at 8:35, senator kamala harris makes a campaign stop. on c-span, the hoover institution hosts a discussion on china's influence and relations with the u.s.. later, at 6:00, president trump only a campaign rally in rochester, minnesota. thursday, vice president mike pence held a campaign rally in nevada. this event is about 50 minutes. ♪ to my placeome move on her face

don't you think that love can last? all right now, baby it's all right now all right now, baby it's all right now [cheers and applause] well hellopence: nevada. what a great turnout. on a beautiful day. congressman, state chairman mike mcdonald. all of you who have been with us every step of the way. it is great to be back in the

silver state. [cheers and applause] and we are just five days away from another great victory, all across nevada and all across america. ago, all of you believe that we could be strong again. you believed that we could be prosperous again. you said yes to president donald trump and 2016. i know that nevada is going to say yes for four more years of president donald trump and 2020. -- in 2020. and the road to victory goes right through nevada. 3, we are going to show that nevada is trump country. [cheers and applause] thank you all for coming out today. it really is a joy to be with

all of you. it is great to be here with a friend of mine. i have not spotted him yet, but i know he is here. city, an army veteran. he is been working hard, and actually served with him in the congress of the united states. i have worked with him now in my president. vice he is a champion for veterans in the military. worksght to cut taxes and to protect nevada's national resources like no other. one glance at his record, and you realize, mark delivers. we are going to send congressman mark amodei back to washington dc. think about it. [cheers and applause] thank you all for being here. take a seat. take a seat.

i have a lot on my mind. it is amazing to think about how far we have come over the last four years. four years ago we inherited a military that had been hollowed out by devastating budget cuts, an economy that was struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the great depression. terrorism was on the rise around the world and we witnessed a steady assault on our most cherished values. but in three short years, we rebuilt our military. we revived our economy. we secured our border, supported law enforcement, and stood for life and liberty and the constitution of the united states. [cheers and applause] what the congressman knows is that all starts with our national defense. saul deeps that

budget cuts when joe biden was president, we are hearing from the media yesterday that democrats in washington are already planning deep budget for in our defense to pay their massive domestic spending. weer president donald trump, are finally getting our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard resources and support that they deserve. [cheers and applause] i have to tell you. not just as you're vice president, but as the proud father of a united states law of and the father in the united states navy pilot, i could not be more proud to serve alongside a president that cares so deeply about the men and women of our armed forces and their families. we have stood with those who

have served. we have also stood with all of you who have worn the uniform of the united states. in fact, i expect a fair number of veterans with us today. if you served in our armed forces, and if you're able, would you mind to standing up for a moment, so that we may say thank you. we want to say thank you for your service. thank you for your service. you know, when joe biden was vice president nevada and america saw years of scandal at the v.a. that shocked the conscience of our nation. dear member? we had veterans that were literally dying and waiting lines waiting to get care at , v.a. hospitals. but when president donald trump was elected, all of that changed. our president signed the most sweeping reforms in the v.a. and 50 years. we fired 3000 employees that

were not giving veterans the care that they deserve. and veterans choice is now available for every veteran in america. we have stood for our national defense. we have stood for those who defended our nation. and in ournomy, first three years, after joe biden spent eight years trying to tax and spend and bail our ,ay back to a growing economy president donald trump presided over the greatest economy in the history of this country, and he is doing it again. [applause] i don't know if you heard today's new gdp numbers, this morning we learned that the american economy grew by more than 33% during the third

quarter, shattering any previous number that the great american comeback, it is on. [applause] and with four more years of president trump in the white house, we are going to bring back the american economy, bigger and better than ever before. [cheers and applause] today,ident trump said the third quarter gdp was in his words, the biggest and best in our history. not even close. year, it will be fantastic. and with president donald trump in the white house, count on it. [cheers and applause] i mean, our great american comeback is a testament to the

character and resilience and strength of the american people. it is a tribute to a president whose leadership created the greatest economy that the world has ever seen. but now, in the midst of a global pandemic, joe biden actually wants to raise taxes by $4 trillion. [booing] and he wants to pass a $2 trillion version of the green new deal, which would crush our economy and our businesses under an avalanche of regulation, and stifle american energy. under president trump, with the strong support of your congressman, we cut taxes across the board for working families. re-rollback more federal red tape than any administration in history. we fought for american trade and in three short years, businesses

