At a joint Senate-House Republican retreat, Vice President Mike Pence said that Republicans have their work cut out for them in the 2018 midterm elections to keep the control of both House and Senate.
The Republican Party is set to lose a large number of seats in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a several political reports which say that a Democratic wave is coming in Congress.
Pence on Wednesday evening promised that Republicans will prove those predictions wrong.
“Conventional wisdom holds that the upcoming midterms are going to be a challenge but I think you all know what President Trump thinks about conventional wisdom,” Pence said. “Conventional wisdom said in 2016 that Hillary Clinton was going to be elected president of the United States of America,” he added.
He later stated that the Republicans will overcome the odds, thanks to the $1.5 trillion tax package that has bolstered the stock market and prompted big companies such as AT&T and Comcast to pay bonuses to thousands of workers.
“We made history in 2016 and we’re going to make history in 2018 when we re-elect Republican majorities in the House and Senate, we got our work cut out for us but we have a story to tell.”
At the three day retreat at the Greenbrier resort, Pence urged the Republicans to focus on the economic statistics during their campaign.
“Because of what we’ve done in rolling back red tape and unleashing American energy, and cutting taxes for working families and businesses, small and large, since election day 2.4 million new jobs [have been] created across America,” Pence said.
According to The Hill, Pence pointed to congressional action rolling back 14 Obama-era regulations under the Congressional Review Act and executive action unwinding regulation of offshore drilling and other economic activity.
Later he promised GOP lawmakers that he and President Trump will back them up “every step of the way” up until election day.
“President Trump and I are going to be with you every step of the way in 2018 to tell the story of Republican legislative accomplishments to voters,” he concluded.
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