 "Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, give his running mate Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana a kiss after Pence's acceptance speech during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Photo")
Republican Vice-President nominee Mike Pence on Thursday gave Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton the title of 'the secretary of the status quo' who personifies the failed establishment that weakened America's place in the world.
"At the very moment when America is crying out for something new and different, the other party has answered with a stale agenda and the most predictable of names. People in both parties are restless for change, ready to break free of old patterns in Washington.
"And Democrats are about to anoint someone who represents everything this country is tired of," Pence, 57, said in his vice presidential acceptance speech.
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"You know, Hillary Clinton wants a better title and I would, too, if I was already America's secretary of the status quo," Pence said amidst applause from the audience during the ongoing Republican National Convention.
Pence said the choice could not be more clear.
"Americans can elect someone who literally personifies the failed establishment in Washington, DC or we can choose a leader who will fight every day to make America great again. It's change versus status quo... My fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America, the change will be huge," the Indiana governor said.
Pence said the establishment in Washington DC thinks it's only a narrow range of voters who are giving Donald Trump a serious look.
"But I can tell you firsthand there's a lot of Americans out there who feel like Democrat politicians have taken them for granted. It's union members who don't want a president who promises to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business," he said.
Pence alleged that Clinton's record on foreign affairs is even worse.
"You know, it was Hillary Clinton who helped undo all the gains of the troop surge, a staggering failure of judgement that set ISIS on the loose. It was Hillary Clinton who instigated the president's disastrous agreement with the radical mullahs in Iran. And it was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi..." he said.
He alleged that seven-and-a-half years of Barack Obama and Clinton's policies have weakened America's place in the world.
"Terrorist attacks at home and abroad, grim and heartbreaking scenes from France just a few short days ago, and the attempted coup in Turkey all attest to a world spinning apart. History teaches us that weakness arouses evil," he said.
"Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's foreign policy of leading from behind, moving red lines, feigning resets with Russia, and the rise, rule and reign of ISIS are a testament to this truth of history. We cannot have four more years apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends," he said.
America needs to be strong for the world to be safe, and on the world stage Donald Trump will lead from strength, Pence said.
