DeSantis help falls in new poll as campaign resets, Trump stays atop industry

Mabinty Quarshie

August 01, 12:28 PM August 01, 12:28 PM

As Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) attempts to reset his 2024 presidential campaign, a new poll suggests he has his get the job done minimize out for him.

A Early morning Check with poll introduced on Tuesday confirmed the governor slipping to 15% assistance between opportunity Republican primary voters, as former President Donald Trump continues to dominate the main race at 58% support. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy landed in 3rd place at 9%, with previous Vice President Mike Pence behind him at 7%. All other candidates obtained 3% or considerably less in the survey.

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Notably, Trump is major DeSantis by 43 proportion factors even as he confronted a superseding indictment from special counsel Jack Smith in excess of allegations he mishandled labeled paperwork after leaving office environment and as DeSantis has attempted to reset a campaign that has confronted unfavorable headlines over its campaign strategy.

Ramaswamy, commonly viewed as a long-shot candidate, has found his poll quantities increase 6 proportion points given that mid-June even though DeSantis's poll numbers dropped five proportion points in the same period of time.

When Morning Check with began tracking Republican key voters in December, DeSantis polled at 30% and Trump at 50%. But since then, DeSantis's help has dropped by 15 percentage points whilst Trump's support has enhanced eight percentage points irrespective of the two indictments he is faced this 12 months.

In April, Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg unveiled a 34-rely indictment from Trump about a hush money payment plan to grownup movie actress Stormy Daniels for the duration of the 2016 presidential election. Then arrived Smith's 37-depend indictment in June over the categorised files, which then enhanced to 40 federal expenses final week in the superseding indictment. The former president has denied any wrongdoing on any of the costs.

But he could facial area two far more indictments above Smith's Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation and a Georgia investigation into allegations that Trump and his allies tried to overturn the effects of the 2020 presidential election.

DeSantis has faced queries above his retail politics awkwardness, his capability to encourage voters to abandon Trump, and his campaign investing soon after his campaign fired 38 staffers just lately.

However, DeSantis has preserved that he is the only candidate who can credibly gain back the White Dwelling during upcoming year's elections. In a hypothetical matchup, President Joe Biden would win over both Trump and DeSantis, the Morning Check with poll showed. Biden potential customers Trump 44% to 41%, a three percentage point gap. Biden leads DeSantis by 6 proportion factors, 44% to 38%, in a hypothetical matchup, an indication that worries DeSantis's assertion he is the most effective candidate to defeat Biden.

Trump also scores large in favorability with voters at 71%, as does DeSantis, who has a 63% favorability ranking. Pence comes in 3rd location with a 50% favorability, with no other applicant getting higher than 50% just after the former vice president.

The surveys were executed July 28-30 and have a margin of error of additionally or minus four share details.

Pence rips Biden's electric powered car or truck force as a Chinese 'full employment program'

Naomi Lim

July 29, 08:39 PM July 29, 10:09 PM

NEVADA, Iowa — Former Vice President Mike Pence accused President Joe Biden of serving to China's overall economy via his marketing of electric powered autos.

"I hasten to add that most of the batteries for electric powered autos are built in China," Pence explained Saturday throughout a to start with responder roundtable in Nevada, Iowa. "But that is pretty much a China comprehensive work system."

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Pence experienced been questioned by a firefighter how he would counter the mounting costs linked with crisis providers.

“This stuff is driving inflation,” the former vice president claimed. "That to me is the past, but maybe most effective cause to remind the American individuals to pretty much faucet the brake on electric autos, pun meant.”

“It's one particular of the motives why you've got to have a well balanced electrical power agenda,” he added.

Pence also underscored his guidance of “institutional” psychological health and escalating felony penalties for people who assault 1st responders.

Pence is on a a few-day trip to Iowa, marking his 15th go to to the first-in-the-nation condition as he attempts to qualify for the opening Republican key discussion following month in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a further stop previously Saturday to communicate with celebration activists in Ames.

“I totally know in my heart of hearts, with all humility, centered on the knowledge that we had, we can convey The us back again and acquire us to heights that we in no way imagined right before with new Republican leadership for our bash and for our country,” he reported.

