ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, the chairman of the faith and freedom coalition, ralph reed. [applause] ♪ ralph: good evening. have you enjoyed the road to majority conference so far? [applause] you know, after the incredible week that we've had, it is saying a lot to say that the best is yet to come. we have had some great speeches and seminars and breakouts, but i think the best is yet to come. thereow, i believe that were three hinge points in the 2016 campaign. for people of faith, making a decision to back donald trump, ready historic, 81% margin that they did. a record in the history of modern american politics. i think one of those moments was when the president released a list of 21 jurors from which he promised to fill the vacancy left by the untimely death of antonin scalia a. momentsthe second such took place in october 10 in the first debate with hillary clinton, where he spoke so eloquently and with such moral clarity about the tragedy of late-term abortion. i think the second of those three points took place on july 15 of 2016, when donald trump announced that

i want to thank ralph reed for that kind introduction, but i also want to thank him for playing such pivotal role for many years, and marshaling a movement that has made such a difference in the life of our nation. would you join me in showing your appreciation for ralph reed and his family and all he has done, for this cause, this movement and first this country? [applause] vice pres. pence: it is an honor to be back at the faith and freedom coalition's patriots gallery. last year, i had the privilege to speak to this incredible room, and i know you have had a great week. but i also know, the last year, you heard from a friend of mine. when i spoke to him early today, he was on air force one, and he wanted me to say hello. so i will begin tonight by bringing greetings from a leader who has been delivering every day on his promise to protect faith and restore freedom all across america, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. as you are all aware, the president spent the last few days at the g7 summit in canada, putting first. he took a strong stan

god bless faith and freedom and ralph reed and all the great work being done. gipper. thanks very, very much. [applause] ♪ >> okay. our next speaker which is going to be in an interview format is one of our favorites. i know you see her on television virtually every day. frankly she takes the slings and arrows of the left-wing media, as well as better than anybody that we have ever seen. she grew up in new jersey, of irish and italian descent in a strong roman catholic family, where she learned the values of fidelity to faith and family and innocent human life that have carried her throughout her life and career. she worked for eight summers on a blueberry farm and she won the world championship blueberry packing competition. [laughter] when she was 20 years old. and when the original count showed that someone else had won, kellyanne demand ad recount. [laughter]. she was tough then. she got a bachelor of arts from trinity college, a law tee agree from george town university. in 1995 she founded polling company which became one of the most successful and most i

i appreciate very much the , whoation from ralph reed has worked for decades to bring some civil discourse faith into our capital here. faith without intolerance and tierney. -- tyranny. faith is the thing that really makes us concentrate on doing the right thing. faith is also the thing that gives us our freedom. career.about my own i think back to a case where a young man, four years old, was diagnosed with an inoperable brainstem tumor. .e ended up at johns hopkins i looked at the studies and i said this is inoperable. i agree with everybody else. everybody agreed it was inoperable. the fate of that family was just overwhelming. they said, dr., the board is going to heal our son and he is wrong to use you to do it. i said yeah right. persistent, i finally agreed to do a biopsy. up, went down and there was a horrible tumor, it came back high grade. ", told him the bad news. i said it is what everybody said it was her yard unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about that. only god understands why a person is here and how long they need to be here. lord isd, dr., the going to heal our

please join me in showing your appreciation for ralph reed and and all he has done for this cause, thisovement, and for this country. [applause] v.p. pence: it is an honor to be back. last year i had the privilege to speak to this group and i know you have had a great week. you heard from a friend of mine lester. when i spoke with him earlier today he was on air force one and wanted me to say hello, so i want to begin tonight by bringing greetings from a lawyer leader, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] v.p. pence: as you are all aware, the president has spent the last two days at the g7 summit in canada putting america first. now, the eyes of the world are on our president as he travels to singapore for an historic summit between the united states and korea. it is what he calls a mission of these. failed policies and broken promises, president policynd did the failed known as strategic patience and he took a strong stand with our allies to bring an president at diplomatic pressure to bear on the regime in pyongyang. actions, andand th