in this country created 7 million good paying jobs, including 100,000 jobs here in the silver state. [cheers and applause] you know, i heard joe biden's running mate was in reno a couple of days ago. [booing] with her myself in salt lake city a few weeks back. [cheers and applause] thank you. i heard that she came here and says, youbiden always only know how in economy is doing if you see how working people are doing. ok. kamala and joe, here under president donald trump, average hourly earnings grew and half years than all eight years

when joe biden was president. -- when joe biden was vice president. median household income dropped when joe biden was vice president. under president donald trump, median household income jumped 20% by the end of 2019. that is how working people in nevada were doing under president donald trump. it is amazing. the contrast just keeps going. joe biden was vice president, america actually lost 200,000 manufacturing jobs. it is true. jim member the last president on the campaign trail? dear member that the last president said that manufacturing jobs were never coming back. he said, what magic wand do you have?

not need a magic wand. we just needed president donald trump in the white house. jobs00 manufacturing created in just three years, including 15,000 right here in the silver state. incredible. when it comes the tray, it's so important here in nevada. it is amazing to think that when we took office, half of our international trade deficit was with one country. communist china. has been a cheerleader for communist china all along the way. he never lifted a finger to level the playing field for american workers. but when president trump came into office, we put china on notice. we said the era of economic surrender is over. we imposed tariffs on china's goods and we are going to stand

strong intel they open their markets what we make and what we grow. [cheers and applause] and closer to home, everybody remembers nafta right? in the 25 years since nafta was signed, i can tell you, in the heartland where i grew up, we literally saw thousands of factories jobs moved south of the border. for yearsing that ago, after president trump and i were elected, but before we were inaugurated, i got word the in the state of indiana, the a company that had been there for 75 years was closing their doors and going to mexico. democratsse years, always love to complain about nafta. but joe biden and the democrats never lifted a finger to fix what was wrong with it.

but when the man who wrote the art of the deal, got in the white house, nevada and america got a way better deal. nafta is gone and the usmca is here to stay. [cheers] it is a huge win for nevada. it is a huge win for america. men and women, you all deserve to know. joe biden's running mate kamala harris was one of only 10 senators who voted against the usmca. it is no surprise that she was rated as the most liberal member of the united states senate a year ago. usmcated against the because she said it did not go far enough in climate change. she put her agenda ahead of nevada workers. trade, iomes to

promise you, president donald trump will always put nevada and america first. [cheers and applause] and on energy, the contrast continues. joe biden and kamala harris said over the last year repeatedly that they want to ban fracking and abolish fossil fuels. said in the biden presidential debate last week, and how well did president trump do in that presidential debate am i right? ,was not a great night? -- wasn't that a great night? you got to the end of the debate, right? yeah, we need to transition from the oil industry. the president put it well. he said, that is a big

statement. boy was it. now they are saying different, aren't they mark? joe biden and kamala harris are saying that they were not ban fracking. do you member in the debate when joe biden said to show the tape? well, we have been showing the tape. pretty easy to find. just get your phone out and take a look. they literally both spent the last year's saying that they are going to ban fracking and abolish fossil fuels. president donald trump has been a champion for american energy and here and the home of the legendary hoover dam, i am proud to report that we are now a net exporter of energy for the first time in 70 years. [cheers and applause] america is energy independent. [cheers and applause] nevada, we have a choice to make.

economy,omes to this trumpa choice between a move and a biden depression. you do not have to take my word for it. there is a nonpartisan study that just came out. he said that the joe biden economic policies would cost america 5 million jobs. the typical american family with the incomes go down by $500,000 per year. i have a favor. anybody here in reno, it's tell them that you're around by the airport, mike pence showed up. [applause] that guy rain here every bit as fast as he could. [cheers and applause]

that was a fourth gear for me. that is all i got. seriously, i want you to ask someone a question, if they are undecided. if they are going into november 3 and still thinking, still looking. say that i've told you to ask, do you really think is going to bring this economy all the way back? just ask them a real question. who do you really think can bring the american economy all the way back and then some in 2021? who spent 47tician years and washington dc, raising taxes and stifling the economy, waving a white flag of economic a proven on trade, or job creator who is driving the fastest economic recovery in the history of america?

