Mike Pence: “I am a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order. My faith trumps my philosophy, and my philosophy…”

“I am a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order. My faith trumps my philosophy, and my philosophy trumps my partisanship, and it is from my faith and from my philosophy, as it is I believe for many Christian Americans, that I believe a passion to this issue. Not just during the present impasse have I been an advocate for Israel, but for many, many years in and out of public life in central Indiana, I have, Mr. Speaker, been an advocate of the dream that is Israel. I scarcely let a day go by that I do not pray for the peace of Jerusalem. I pray for security within her citadels, not just for the Jewish people there, but for the people of every race and every creed who convene there. But when I say that Israel is a dream, I do not say that lightly, Mr. Speaker. Today, if I am pronouncing it right, we celebrate Israel's Independence Day, Yom HaAtzmaut. It is the 54th anniversary of an extraordinary occasion in human history.”