BALTIMORE: US Vice-President Mike Pence on Wednesday indicated re-electing President Donald Trump would help preserve the country’s safety and economic viability.
He also warned that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would lead the country on a path to socialism and decline.Amid widening protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin, Pence and other Republicans at their national convention described the 3 November contest between Trump and Biden as a choice between “law and order” and lawlessness.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot Blake (29) multiple times in the back at close range on Sunday, reigniting protests against racism and police brutality that erupted across the US earlier in the year.
“The hard truth is you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America,” Pence told the crowd seated on a lawn at McHenry in Baltimore. Accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, the President joined Pence on stage after the speech as the crowd chanted: “Four more years.”
“Let me be clear: the violence must stop – whether in Minneapolis, Portland or Kenosha. We will have law and order on the streets of this country for every American of every race and creed and colour,” Pence said.