Late Thursday night, the plane carrying Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence skidded off the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Although there were no injuries, it is hard not to make the comparison between Pence’s plane and the Trump campaign. In the final days of the election, Gov. Pence needs to make full use of challenger strategies to even have a chance at derailing the Clinton campaign.
Yet Another October Surprise
Further, Gov. Mike Pence’s role will also focus on reinforcing the Trump campaign’s traditional Republican stances concerning the economy, taxes, and social issues, as well as emphasizing Hillary Clinton’s untrustworthiness as a bigger issue than Trump’s perceived instability. Fortunately for the Trump campaign, the FBI’s uncovering of new emails possibly related to Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state will greatly help Pence’s appeal that she is untrustworthy and thus unfit to be president. After the news concerning the Clinton investigation broke, Pence tweeted that he and Donald Trump commend the FBI’s commitment to fully investigate any wrongdoings by Clinton. He later called for the FBI to give the American people the information they deserve since the election is only 11 days away and early voting has already begun.
We call on the FBI to immediately release all emails pertinent to their investigation. Americans have the right to know before Election Day.
— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) October 28, 2016
Vote Trump (Please)
In all, Pence needs to make clear his case as to why Donald Trump is the better option while also emphasizing optimism for the future in the face of the tumultuous and mudslinging nature of this election. He needs to adopt this kind of rhetoric to encourage voter turnout. Although this does conflict with Trump’s claims of election rigging, Pence needs to legitimize the American political system despite his running mate’s statements about the media’s liberal bias resulting in Clinton’s inherent election advantage (though Trump has been given significant media exposure throughout his campaign).
Agreed. The Trump campaign has a huge responsibility in the next few days as people cast their votes, and one of the best angles they have is by talking about these emails. I wonder if because of these emails the American people now see Trump as a more legitimate candidate.