“We didn't just talk about closing the border — we actually did it.” - @VP 🎯

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“We didn't just talk about closing the border — we actually did it.” - @VP 🎯

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You know, it's, it's funny I did a town hall in Michigan yesterday and the border didn't come up at all And I, I thought about to myself how different is this from two years ago where that was the number one or the number two concern for most voters? I wouldn't call it a problem Sean, because I, I I think that the American voter is impatient and I actually think that's a good thing I like that they're constantly like Donald Trump, their foot is constantly on the gas Not, what did you do for me two weeks ago but what are you going to do for me two weeks from now? And I think that creates a certain pressure inside our government. Certainly I feel that pressure to deliver day after day Now I do think it's important to remind people of your accomplishments because your accomplishments can be predictive of what you're going to do in the future We didn't just talk about closing the border we actually did it We didn't just talk about getting opioid overdose tests down we actually did it We didn't just talk about bringing trillions of dollars of new investment into the country we actually did it So I do think you have to sort of you know raise the flag and celebrate your accomplishments a little bit but I do fundamentally think you have to make a promise to the American voter a believable promise that you can continue to work on things that they care about today

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“We didn't just talk about closing the border — we actually did it.” - @VP 🎯

You know, it's, it's funny I did a town hall in Michigan yesterday and the border didn't come up at all And I, I thought about to myself how different is this from two years ago where that was the number one or the number two concern for most voters? I wouldn't call it a problem Sean, because I, I I think that the American voter is impatient and I actually think that's a good thing I like that they're constantly like Donald Trump, their foot is constantly on the gas Not, what did you do for me two weeks ago but what are you going to do for me two weeks from now? And I think that creates a certain pressure inside our government. Certainly I feel that pressure to deliver day after day Now I do think it's important to remind people of your accomplishments because your accomplishments can be predictive of what you're going to do in the future We didn't just talk about closing the border we actually did it We didn't just talk about getting opioid overdose tests down we actually did it We didn't just talk about bringing trillions of dollars of new investment into the country we actually did it So I do think you have to sort of you know raise the flag and celebrate your accomplishments a little bit but I do fundamentally think you have to make a promise to the American voter a believable promise that you can continue to work on things that they care about today

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