On Wednesday in Iowa, the former vice president is anticipated to begin his presidential campaign.
Iowa’s DES MOINES – Former Vice President Mike Pence this past weekend hinted at a significant surprise when speaking to a group of around 1,000 Republican activists in the state that kicks off the GOP presidential nominating calendar.
At Sen. Joni Ernst’s annual motorcycle ride and barbecue for veterans, the Roast and Ride, Vice President Pence announced, “Come this Wednesday, I’m telling in Iowa.
All officially declared Republican presidential contenders, except former President Trump, attended Ernst’s event this year. As he makes his third consecutive attempt for the White House, Pence’s running partner in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections is the clear front-runner in the GOP primary polls.
Pence will begin the 2024 election polling in the mid-single digits, considerably behind Trump and also trailing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is clearly in second place, ahead of the former vice president and the rest of the field of natural and likely contenders. DeSantis is trailing Trump by double digits.
Pence stressed this in an interview with Fox News over the weekend. “Should we enter the race later this week, I’m very confident that we’ll have the support to be able to carry our message, tell our story, which is not just my years as vice president but also years as governor of a conservative state leading a conservative agenda, record employment, as well as also being a conservative leader in the Congress of the United States, fighting against the big spenders in my own party,” Pence said.
“We’ll have the resources to tell our story, and my hope is that, should we enter the race, by the time people are making decisions, we won’t just be well known, we’ll be well known,” he promised. They will be familiar with the Pences. We’ll be able to communicate our values and sense of purpose to them, and I believe we can do that.
When Pence was selected as Trump’s running mate in 2016, he was the governor of Indiana. Pence acted as Trump’s dependable vice president for four years.
On January 6, 2021, right-wing radicals invaded the U.S. Capitol to overturn congressional certification of President Biden’s Electoral College victory, which Pence oversaw. Some of them were yelling, “hang Mike Pence.”
The former president and vice president have grown further apart in the more than two years since the conclusion of the Trump administration. Regarding Trump’s assertion that Pence may have tipped the 2020 presidential race, Pence chastised his former employer, mentioning him by name.
The horrific assault on the Capitol has been dubbed “tragic” by Pence, who also said it “dishonored the millions of people who had supported our cause across the country.” He has emphasized doing “the right thing” and fulfilling his “duty under the Constitution.” Furthermore, he has frequently stated that he and Trump might never “see eye to eye on that day.”
Hardcore Trump supporters will probably never forgive Pence because they see him as a traitor for not objecting to the outcome of the 2020 election.
When questioned about Trump’s third presidential bid in recent months, Pence repeated, “I think that we’ll have better choices in 2024.”
Since Vice President John Nance Garner’s valiant 1940 campaign against President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pence will become the first running mate in eight decades to take on his former boss.
When questioned about Trump’s third presidential bid in recent months, Pence repeated, “I think that we’ll have better choices in 2024.”
Since Vice President John Nance Garner’s valiant 1940 campaign against President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pence will become the first running mate in eight decades to take on his former boss.
Pence praises the Trump-Pence administration’s policy accomplishments in his campaign speeches, but he often compares himself to the controversial previous president in tone and cadence.
Pence underlined that “people across the nation want to see us restore a threshold of civility in our political debate.” “Dissenting without being abrasive is possible. People who know me well are aware of my strong opinions. Despite being a conservative, I’m not upset about it.
In the days ahead, he emphasized, “should we enter the fray in this campaign, we’re going to bring those principles, but we’re going to bring a commitment to civility that I think the American long to see.”
Pence isn’t the only former member of the Trump administration running against the outgoing leader. Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina who served as ambassador to the U.N. for the first two years of the Trump administration, announced her candidacy in February. However, Pence probably has the most challenging road ahead of him, partly because of his involvement in the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Mike Pence faces some particular difficulties because he is competing against his former boss on January 6. The choice is not Mike Pence if you want another Trump-Pence presidency, according to longtime Republican consultant Dave Kochel, who spoke to Fox News.
Pence has spent the last two years traveling the nation to campaign and raise money for Republicans running in the 2022 elections, so many have long predicted that he will be a contender in the 2024 race. Pence strengthened relationships in the early voting presidential primary, and caucus states typically come before a White House campaign starts. His travels took him to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada on multiple occasions. These four states are the first to vote in the Republican presidential nominating calendar.
In addition, the former vice president spent a few months late last year and early this year touring the country in support of his biography “So Help Me God.” The book describes his professional life, including his four years working for Trump. He also developed a team in the crucial early-voting states while expanding his core group of seasoned advisers. A super PAC in support of Pence also just started.
Pence, a longtime supporter of social conservatives, has focused a lot of attention on Iowa, where evangelical voters disproportionately impact Republican presidential politics.
In an interview with Fox News, he stated that he has consistently stood “without apology for the sanctity of life and traditional values.”
In the previous two years, Pence has visited Iowa around a dozen times, and his advisers believe that a road to the nomination depends on a good showing in the first caucus state. Therefore, it should be no surprise that the former vice president would begin his campaign there. According to his advisers, he plans to visit all 99 Iowa counties.
For the majority of Iowa Republicans, his message is relatively well-known. On paper, he fits exceptionally well with the type of candidate who has won Iowa in the past, according to Kochel, a veteran of multiple GOP presidential campaigns in Iowa and around the country.
Kochel continued, “It’s not the past, though, since there might be obstacles in Pence’s future. Now is a different time.
