany on the left spent years agitating for a culture war and it looks like they got it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Turning to the issue if free speech, which was at the heart of the drama surrounding his visit, Pence joked, \u201cI hear there was a little bit of controversy\u201d before he visited Jefferson\u2019s University.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what he described as an \u201cassault on free speech,\u201d Pence remarked that\u00a0\u201cfreedom of speech is the God-given birth right of every American, and we can never let the woke left take it away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence told the UVA students that for the republic to be maintained, they must stand strong in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity, you need to be prepared \u2026 to defend the ideals in the Bill of Rights,\u201d he said. \u201cTrain yourselves up on what made this country special and unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdversity doesn\u2019t create character, adversity reveals character,\u201d he said, challenging the notion that \u201cwhat doesn\u2019t kill you makes you stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When conservatives are faced with assaults on character that are all-too-common coming from the left, Pence said, the only response was to \u201cspeak up and smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor democracy to thrive,\u201d he concluded, \u201cyou have to apply heavy doses of civility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Breccan F. Thies<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia \u2014 Former Vice President Mike Pence addressed students at the University of Virginia on Tuesday evening, laying out his vision for the future of the conservative movement. 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