Michael Richard Pence je americký republikánský politik a 48. viceprezident Spojených států. Mezi lety 2013 až 2017 působil jako guvernér státu Indiana. Předtím byl v letech 2001 až 2013 jedním z poslanců z tohoto státu ve Sněmovně reprezentantů. Wikipedia
„Jsem křesťan, konzervativec a republikán, v tomto pořadí.“
Zdroj: [Kdo jsou kandidáti na viceprezidenta USA? Evangelický bojovník proti potratům a nudný katolík, lidovky, 2016-10-05, 2016-10-09, http://www.lidovky.cz/kdo-jsou-viceprezidentsti-kandidati-v-usa-evangelicky-bojovnik-proti-potratum-a-nudny-katolik-ijj-/zpravy-svet.aspx?c=A161005_133634_ln_zahranici_fas]
“I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order.”
Excerpt from his vice presidential acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention — http://theweek.com/speedreads/637487/mike-pence-im-christian-conservative-republican--that-order (July 21, 2016), as quoted in Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House https://www.amazon.com/Piety-Power-Pence-Taking-White/dp/0062868780 (2019), by Tom LoBianco
Trump/Pence 2016 Presidential Campaign
Vice presidential debate (October 4, 2016)
Vice presidential debate (October 4, 2016)
“Just because I’m a-clappin’ for it, doesn’t mean I’m a-votin’ for it.”
Whispering to fellow House Representative Jeff Flake in response to President George W. Bush's inaugural speech at his first inauguration — https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/03/mike-pence-jeff-flake-republican-party-friendship-216208 (January 20, 2001)
2000s
“The quickest way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
Excerpt from address given to the National Rifle Association in Dallas, Texas — https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-the-quickest-way-to-stop-a-bad-guy-with-a-gun-is-a-good-guy-with-a-gun-pence-says-at-nra-convention (May 4, 2018)
Vice President of the United States (2017-Present)
On the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal in a column titled "Why Clinton Must Resign or Be Impeached" — https://www.bustle.com/p/mike-pence-quotes-about-impeachment-reveal-what-he-really-thinks-of-presidents-having-affairs-10026765 (circa late 1990s)
About the statements of Donald Trump on the fallen Captain Humayun S. M. Khan's family — Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mikepence/posts/10153921668637862 (July 26, 2016)
Trump/Pence 2016 Presidential Campaign
On former Trump Administration employee Omarosa Manigault Newman when questioned by a reporter — https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/13/vice-president-mike-pence-cincinnati-expect-traffic-gridlock-midday/979284002/ (August 13, 2018)
Vice President of the United States (2017-Present)
Excerpt from a speech addressed to a pro-life group in Nashville, Tennessee — https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/mike-pence-says-making-abortion-illegal-saves-lives-history-proves-ncna853031 (February 27, 2018)
Vice President of the United States (2017-Present)
Vice presidential debate (October 4, 2016)
Vice presidential debate (October 4, 2016)
“Honesty is the axis on which leadership spins.”
Remarks at Reagan Library https://www.c-span.org/video/?414899-1/mike-pence-delivers-remarks-reagan-library, C-SPAN.org (September 8, 2016)
Trump/Pence 2016 Presidential Campaign
Vice presidential debate (October 4, 2016)
Vice presidential debate (October 4, 2016)
World Press Freedom Day (May 4, 2009)
2000s
Excerpt from his vice presidential acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention — https://fox59.com/2016/07/21/we-like-mike-full-transcript-of-gov-pences-vp-acceptance-speech/ (July 21, 2016)
Trump/Pence 2016 Presidential Campaign
Remarks by Vice President Mike Pence in Special Session of the Knesset — https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-vice-president-mike-pence-special-session-knesset/ (January 22, 2018)
2010s
In response to reporter's question "So when you said 4 million tests, seven weeks ago, you were just talking about tests being sent out, not actually being — being completed?" April 28, 2020
2020s