you ask that question, and you tell them that we need four more years of president donald trump in the white house. [cheers and applause] >> "four more years!" "four more years!" so it is about our security and about our prosperity. of our economy. but we know the foundation of our prosperity is the rule of law. proud toot be more serve as vice president to a president who stands every day with the men and women who serve on the thin blue line of law enforcement at every level in america. [cheers and applause] trump i know that the men and women who put on the uniform of law enforcement are

some of the greatest in this country and they deserve the respect of every american every single day. would you mind getting on your feet and showing these law enforcement officers how much we appreciate with they in their families do? thank you. thank you, guys. president trump and i will always support the right of americans to peaceful protest, as enshrined in our constitution. rioting and looting, like we saw again this week in philadelphia, that is not peaceful protesting. burning businesses is not free speech. i was in minneapolis just a couple of short weeks ago. i met a wonderful african-american woman named flora westbrook.

flora started a beauty salon 35 years ago. built it up with her own two hands. it became a centerpiece of the community. she told me about the night, a few days after the killing of watchedloyd, when she as the rioters came closer and closer to that little business that she built, until they burned it to the ground. standingever forget shoulder to shoulder with flora, looking down into what remained of her little salon. long,nths, all summer when that was going on, all joe biden ever talked about was peaceful protesters. remember? ignoring what was going on. the violence in streets across america. people will literally watching their communities burned.

the truth is, joe biden would double down on the policies that have led to violence in our cities. when you start to back away from support, forfrom those who are text and serve, you only embolden those who would do harm to our families and communities. joe biden justifies it all sing frequently that he believes america is systemically racist. believeis running mate that police officers in this country have an implicit bias against minorities. [booing] when he was asked if you would cut funding for law enforcement, joe biden actually said yes, absolutely. but i will make you a promise. with four more years of president donald trump, we are

not going to defund the police. not now, not ever. we are going to back the blue and we are going to back the blue for four more years. [cheers and applause] you know, president trump and i know what you know. we do not have to choose between -- supporting law enforcement in supporting our african-american neighbors and friends and other minorities and families who live in our major cities. for the last three and a half years, we have done both. and we will keep doing both for four more years. under this president, we have funded more than 4000 new police officers the cops program. when violence broke out through our cities, we launched operation legend, named after a four euro boy who was gunned down in his home. we have taken 3000 violence offenders off our streets this summer alone. at the same time, and those

first three years, saw the lowest unemployment ever recorded for african-americans. the highest funding for historically black colleges and universities. we passed criminal justice reform and we fought for school choice, and we founded 8000 citiesnity zones in across the country. under president donald trump, we are going to have law and order and jobs and quality education for every american of every race creed, and color, so help us , god. [cheers and applause] >> we love you! we love you! vice pres. pence: i love you

too. and let me say, when it comes to the rule of law, this president as i stand here today, with the support of republicans in the united states senate, has already seen confirmed more than 230 conservative judges to our federal courts. and women whoen uphold the god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution, like the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, and the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. [cheers and applause] that includes justice neil gorsuch's, justice brett kavanaugh, and justice amy coney barrett. [cheers and applause] how great is she, am i right?

saying that just because she is from indiana. of her.wful proud she is going to make the nation proud, i promise you. a brilliant, principled jurist who will serve for generations to come. it is so important. this is really about our liberties. vanguard ofy is the the liberties that are enshrined in our founding documents. and in the hearts of the american people. all deserveda, you to know that when joe biden was vice president, we saw a steady assault on the freedom of religion of the american people. the last administration use its regulatory power to erode the conscience rights of doctors and nurses and religious charities. they even hauled a group of nuns into federal court to order them to compromise their faith to

live under the mandates of obamacare. [booing] democrats in washington dc were a part of a course. remember two years ago, when justice barrett was up for the court of appeals. she was appearing before the judiciary committee, and the leading democrat on the judiciary committee, a democrat from california, said that she was concerned about amy coney barrett because of her sincere catholic faith. quote, the dogma lives loudly within you. and hollywood liberals started attacking amy coney barrett, and they have never stopped. well, i got a message for the democrats in washington and their hollywood friends. that dogma lives loudly in me.

[cheers and applause] that dogma lives loudly in you. and the right to live and work and worship according to the dictates of our faith lives loudly in the constitution of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] we call the freedom of religion our first freedom. under president donald trump, i am proud to report that we are restored the conscience rights of doctors and nurses and charities and schools. we have appointed principled courts at every level. ended thedonald trump legal assault at the little sisters of the poor and the supreme court made it permanent.

