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BEDFORD, NH – Former Vice President Mike Pence criticizes President Biden and Congress Democrats for arguing that it is an attempt to “politicize this national tragedy,” following this week’s school shooting in Texas.
Nineteen students and two teachers were killed Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, by an 18-year-old gunman. jo
In the 24 hours since the last mass shooting, President Biden and many Democrats in Congress have once again pushed for the passage of stricter gun measures, which Republicans have repeatedly blocked.
Speaking at a luncheon organized by the New Hampshire Republican Women’s Federation on Thursday, Pence said: “It’s no surprise that President Biden and Democrats have already tried to politicize this national tragedy. Predictable calls for control ‘weapons’.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a luncheon at the New Hampshire Federation of Women Republicans on May 26, 2022 in Bedford, NH (Fox News)
Contrary to Democrats’ calls for tougher arms restrictions, the former vice president argued that “guns are not responsible for these heinous crimes. Gunmen who committed these murderous acts are responsible for these crimes. atrocious “.
“Eroding the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens is not the answer,” Pence added.
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Saying “I think there are answers,” Pence then highlighted the Stop School Violence Act, which Congress passed after the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed. It provided funding to institute security measures in and around public schools and to help teachers and law enforcement staff identify potential threats before violence.
Pence argued that “while the left returns to its usual argument after such tragic times … we must come together, we must make our school safer, we must deal with the scourge of mental illness, we must to strengthen families, to support law enforcement and to end the scourge of mass shootings in our schools, in our churches, in our public places. “
The Democratic National Committee criticized the vice president’s criticism.
“The Trump-Pence administration spent four years entirely in duty with the NRA, defending the goals of the gun lobby and promising gun reform to shoot the victims before meeting with the NRA.” give in and reverse their position, “said DNC spokesman and quick response director Ammar Moussa.
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Moussa accused that “Pence’s cheeky parrot from the ANR discussion points is a reminder that Republicans will constantly choose the gun lobby over our children.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence petted a police dog born in his hometown of Pence, Indiana, during a roundtable discussion with former law enforcement officials with members of law enforcement on May 26, 2022. New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Goffstown, NH (Office of Former Vice President Mike Pence)
After speaking at lunch, Pence held a roundtable discussion at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics with members of the New Hampshire law enforcement. He also briefly met in a Bedford cafe with a group of social conservatives.
Pence was in New Hampshire to support and raise money for fellow Republicans running in this year’s election. He is set to end his visit by leading the annual fundraising dinner for the freedom of the founders of the Rockingham County GOP.
The former vice president, pointing to the GOP’s last half-term election, predicted at lunch that “we’re looking at a tsunami on a scale we haven’t seen since 2010 and maybe since 1994.”
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He also pointed to Sen. Maggie Hassan, DN.H., whom Republicans consider vulnerable as she seeks re-election this year. And he made a presentation to Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who had a strong working relationship with Pence during the administration of former President Donald Trump.
“It’s time to step down Maggie Hassan and have a Republican majority in the Senate. It’s time to re-elect Governor Chris Sununu, and it’s time to get America back,” Pence told the audience.
Sources close to the former vice president tell Fox News that he expects Pence to pick up the pace of the campaign this summer and fall, now that he has almost finished writing an autobiography that is expected to be published later this year.
Former Vice President Mike Pence and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia shake hands with supporters after Pence led a primary night demonstration for Kemp on May 23, 2022, in Cobb County, Georgia (Fox News )
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On Monday, Pence led a rally on the eve of the primaries with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who on Tuesday crushed former GOP Sen. David Perdue in the governor’s primaries.
Pence’s trip to New Hampshire, which for a century has held the first primaries in the White House race, may be a sign that the former vice president is preparing for his own presidential candidacy in 2024, no matter what he does. Trump.
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Pence’s trip to New Hampshire was the third in a year and a half since the end of the Trump administration. Pence has also made several stops in Iowa, whose caucuses have been running the presidential nomination calendar for half a century, and in South Carolina, which is holding its third contest.