Republican VP Choice Mike Pence Campaigns in Raleigh

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence spoke at a Town Hall-style event in Raleigh on Thursday, where he was asking North Carolinians to vote for Donald Trump for President of the United States.

Pence drew on Republican nostalgia when making his pitch.

“Not since Ronald Reagan, in my lifetime, has there been a man or woman at the national level who has understood and heard the frustrations and the aspirations of the American people the way Donald Trump does,” Pence told the crowd.

“He’s the genuine article. He’s a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers. And when Donald Trump does his talking, he doesn’t go tip-toeing around thousands of rules of political correctness that are laid in the path of men and women who want to take a conservative stand.”

Pence’s speech aimed at tying Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to being a “third term” for President Barack Obama.

Pence took questions from the audience to close out the event, including an interchange with a boy named Matthew who pointed out that Pence, in his short tenure as Trump’s running mate, has already had to seemingly walk back comments made by Trump.

“I’ve been watching the news lately, and I’ve been noticing that you’ve been kind of softening up on Mr. Trump’s policies and words,” the 11-year-old said. “Is this going to be your role in the administration?”

“I couldn’t be more proud to stand with Donald Trump, and we are shoulder to shoulder,” the Indiana Governor responded. “What I’ve learned Matthew, and what you’ll learn whenever you’re governor of North Carolina, is sometimes things don’t always come out like you mean, right?

“We have different styles. You might have noticed that.”

Pence took questions about privatizing VA hospitals, nuclear power plants and the national debt while in Raleigh.

The Pence visit came one day after the Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine spoke about Clinton’s economic plan in Greensboro. Former President Bill Clinton will also be stopping in Raleigh on Friday but will not be holding any public events.

North Carolina has been called a “must-have state” for the Trump campaign for them to have any hopes of winning the presidency with less than 100 days to go until Election Day.