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Feb. 22, 2018 - The highlight of day one was Vice President Mike Pence's speech.  Pence declared, "Because of all of you, because of the conservative majorities in Congress that you helped elect, and because of the strong leadership of the President you put in the White House, 2017 was the most consequential year in the history of the conservative movement." [transcript] ACU chairman Matt Schlapp introduced Second Lady Karen Pence who introduced the Vice President with " Five facts you need to know about Mike Pence (+)."
Excerpt from White House Transcript:

The far left has watched with dismay as we've dismantled the liberal legacy of the last administration and turned this country around.  (Applause.)  And they're doing everything they can to try and win back the Congress next November.
 
I mean, we don’t have to wonder what would happen if the party of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer won the House and the Senate this November, do we?  I mean, remember the last time it happened?  I do.  I was actually there the last time Democrats ran the Congress, and they nearly ran America into the ground.
 
They raised taxes, they cut the military, they tried to pass cap-and-trade, they gave us Dodd-Frank and the Obamacare nightmare.  I mean, they thought they could borrow, spend, and bail their way back to a growing America.
 
In the past few years, the Democrats have only fallen further to the left.  Their platform, as we all know, can be summed up in one word: resist.  Resist our policies, resist our President, and resist the results that you and I and our entire movement have fought so hard to achieve.  So it’s up to us to stand up to them and stand up for the American people and the progress that we've made.  (Applause.) 
 
But the other side is motivated.  They're mobilized.  So today, to the men and women of this conservative movement, I admonish you.  Let this be the day that we as a movement decided to deliver another victory for the American people in 2018.  (Applause.) 
 
I mean, we threw out the playbook in 2016, and we're going to throw it out in 2018.  If all of us do all that we can, from this day forward, I know we’ll continue to achieve historic victories for our movement and for America. 
 
The choices that we make in the days ahead and the promises that we make to one another, and the actions we take will shape our nation for generations to come.
 
But today, on behalf of President Trump and our entire administration, I’m asking every member of this movement to go back home to your communities, to your workplaces.  Talk to your families, your friends, and your neighbors.  Tell them what they don’t hear in the media about everything that we’ve accomplished.

Tell them how the policies the President has advanced are making a difference in the lives of American families and enterprises, and in the life of our nation.  Tell them we’ve cut their taxes and put more in their pockets.  Tell them we’re restoring American strength at home and abroad, so their families can sleep safe at night.  And tell them that thanks to our administration, confidence is back, jobs are coming back.  Just tell them America is back.
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