under president donald trump, we will stand for the freedom of religion of every american of every faith, and we are going to so help us god. [cheers and applause] and finally, where joe biden and kamala harris actually support taxpayer funding of abortion, all the way up to the moment of birth, and they are calling for record increases for funding for abortion at home and abroad, i could not be more proud to serve alongside a president who stands without apology for the sanctity of human life. [cheers and applause] so in our first three years, if you are taking notes, we rebuild our military. we revived our economy. we stood for law & order and liberties of life. none of that would've been possible without the strong and

consistent support of congress and marked out-of-date in the congress. -- of your congressmen in the congress. president reelect donald trump for four more years, the president and i need nevada to send congressman mark amodei and big dan road timer to republican majority in the congress of the united states and retire nancy pelosi once and for all. [cheers and applause] out. out. she has got to go.

you know, when you look at what we were able to accomplish those first three years, the first three in which we had a republican house and republican senate, there's only one way that you can describe it. we made america great again. [cheers and applause] am i right? and then, the coronavirus struck from china. [booing] documentedthe first case of community spread anywhere in the united states president trump did what no , american had ever done. he suspended all travel from china, the second largest economy in the world. he put the health of america first. now joe biden said it was , xenophobic. he actually said that it was hysterical. he said that closing down travel

during a global pandemic would actually make things worse. but joe biden got it wrong. president trump got it right. trump's actions, shutting down all travel from china, i can tell you as the head of the coronavirus task force, it saved us untold american lives because a ball is time to stand up the greatest national mobilization since world war ii. it is true. we reinvented testing. the manufacturing of billions of supplies of ppe. we worked with congress to support the families impacted. therapeutics were developed that are saving lives today. we are just weeks away from having millions of doses of the first coronavirus vaccine in the world. [cheers and applause]

as we see cases rise here in the west and around the country, as the winter approaches, people in nevada can be confident that we are going to continue to move heaven and earth to make sure that our doctors and nurses have all of the resources that they need to give anyone impacted by the coronavirus the level of care that we would want a member of our family to have. i promise you that. we are going to keep protecting the vulnerable. we are going to keep saving lives. we are going to keep -- we're going to keep developing lifesaving medicines until the day comes where the coronavirus pandemic is in the past. as we do that, under president donald trump, we are opening up america again. [cheers and applause] afteramazing to think losing 22 million jobs at the

height of this pandemic, because of the strong foundation that we poured into those first three years, because of the unprecedented relief and recovery efforts that amodei and other supportive, we've already seen million people go back to work 11.5 in the last five months, 160,000 people right here in nevada. we are opening up america again. the american economy is roaring back. [cheers and applause] know, thaterve to joe biden is talking about shutting down our economy again. [booing] thateadlines today tell us several european countries have already started their lockdowns. you can bet that joe biden will shut down the american economy

if he makes it to the white house. your schools will be closed. your churches and synagogues and places of worship will be close. small businesses on main street will be shuttered again. right at the moment that the american economy is coming back, joe biden has said if you meant has said a few months back that he would shut it down. we are not going to let it happen. we are going to keep meeting this moment with american resolve and compassion. we're are going to distribute the vaccine. we are going to defeat the virus. where joe biden says that we are in for a long, dark winter, president trump says that the best is yet to come. [cheers and applause] time ofve got through a testing in 2020.

but you are all out here tonight at the airport because you know that we are five short days from a time of choosing. the choice that nevada makes will loom large in the destiny of our nation. the choice and this election has never been more clear. the stakes have never been higher. when you look at their agenda, higher taxes, open borders, socialized medicine, green new deal, it d funding the police. abortion on demand. it is clear. joe biden would be nothing more than a trojan horse for the radical left. joe biden says that democracy is on about. well, i think our economic recovery is on the ballot. i think that law and order are on the ballot. [cheers and applause] that there arek

things that are much more foundational to who we are. in this election, when all is said and done, i do not think it is going to be so much whether america ends up more democrat or republican, more liberal or more conservative, more red or more blue. i think the choice in this election is whether america remains america. [applause] >> usa! usa! usa! vice pres. pence: you get it. it is whether we are going to a course for our future, for ourselves and our posterity. two have our greatest american traditions of faith, family, and freedom. our heritage of patriotism.

or whether we are going to let joe biden and democratic party surrender to the radical left and shut down our economy. and to topple our heritage of freedom. the traditional values. and lead our nation on a path of socialism and american decline. nevada, for our values, and for all our and ideals that have always made this nation can exceptional and great, we need to decide right here and right now that joe biden will never be president of the united states. we are going to reelect president donald trump for four more years. [cheers and applause] >> "four more years!" "four more years!" "four more years!"

