Former Vice President Mike Pence visits Fort Wayne

He was referencing the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 court decision affirming the constitutional right to abortion.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. in early 2020, the last year of Republican leadership in the White House, “America was more prosperous and more secure than any time in my lifetime.”

Pence said the administration of Trump’s successor, Joe Biden, has created “devastation” on the national economy.

Speaking to Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, Pence said if elected, “First thing we’re going to do is make the Trump-Pence tax cuts permanent. They’re due to expire in 2025, and we need a Republican president and a Republican Congress to continue those tax (cuts). The last thing we need in the face of the disastrous economic policies of the Biden administration is to raise taxes on the American people.”

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that went into effect in 2018 overhauled the U.S. Tax Code and cut individual, corporate and estate tax rates. Meanwhile, Biden asserts that the very wealthy must pay their “fair share” of taxes.

“Beyond that, it will be about getting us back to let’s end the war on energy. Let’s get back to energy independence. And then getting back to cutting two regulations for every new federal rule that goes on the books. The way we saw 7 million jobs created in just three short years was that we cut taxes and rolled back regulations in equal measure and that unleashed incredible economic growth and it will again.”

Biden has focused on renewable energy sources and limited pipeline development. One of his first actions as president was to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,200-mile pipeline designed to carry crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, through Montana and South Dakota to Steele City, Nebraska. A report later found the action caused the loss of billions of dollars to the economy.