“Today, conservatives in America are struggling with an essential question,” said former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday, Nov. 15. That question is “whether we will continue on the path of the traditional conservative agenda that has defined our party and, in so many ways, our nation throughout our history,” said Pence, “or whether our party will follow the siren song of populism unmoored to conservative principles.”
Pence shared his thoughts with attendees of a lecture he gave at Colorado Christian University (CCU) in Lakewood, Colorado, Friday evening. “We have a time of great opportunity,” he said, “but I must tell you…I also believe it’s a time of concern for those of us that believe in that traditional conservative agenda.”
Mike Pence Warns Against ‘Erosion’ of ‘Our Deepest Values’
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, former Second Lady Karen Pence, joined CCU students, faculty, and staff, as well as other attendees, for the inaugural event in CCU’s President’s Speaker Series. During his lecture, Pence spoke positively of President-elect Donald Trump while nevertheless urging attendees to reject a number of the positions Trump holds.
At the beginning of his lecture, Pence described how he came to trust in Jesus as his savior. For a period of time in his life, Pence thought religion was a “crutch.” But he came to believe in God while in college, and that decision to commit to follow Jesus “changed my life forever.”
“And preserving the faith of the American people, preserving the liberty of Americans to live and work and worship according to their faith, the dictates of their conscience, has been the calling of my life,” Pence said.
“We gather at a time of renewed hope for our country,” said the former vice president, referencing “many storms” Americans have weathered in recent years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, “worldwide recession, record inflation, [and] a historic border crisis.”
“And the American people, I’m glad to say, have seen fit to usher out liberal leadership from every branch of the federal government in Washington, D.C.,” Pence said, “and now we have a new president, a new vice president, and new Republican majorities in the United States House and Senate. And I welcome that step forward for the American people.”
Pence said that the morning after the election, he and his wife “offered our most sincere congratulations” to President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, and “those who campaigned and earned majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives.”
However, Pence had a warning for those gathered. “Even as Republicans have achieved monumental victories this year,” he said, “we also face an erosion that seems to be taking place when it comes to our deepest values and our ideals and our principles that have always made the nation great and strong.” His concern includes the fact it “seems there’s been an erosion in our devotion to the principles enshrined in the Constitution of the United States.”
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