vice pres. pence: serving at his side over the last four years, i can tell you firsthand. unrelenting opposition and resistance from the democrats in washington, against unrelenting and unfair attacks by their allies in the national media, there has never been a day gone by that this president has not gotten up turned his face and a fault to keep the promises that he made to the people of america. now it is our turn to fight for him. it is on, nevada. [cheers and applause] >> you got that right in four morence:

years, we will defeat the china virus. we will uphold religious privity -- religious liberty and speech and the right to keep and bear arms. we will ban sanctuary cities. to will hire more police. we will teach our children to love our country, honor our history, and always respect our great american flag. [cheers and applause] it is time to fight for america. 3, it is time to fight to make freedom ring. to say with one voice all across this land, america will never be a socialist country. we are going to reelect president donald trump for four more years. [cheers and applause]

so before i go, a couple of things i want to ask you to do. first and foremost, i checked. i checked on my way here. early voting is already started. foremost, i need you to vote, nevada. vote to reelect president donald trump to the white house. [cheers and applause] just get it done. karen and i voted in minneapolis. the president voted in florida. i needed to get it done and get out of the way. i'm told that you can vote early and percent right here in reno. if you do not know where, i checked. the reno sparks convention center. 4590 south virginia street.

open not :00rrow, to 7:00. remember friends do not let , friends vote alone. take a family member. take a neighbor. take a coworker and vote to reelect president donald trump today. [cheers and applause] --l right echo alright? you gotta get done because i have something for you to do for the next four days. when i think back on 2016, and that a credible election night, we saw that victory rollout across all of the country. i thought it gave evidence to the fact that the american people decided to take their government back.

[cheers and applause] they were talking to each other. they were turning down the sound. andll of the pundits pollsters and experts. they say, you know what? i hear in this man with donald trump a vision and leadership qualities that can bring this country back. i need you do that again. and every day between now and election day, i needed to go out and talk to somebody. i worship, at work, at a street corner, tell them again, you ran into mike, and said, that guy stood up there and talked for a better part of an hour. he talked about all that we could do with president donald trump in the white house. never doubt it. doubt that the most compelling, the most compelling media in this country is not your national tv or your cable

networks or your big newspapers or social media. it is when somebody who knows you and hears from you about a candidate or cause that you believe is important to them and to be state into the nation, the president and i were just on 60 minutes. the other night. the president got asked a question, and i will never forget how he answered. one of my favorite answers of his in a long time. she asked him a question about all of you. said, how would you describe your supporters? and without a moment of hesitation, president trump said they are people who love our country. so go out and tell your neighbor and friend how much you love this country and how much we need four more years of

president donald trump and the white house. [cheers and applause] >> four more years vice pres. pence: i am telling you. let them hear from you. after you vote with a friend and spend the next four days talking to everyone you know, i encourage you to maybe do one more thing. as i have traveled across this country for the last four years as your vice president, i have become more convinced than ever of the two things that are true, this is a freedom loving nation. and this is a nation of faith. everywhere i go, without fail,

it happened today and iowa again. people reach out across the rope me, ind they will say to am praying for you. >> we are praying for you. vice pres. pence: the president and i hear it all the time. it is the sweetest words that we ever hear. let me say, if you are among pences triede the to bow the head or bend the knee from time to time, i encourage you to do that over the next five days. [applause] you pray, i encourage you to pray with confidence. writtence in some words down thousands of years ago. americans have clung to these

through much more challenging times than we could even possibly imagine. a promise that if his people who are called by his name will humble themselves and pray and turn, then he will do like he has always done. through the long and storied history of this great nation, he will hear from heaven, and he will heal this land. [cheers and applause] this one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. so pray for america. pray for all of the american people. it will make a difference. i promise you. so i went to thank you for coming out today. really and truly. i cannot wait to tell the president about the group and enthusiasm that i saw here today. [cheers and applause]

>> we love you, we love you! vice pres. pence: i also went to say thank you to all of those who were not able to come. so many signed up, to each and everyone of you, thank you for the support. i leave here today with renewed confidence that if all of us do what we need to do over the next few days, to vote and speak out, and pray, come november 3, here in nevada and arak america, we are going to have a great victory for freedom. [cheers and applause] nevada andg to make america more prosperous than ever before. we are going to make nevada and america safer than ever before. we are going to make this country more united than ever before. congressman mark amodei

and a new republican majority in the united states congress, with president donald trump back in the white house for four more years and with god's help, i will tell you. we will make america great again, again. thank you all very much. god bless you. god bless america. now let's go get done, nevada. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> with five days left until election day, on november 3, when voters decide who will occupy white house next year. watch campaign coverage 2020 everyday on c-span.

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