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When the speech concluded, the typical flurry of camera shutters and shouted questions was replaced by a heavy, human silence. There was no immediate applause, no partisan cheering—only the collective realization that they were witnessing the “Nocturnal Dipping” of a major political sun. Pence did not linger for the usual handshakes or photo opportunities. He turned away from the bank of microphones, his shoulders lowered in a posture that conveyed both the weight of his history and the immense relief of his future.