god bless faith and freedom and ralph reed and all the great work that is being done. and, let's go out with an election coming up, and win this one. for the gipper. thanks very, very much. >> >> okay. our next speaker, which is going to be in an interview format, is one of our favorites. i know you see her on television virtually every day. frankly, she takes the slings and arrows that the left-wing -- left-wing media as well or better than anybody that we have ever seen. she grew up in new jersey. of irish and italian descent, in a strong roman catholic family. where she learned of the values of fidelity to faith and family and innocent human life that have carried her throughout her life and her career. she worked for h -- eight summers on a blueberry farm. and, she won the world championship blueberry packing competition. when she was 20 years old. and, when the original count showed that someone else had one, kelly and demanded a recount. >> she was tough then. she got a bachelor of arts from trinity college. a law degree from georgetown university, and a 1995, sh

you have people like ralph reed, the former chairman of the christian coalition, and franklin graham, a very influential evangelical pastor, who is saying, yes, i think this policy is abhorrent. it's terrible. but they will not blame trump for that. so i think that to a certain extent, yes, while, you know, they are condemning what they believe to be an abhorrent policy, they don't get a lot of credit from democrats or anybody really looking to see some type of common ground here between right and left because they won't take that extra step and say, no, this is the president's policy, and he should be held accountable. >> so, bob, if we accept that when the kennedy library gives out this year's profile in courage awards at the end of 2018, there won't be a recipient named schumer, mcconnell, ryan, or pelosi. if we accept that, is there anyone we civilians should watch in congress for perhaps leadership to break out for a functioning member of congress to break out of the pack? >> at this point, brian, the people who are really breaking stride with the republican leadership, with the

the statements in public, from ralph reed, sammy rodriguez, all of that made a difference.onestly, behind the scenes as well that this faith advisory counsel, look, they have been communicating with this white house, making known their displeasure about this. and because of that, we have seen clearly -- look, they're not going to say in publicly. the truth of the matter is they have been pushing the white house on this. it's been a big part of the reason why you see this executive order. >> it's interesting you say they won't say it publicly. there has been this line, even as franklin graham was critical of the policy. they won't criticize the president even though they know this was his choice. the white house. they did this. yet they won't criticize him for it. why? >> a couple of different reasons. they have a good relationship with this president. why mess it up? this is a good example, john, why it is important for evangelical leaders, conservatives especially to have influence with this president. they made a difference here on the immigration debate. quite frankly, t

trump is going with conservative allies like ralph reed, the federalist society which vet as lot of conservativetions. one thing to note, the ages. trump is very interested in appointing young justice, someone who can serve on the court for 30, 40 years, all the ones at the top of the list are late 40s or early 50s. >> i got to ask you about the court's composition. i know that axios has reported that trump doesn't think that this will be his last scotus pick. does this put pressure on somebody as well as justice ruth bader ginsberg, to at least stick around through potential 2020 presidential run in. >> that's exactly right. trump tells his friends he thinks he might get four justices on the supreme court. after the next one he'll only be halfway there. the next two oldest justices, ruth bader ginsberg, over 80. >> what's the long game here for the democrats? things aren't looking good for them at the moment. >> that's a great question. a lot to fire up the base. trying ing ting to delay the vh as possible. mitch mcconnell said he wants it to happen before the court comes in in october. can you

appreciate what you have done and what you are going to continue to do and for the leadership of ralph reedny others have been committed to take the heat from the other side. we know why we are in this fight. thank you for what you do and god bless each and everyone of you. god bless each and everyone of you. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> wow. wow. isn't that incredible? i have had the honor of meeting with him a couple of times since he got back i never heard the story about the ambulance and a helicopter. isn't that good that happened? wow. we are so glad that her next speaker is here it was a successful small business that he started as a young man and learned by building his own business the importance of making a payroll and how hard it is for a small business to risk their own capitol to achieve their dream. he was able to work his way through california state university with those earnings from that small business. he later went on to serve on a congressional staff for california member of congress. 2002 he was elected to the california assembly where he was elected almost immediately by his col

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