VP Candidate Pence Visits Ga. To Rally Support For Trump, GOP
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., speaks to the media while entering a fund raising event for Marion Republican county city-county council candidates in Indianapolis, Friday, May 6, 2011. Pence has announced he will be running Indiana governor in 2012. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence visited Cobb County to stump for Donald Trump, one of three stops in the state the Indiana governor made Monday in support of the party’s presidential nominee.
At the Cobb Galleria Centre, Pence played up Trump’s image as the “law and order candidate.” He told the crowd of hundreds if they wanted someone who would build strong borders, build a wall and end illegal immigration, then Trump was their candidate.
“Let’s go make sure Georgia is ready and we will make Donald Trump the 45th president of the United States of America, and he will make America great again,” Pence said.
Still, Pence insisted the candidate’s vision was open to all Americans, not just some.
“When we talk about making America great again, we mean to make America great again for every American regardless of race or creed or color,” Pence said.
Trump has come under fire for his plans to build a wall across the Mexican border and ban Muslims from entering the country.
Recent polls in Georgia show a tight race between Trump and his Democratic opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Trump also raised eyebrows last week when he told Fox News he’d let some immigrants living in the country without legal permission stay in the U.S.
During the primary, Trump insisted he’d deport all of the estimated 11 million living in the U.S. illegally.
Liz Smith, of Cherokee County, said she’s not concerned about Trump potentially softening his stance on immigration because she has faith.
“Sometimes he tends to speak a little off the cuff,” Smith said, “and it may be just misunderstood.”
Trump has said he plans to deliver a speech on his immigration policy later this week.
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