Mike Pence

Mike Pence Seals The Deal For Jewish Republicans

... is “assessing” when the embassy should be relocated. “The best thing about this new administration is that I don’t have to wake up every day and worry about what [former White House press secretary] Josh Earnest said about Israel,” said Mark Levenson, a New Jersey Jewish activist who stated he is still a registered Democrat, but “on Israel, my views are where Republicans are.”. Adelson, RJC’s chief sponsor, was Trump’s biggest Jewish donor and is responsible, to a great extent, for bringing Jewish Republicans to coalesce behind Trump despite their early reservations. Speaking at a private dinner he hosted Thursday for RJC board members and top Republican politicians, Adelson reportedly said Trump is likely to be “the best president for Israel ever.” Adelson was joined by fellow Jewish casino magnate and Trump supporter Steve Wynn in a conversation that focused mainly on business and their experience in Vegas’s gambling scene. Among the participants at Adelson’s home were Nevada Senator Dean Heller, House ...

Pence Disputes Reports That Yemen Raid Yielded No Significant Intel

... ovation, after which Trump said “Ryan is looking down right now, you know that, and he’s very happy because I think he just broke a record,” a line that prompted laughter in the House chamber and a smile from the SEAL’s wife. The White House has repeatedly labeled the mission as a success because of the intelligence it yielded, although officials have generally been cautious to couch that characterization with praise for Owens’ sacrifice. But citing anonymous sources, NBC News reported Tuesday that the operation had not generated any significant information. Owens’ father, who refused to meet President Donald Trump when he traveled to greet the remains of the fallen SEAL at Dover Air Force Base, said in an interview with the Miami Herald that the operation should be investigated and warned the White House not to hide behind his son’s death. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said the operation will be automatically reviewed by the Pentagon, ...

Immigration Executive Order Causes Anxiety In Vp Mike Pence's Hometown

... plant, where husband, Khalidd Eleawad, is an engineer. About 1,400 of the company's 9,500 local workers, or 15 percent, were hired on H 1-B visas. Right now, Mohamed says her family is in limbo. They usually visit Sudan in the winter,then fly their Sudanese relatives to Indiana in the summer — but with so much uncertainty around President Donald Trump's now on-hold immigration order, which targets Sudan an six other countries, they don't want to risk it. Article continues after sponsorship. Mohamed is Muslim and wears a hijab. She says the changes she's noticed in town since Trump's inauguration are palpable. "I don't go out that much after Jan. 20, because my friends, they have been through so many harassments, so — so that's why I just kind of stay home," she says. Her husband Eleawad says this isn't good for his employer. He notes that Cummins relies on global diversity to help sell its engines around the world. "If you depend on just — I would say, 'true American' people to do everything, you wouldn't be able to go to European market, or Middle East market or China or India, because you have no idea about their culture, ...

Vice President Mike Pence Talks About Healthcare In Springdale

... reform during a visit to a Tri-State business Thursday. Speaking at  Frame USA  in Springdale, Pence said President Donald Trump's administration was working on plans for a healthcare system "built on a foundation of freedom and personal responsibility.". While the plans are still in the works, Pence said the future law would lower the cost of health insurance. He reiterated Trump's pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare. "The Obamacare nightmare is about to be over," Pence said. Tying the issue to his hosts, Pence said the lower-cost healthcare system would allow small businesses like Frame USA to create more jobs. "When small business is strong, America is strong," Pence said. Pence's speech followed a tour of Frame USA's facility. The company makes frames for posters, pictures and artwork. The company was founded in 1982 in Maryland as a small art and print retailer and expanded to southwest Ohio. Frame USA moved its manufacturing, distribution and other operations to Springdale in 1990, according to its website. Progress Ohio announced a protest to "show Pence we are pro-women, pro-healthcare, pro-LGBTQ Rights" will gather at 10 ...

Will It Soon Be Donald Trump Vs. Mike Pence

... Mike Pence after a visit to the Department of Homeland Security at the White House in Washington, D. C., on Jan. 25, 2017. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty Images). Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post. Not by accident did President Donald Trump bring up Hillary Clinton 's name multiple times at his mind-numbing news conference. Trump has been in office four weeks. He won the election 3 1/2 months ago. Nevertheless, his still feels compelled to bring up his former opponent. "We had Hillary Clinton give Russia 20 percent of the uranium in our country," he said. "You know what uranium is, right? This thing called nuclear weapons, and other things. Like, lots of things are done with uranium, including some bad things. Nobody talks about that.". He's unintelligible and wrong, but his supporters hear: Hillary Clinton gave away uranium. (By the way, during her tenure at State, a sale of a Canadian company with mines in the United ...

Mike Pence Asks Indiana Supreme Court To Stay Out Of His Redacted Emails

... on the Constitution, role of the judiciary and the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch. David Swanson, AP. Trump and Pence stop to admire a Harley Davidson motorcycle parked on the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 2, 2017, as they welcomed Harley Davidson executives and union representatives. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP. Pence speaks at the March for Life rally on the National Mall on Jan. 27, 2017. Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP. Pence speaks at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia on Jan. 26, 2017. Matt Rourke, AP. The Pences arrive at the Liberty Ball at the Washington Convention Center on Jan. 20, 2017. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images. Pence signs confirmation paperwork for Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis after swearing him in as Defense secretary in the vice presidential ceremonial office on Jan. 20, 2017. Kevin Dietsch, Pool, Getty Images. The Trumps and Pences stand on the east front steps of the Capitol after the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2017. John Angelillo, Pool/European Pressphoto Agency. Pence talks with ...

Mexico Will Pay For Border Wall

... to pay for [the wall]," Stephanopoulos interjected. "Well, they are," Pence said. As a presidential candidate, Trump insisted that he would make Mexico pay for the massive wall. But the country's president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has firmly rejected that notion, saying it was "against our dignity as Mexicans.". Trump signed an executive order last month authorizing construction of the wall, but that order does not cover the cost of the wall. Nevertheless, Pence insisted that Trump would ultimately keep his campaign promises, arguing that his agenda had the backing of the American people. "The agenda that a majority of Americans believe is the right agenda for the country is exactly the agenda that President Trump is advancing," he said. Schwarzenegger quits ‘Celebrity. "I don't want to do it again," he said. 1,281 Shares. Two Republicans sign on to effort. Two House Republicans endorsed a Democratic effort on Friday calling on. 566 Shares. Schumer responds to Trump: I'll. Schumer challenged the president to talk about his ...

Mike Pence, Your Friendly Neighborhood ‘theocrat

... a Christian music festival in Asbury, Kentucky…I gave my life to Jesus Christ and that’s changed everything,” he said. As powerful as the moment was, the departure from the faith that raised him wasn’t immediate. Pence continued to align himself with Catholicism even after graduation, when he worked as a Catholic youth minister, and even applied to Catholic University in Washington, D. C. for graduate school. As late as 1994, he still used the unusual religious identity — “evangelical Catholic” — to help make sense of the tension between his old faith and his new spiritual experiences. As late as 1994, he still used the unusual religious identity — “evangelical Catholic” — to help make sense of the tension between his old faith and his new spiritual experiences. Pence’s other conversion ...