(Remember Dick Cheney?)
Vice presidents now play a significant advisory role to the president, which means that their individual agendas matter.
Heres how Vice President Mike Pence views issues related to your health and well-being
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Today, more than 200,000 people have died from COVID-19.
Recently, Pences former aide on the Task Force, Olivia Troye, publiclycriticizedthe Trump-Pence administrations pandemic response.
Pence has somehistory of dealing with a public health crisis.
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In 2015,he handled an HIV outbreakas governor of Indiana.
This move was deeply unpopular among his fellow Republicans.
He was quoted as saying the plan gives Hoosiers the dignity to pay for their own health insurance.
Climate change
Vice President Pencehas not acknowledged climate change as a threat.
In 2014, hesaidpublicly that he did not think the science had been resolved.
Equality
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In 2014, he supported a bill to add an amendment banning same-sex marriage to Indianas Constitution.
Since taking office, the Trump-Pence administration has mostlytaken aim at Obama-era policies protecting transgender individuals.
Race
Pence does not (publicly) employthe racist public rhetoric of his boss.
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That said, he was unable, as of July 2020, toacknowledgethe existence of systemic racism.
During his time in Congress, Pence introduceda proposalthat offered a pathway to legal status for illegal immigrants.
According toreporting, Pence currently plays an active role in the Trump administrations immigration dealings.
Women
Pences views on gender equality are regressive.
Hes been instrumental in rolling back access to abortion and contraceptives.
Its been famously noted thathe refuses to dine alone with women who arent his wife.
He has said thatallowing women to serve in the militaryis a bad idea.
In 2016,he signed a billrequiring that all fetal remains from miscarriages and abortions be buried.
When the Supreme Court upheld the latter bill in 2019,Pence spoke up to commend the decision.
According to theGuttmacher Institute, this has cut patient capacity in the Title X web link by half.
This includes the newest Supreme Court nominee,Amy Coney Barrett, who described herself as pro-life.
Pence has more ofa recordof taking a pro stance on criminal justice reform.
During the vice presidential debate in 2016, he noted the need for criminal justice on a national level.
He is, however,in favor of the death penalty.
Financial health
Pence consistentlyresists raising the national minimum wage.
As a congressman, in 2007, he opposed raising it from $5.15 to $7.25.
This past January,they also moved to reduce Medicaid access.
Pence is a long-time supporter of tax cuts.
He also eliminated estate taxes and inheritance taxes and lowered corporate taxes.
Gun safety
Mike Pence has long opposed gun safety measures as a representative, governor, and vice president.
In fact, hes indicated that he believes gun ownership increases public safety.
(It doesnt.)
As governor of Indiana, he oversaw relativelylax gun lawsthat include the absence of background check requirements.
He regularly receives A grades and endorsements from the National Rifle Association.
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