{"id":1916944,"date":"2023-04-20T01:56:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T05:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-offers-words-of-hope-encouragement-to-californias-young-conservatives\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T02:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T06:03:04","slug":"pence-offers-words-of-hope-encouragement-to-californias-young-conservatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-offers-words-of-hope-encouragement-to-californias-young-conservatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence Offers Words of Hope, Encouragement to California\u2019s Young Conservatives"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpence-offers-words-of-hope-encouragement-to-californias-young-conservatives%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=1916944&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0419\/9f938be4-eb53-49f7-b44a-f2287ad6f08d\/audio.mp3?length=5248845&#038;duration=437\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>ANAHEIM, Calif.\u2014Former Vice President Mike Pence offered words of encouragement April 18 for young conservative leaders at a fundraising dinner for the Lincoln Institute at a private estate in Anaheim Hills, California.<\/p>\n<p>He fielded mainly softball questions during the event, which was billed as a fireside chat, but addressed his \u201cunapologetic\u201d stance on controversial issues such as the Russia-Ukraine war, abortion and energy policies.<\/p>\n<p>Pence said he and his wife, Karen, have \u201cgiven prayer consideration\u201d to the possibility of \u201cre-entering public life,\u201d but he stopped short of announcing a run for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have nothing to announce today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pence said President Joe Biden and his administration have \u201cweakened America at home and abroad\u201d and urged young conservative leaders to \u201cstep forward\u201d and run for office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5206185\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/19\/id5206185-Mike-Pence-1_JF_04182023-1200x745.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks in Anaheim, Calif., on April 18, 2023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re here tonight because you love this state, you love this country, and you know what\u2019s made this country strong and prosperous and true through the years,\u201d he told the crowd of more than 200 at the event at the home of supporters Jolynn and Pat Mahoney.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln Institute\u2019s Project307 is committed to identifying, training, and supporting conservative activists at the 307 most culturally influential colleges and universities in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica needs California. We need California thriving. We need California grounded in common sense, conservative principles,\u201d he told the crowd of conservative college students including Republicans and independents. \u201cWe need this generation now more than ever to understand the foundations of our nation enshrined in the Constitution, minted in the Bill of Rights, [and] expressed in the Declaration of Independence. We need this young generation to be the freedom generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Foreign Policy<\/h2>\n<p>Pence said it\u2019s important the United States continue to back Ukraine and to send a message to Russia that further military aggression won\u2019t be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine is not our war, but freedom is our fight,\u201d he said. \u201cThe real challenge we face in the 21st century is Communist China, and I believe the best way to restrain China\u2019s ambitions in the Asian Pacific is for the United States to lead a coalition of the West and repel Russian aggression now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said such action would \u201csend a deafening message to Communist China that we will not tolerate authoritarian regimes using force to redraw the national lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the leader of the Free World, the U.S. remains \u201cthe arsenal of democracy,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that we need to continue to stand with the courageous fighters in Ukraine, and give them the means to fight and repel the Russian invasion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged the Biden administration to \u201cstop dragging their feet,\u201d and speed up shipments of missiles, tanks, and aircraft to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5206187\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/19\/id5206187-Mike-Pence-4_JF_04182023-1200x722.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks in Anaheim, Calif., on April 18, 2023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Ukrainian military has demonstrated their tenacity and their strength,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd make no mistake about it: Russia is responsible for the unconscionable evasion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence mentioned former President Donald Trump only once in a reference to the \u201cTrump-Pence\u201d administration.<\/p>\n<p>Russia didn\u2019t try to expand its borders during the Trump-Pence administration because \u201cwe made historic investments in our national defense,\u201d he said. \u201cThey had gone into the country of Georgia under the Bush administration, they had gone into Crimea under the Obama administration, and after that disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, they rolled the tanks \u2026 across the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The administration demonstrated a willingness to use military power to protect American interests in the world, Pence said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Syria crossed the red line and used chemical weapons against their own people, we hit them with 58 cruise missiles. We unleashed our military in the Arab World, and they took out the ISIS caliphate and their leader, and Qasem Soleimani was taken off the face of the Earth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5206190\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/19\/id5206190-Mike-Pence-3_JF_04182023-1200x1762.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks in Anaheim, Calif., on April 18, 2023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<h2>The Home Front<\/h2>\n<p>Domestically, Pence called for civil dialogue to resolve political division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocracy depends on heavy doses of civility,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged conservatives to have faith in the founding principles of America, and in its people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not convinced that the American people are as divided as our politics. You get 50 miles out of Washington, D.C., [and] the people in this country actually get along pretty well,\u201d he said. \u201cI truly do believe the challenge that we have in this country today is we just have to have government as good as our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Sanctity of Life<\/h2>\n<p>A staunch pro-life advocate, Pence said the U.S. Supreme Court has handed over the debate over abortion to be decided on a <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANAHEIM, Calif.\u2014Former Vice President Mike Pence offered words of encouragement April 18 for young conservative leaders at a fundraising dinner for the Lincoln Institute at a private estate in Anaheim Hills, California. 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