Posted on 05/02/2017 11:30:24 AM PDT by simpson96
RUSH: We welcome back to the program the vice president of the United States, Mike Pence.(snip)
RUSH: If this is what happens, Mr. Vice President, why vote Republican? What is the point of voting Republican if the Democrats are gonna continue to win practically 95% of their objectives, such as in this last budget deal?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, look, respectfully, Rush, I actually think this was, as the president said a little a while ago, I think this was actually a clear win for the American people. Look, you’ve had Washington, D.C., that has been, you know, paralyzed by gridlock and partisan infighting for many years, and in this new president you have someone who was able to bring people together and make a $21 billion increase in defense spending at a time of great challenge for America’s interests around the world. And that’s a — you know, he spoke about that today, surrounded by a lot of great members of the United States Air Force. And it was also a piece for years, Democrats in Washington insisted that any increase in defense spending would be matched with an increase in domestic spending.
So you gotta grow government at home if you’re gonna, you know, invest in our national defense. This ended that. I mean, in a very real sense this was a game-changer because we’re just back to putting the safety, security, and the national defense of the American people first, and I think it sends, having just traveled around the Asian-Pacific representing the president over the last couple of weeks, I think this sends a decisive message to the world that under President Trump’s leadership we’re gonna make the strongest military in history even stronger.
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“this was actually a clear win for the American people.”
Anyone tired of winning yet?
The swamp keeps growing.
“Look, you’ve had Washington, D.C., that has been, you know, paralyzed by gridlock and partisan infighting for many years, and in this new president you have someone who was able to bring people together and make a $21 billion increase in defense spending at a time of great challenge for America’s interests around the world. And that’s a — you know, he spoke about that today, surrounded by a lot of great members of the United States Air Force.”
Globalist conservatism in a nutshell here — cite some mindless military worship to justify selling out the American people. The only real threats to American security are from out of control immigration. We don’t need more corporate welfare for the defense industry.
Did anyone read this Budget or are they guessing what’s in it ?
For defense appropriation that the Dems would ultimately support anyway, as Pence says, Trump gave Democrats ‘continued funds for refugee resettlement, continued fund Planned Parenthood abortions, continued funds for sanctuary cities, continued funds the EPA, and no wall.’ Wow, we didn’t need Republicans for that. /s
Just wait until the GOPe helps the libs impeach Trump. It is coming.
Perhaps it is more the case that, with Republican control of both houses and the Presidency, we are realizing just how big and deep the swamp really is.
"Trump wants a deal. Deal is all he cares about. It doesn't matter what it is a deal on or what the particulars are, he wants a deal he can sign and which will give him a sense of winning. "
So he’ll just sign anything put in front of him and call it winning? Good Lord.
Mulvaney did an excellent job on this. Rush might want to watch it before he goes too negative on the President as he did during the campaign to then candidate Trump.
...and content doesn’t count. As Pence says, only defense is important.
Good job by Rush. Anti-budgst pit bull...
Surely Pence will relate his thrashing to President Trump...
Yes.
That was depressing. Kept touting the 21 billion (whoop de do) in military spending and deflected every time he was asked about the othe other 900 billion of lawless wasteful evil liberal garbage.
BOHICA
I think they ‘got to him’ Made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Threats to his family?
What ever - ever sense the fake gas attack he is obviously under the control of the deep state - likely centered at the CIA.
The next shoe to drop is his cave on global warming..
This budget bill would have been worse under Hillary. That said I'm still not happy about these RINO backstabbers and this rotten deal. I expected more from Trump. A veto and shut down at least to move it more to our side rather than the RATS getting the Lions share!
Caller right now pointing this out and he is mad.
I agree. “Hey we got more money for defense and tough luck on everything else we promised.”
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