Vice President Mike Pence also said it was freedom, not slavery, that ended two World Wars, ignoring the role played by the communist Soviet Union.
Vice President Mike Pence continued the Republican attacks on what they claim is socialism infiltrating the Democratic Party, making the dubious claim Friday that it was “freedom, not socialism, that ended slavery and won two World Wars." Pence, speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, did not mention what started slavery in the United States.
If it was freedom that ended slavery then presumably it was also freedom that allowed it, with a provision written into the Constitution that specifically referred to slaves and the “three-fifths compromise,” whereby they were counted as less than free people. Moreover, Southern states continued to argue for the freedom to keep slavery in place as the country descended into the Civil War.
But Pence’s blasting of socialism, which has also been a prominent theme of President Donald Trump’s recent rhetoric, did not end there. At one point he took a direct shot at independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who announced his presdiential candidacy last week, and immediately drew massive donations.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 1. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
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