While occupying the Governor’s office of Indiana,
and about to be sworn in as the country’s second
in command, Vice President Mike Pence has
demonstrated a preference for Milwaukee Iron. He began
riding Harley-Davidsons in his younger years, and in July
2016, borrowed a buddy’s black Street Glide and led the Ride
with the Governor charity event. The 100-mile ride aided the
Indiana National Guard Relief Fund’s efforts to help service
members and their families as well as to spotlight motorcycle
safety via the ride’s organizer, American Bikers Aimed Towards
Education (ABATE).
“At the RNC Republican National Convention in Cleveland,
Mike Pence came up and poked me in the chest. I was wearing
a T-shirt with a motorcycle image, and he said, ‘I got one of
those at the house, young man,’” says Chris Cox, Founder of
Bikers for Trump.
While the event’s route has varied since it was first launched
in 2005, this go-around found VP-to-be Pence, along with 250
other riders, cruising downtown Indianapolis and then over
to the town of Corydon, the state’s first capital circa 1816 to
1825. When interviewed, he joked that riding motorcycles was
“required in the Constitution.”
That idea may be shared by New York State’s
Congresswoman, Claudia Tenney, as she and Pence learned
that they both share a common bond with Harley-Davidson
as well as sons serving as Marines. As they talked, Tenney
said, “I noticed a picture circulating on Facebook of you with
a Harley. And he Pence said, ‘Yes, do you like to ride?’ And I
said, ‘Yes, I have a Harley too.’”
As it turned out, during her campaign she aired a video
showing her riding her white and blue 2015 Softail DeLuxe.
Her political stance also echoed Pence’s and the President’s
campaign points. “I ran on a very similar agenda that Trump
ran on,” Tenney tells us. “Less taxes, limited government,
reducing regulations, dealing with the national debt, trying to
reduce, repair and replace and get rid of Obamacare.”
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