Former President Donald Trump, the 2024 frontrunner, has an average of 52% guidance in contrast to Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) 18%, in accordance to RealClearPolitics. Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswarmy and Pence have 5%, even though previous U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has 4%, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has 3%.

Pence has 3-months to document 40,000 special donors, with at minimum 200 from 20 various states, for every the Republican Countrywide Committee’s debate conditions.

Mike Pence defends fundraising tempo as debate deadline attracts in close proximity to

Naomi Lim

July 29, 10:10 PM July 29, 10:10 PM

NEVADA, Iowa — Former Vice President Mike Pence remains assured he will qualify for up coming month's to start with Republican main debate, inspite of not still conference the donor threshold.

"I will not think it has taken that prolonged," Pence explained to the Washington Examiner. "Appear, I acknowledge the problem... I am also grateful for the fact that we quickly distinct the polling necessity."

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"We are perhaps a pair of weeks absent," he reported, contending the requirements is "considerably new."

"We will get there, but our concentration is not on achieving some arbitrary purpose established by the Republican Nationwide Committee. It's about telling our tale right here in Iowa like we were previous week telling our story in New Hampshire."

Pence has previously stated that he appeals to 1,000 donors a day, repeating that he is "closing-in" on the Republican Nationwide Committee's 40,000 special donor conventional, and is "self-assured" there will be 200 men and women every from 20 various states or territories.

"Persons seem at our career, search at our constant conservative file, and they know that that is the voice that belongs in that debate," he mentioned. "So I am grateful for that support."

Distinguishing himself from his one particular-time manager, Pence in contrast former President Donald Trump's expending to that of President Joe Biden, as he underscored his desire to reform entitlement courses and his opposition to abortion. He in addition criticized Biden for his delayed choice to accept his illegitimate granddaughter.

The previous vice president, also, defended his perception transgender service members should really not be permitted in the armed forces as military leaders specific issues about recruitment.

"Our administration banned transgender staff from the American army, seriously as a perform of addressing readiness and unit cohesion," he said. "I imagine the thought of admitting individuals who would start off a multi-year process of heading through a gender transition, chemical or surgically, people that would not be deployable through that interval time makes no perception."

As it stands, Trump has an ordinary of 52% support, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has 18%, Pence and biotechnology entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have 5%, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has 4%, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) has 3%, in accordance to RealClearPolitics.

Pence condemns 'appalling' attacks on 'principled jurist' Clarence Thomas

Emily Jacobs

May 07, 01:21 AM May 07, 01:21 AM

Former Vice President Mike Pence decried what he called "malicious" attacks against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as he faces increased scrutiny over his relationship with a billionaire GOP megadonor.

Pence wrote a Twitter thread on Saturday vowing to stand behind the embattled associate justice amid a flurry of criticism over reports that Harlan Crow, the donor in question, covered the costs of luxury vacations and purchased property from Thomas's family. He also paid the private school tuition for the justice’s grandnephew, who Thomas once said he raised “as a son.” Thomas didn’t disclose any of these payments, purchases, or trips.

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"Ever since his nomination to the Supreme Court in 1991 Justice Thomas has been maliciously attacked by the Left, including by then Sen. Joe Biden," Pence said. "The attacks on his character are continuing today, and it’s appalling to see. I stand with Justice Clarence Thomas and call on every American to join me in defending this good man and principled jurist."

The former vice president went on to defend the Supreme Court justice as "a man of integrity with an inspiring personal story and has upheld the ideals enshrined in our Constitution throughout his life without compromise." He also included a link to My Grandfather's Son, Thomas's 2007 bestselling memoir.

Lawmakers have largely stuck to party lines on the Thomas controversy, with Democrats up in arms over the undisclosed transactions and Republicans standing by the conservative justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL), who is known for being reserved in his criticisms of the nation's highest court, has vowed to take some type of action on to the Thomas matter. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) who also serves on the influential panel, went as far as to call on the Justice Department to investigate Thomas over the Crow relationship.

