CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 28,2022
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT PENCE SPOKE AT DIFFERENT VENUES TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON.
IT WAS TRUMP, AS USUAL, WHO DELIVERED A BARN BURNER ADDRESS. HE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON ISSUES AND THE FAILURE OF CURRENT LEADERSHIP– “UNDER THE DEMOCRAT RULE, IN DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES, DEMOCRAT-RUN STATES AND A DEMOCRAT-RUN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN GIVEN FREE REIN MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. THERE’S NEVER BEEN A TIME LIKE THIS.” HE SAID AMERICAN STREETS “ARE RIDDLED WITH NEEDLES AND SOAKED WITH THE BLOOD OF INNOCENT VICTIMS” AND “MANY OF OUR ONCE GREAT CITIES FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO, TO LA, WHERE THE MIDDLE CLASS USED TO FLOCK TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM, ARE NOW WAR ZONES.”
PENCE WAS MORE MEASURED IN HIS TONE, SAYING HE AGREED WITH TRUMP ON ISSUES AND WANTS A NATIONAL BAN ON ABORTION (SOMETHING TRUMP DIDN’T MENTION), BUT ADDING THAT POLITICS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE, NOT THE PAST. MANY TOOK THAT REMARK TO MEAN THE FORMER PRESIDENT MUST NOT CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE LAST ELECTION, BUT ON THE NEXT TWO ELECTIONS.
PENCE IS RIGHT. THE PAST CANNOT BE CHANGED, BUT THE FUTURE CAN BE WRITTEN. WHAT’S NEEDED IS UNITY ON THE ISSUES, WHICH FAVOR CONSERVATIVES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