On the Republican side, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the Judiciary Committee's ranking member, decried what he called "a concentrated effort by the Left to delegitimize the court and to cherry-pick examples to make a point" at the hearing. He also accused Democrats of trying to "destroy" Thomas's reputation. Later on, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) displayed posters of news headlines about Thomas from left-wing publications and argued that these outlets had created "racist caricatures" of the justice.

Sens. Angus King (I-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced legislation last week that would implement a stricter ethics code on Supreme Court justices. Whether it could pass with a 60 vote filibuster-proof majority is unclear. As is its fate in the House.

2024 GOP presidential hopefuls head to Indianapolis for NRA convention

Mabinty Quarshie

April 14, 10:42 AM April 14, 10:42 AM

Multiple Republican presidential contenders will descend on Indianapolis, Indiana, to speak at the National Rifle Association's annual convention on Friday, a testament to the power Second Amendment activists still have on the GOP.

Former President Donald Trump will speak to the activists in person, his first public appearance after he was arraigned in a Manhattan court last week after being indicted on charges of a 2016 hush money payment to a porn star. Former Vice President Mike Pence will also attend in person. This will likely be the first time the two are in the same room after leaving the White House weeks after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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While Trump has already declared a presidential run, Pence has not, but he could jump into the 2024 race in the next few months. Trump and Pence are both set to speak Friday afternoon during the event's "Leadership Forum."

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, also running for president, will speak to the attendees via video, as will Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), both potential 2024 candidates. Scott announced a 2024 exploratory committee this week, while DeSantis continues to poll higher than all other 2024 contenders except for Trump. DeSantis, though, has not yet announced a presidential bid.

Other attendees with 2024 aspirations include former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), and Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH).

The NRA convention's three-day Leadership Forum lasts from April 14 through April 16 and is being held just days after a mass shooting left five people dead and eight injured in Louisville, Kentucky, and mere weeks after another mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, at Covenant School, a private Christian institution, left six people dead.

As the nation's most influential gun rights group, the NRA still holds considerable sway over the Republican Party. The NRA endorsed Trump during his first presidential run in 2016 and spent more than $54 million supporting Republicans in 2016, according to the watchdog group Open Secrets.

But in recent years, the NRA has been referenced in national conversations about mass shootings. The group's convention last year was held in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, where a gunman killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers.

Following the NRA convention, several of the high-profile attendees, including Trump, will head to Nashville for the Republican National Committee’s donor retreat.

Pence warns of entitlement and debt 'iceberg' sinking US in break with Trump

Ryan King

March 21, 07:00 PM March 21, 07:00 PM

Former Vice President Mike Pence struck a dire tone about the looming threats of insolvency in Medicare and Social Security while blasting politicians who shy away from reform.

Warning about an impending debt crisis, Pence argued that the longer Congress waits to act, the worse the outlook will become. He argued that there are ways of remedying entitlement programs with "compassionate reforms" that will "give younger Americans a better deal."

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"We often hear that Medicare is just five years away from insolvency, Social Security's 10 years away, but that's just the tip of the iceberg," Pence said. "That's only the beginning of a debt crisis that your generation will face. If this generation doesn't face it today, that iceberg could sink American prosperity by the time you reach my age."

Refraining from detailing or providing too many specifics on how he'd tackle entitlement reform, Pence noted that it's a dicey political issue to address in a speech that reflected on the outlook for future generations.

"In 30 years, Americans will be faced with either cutting programs that seniors depend on at the point of the need or doubling middle-class taxes and crushing our economy under a taxation system that would look more like European taxes than our own," Pence fretted.

His remarks came during a featured address at an event for Washington and Lee University's Mock Convention, a 115-year custom in which students gather to predict who the nominee will become for the party out of power. They have successfully predicted the Republican nominee for over 70 years in a row.

Pence has previously beckoned his party not to shy away from entitlement reform, warning that both Social Security and Medicare are projected to run into insolvency.

Entitlements have emerged as a key flashpoint in the budding 2024 brawl. President Joe Biden, who has yet to declare his 2024 campaign, has pummeled the GOP on entitlements, chiding that "their dream is to cut Social Security and Medicare" and vowing to be their "nightmare" on that issue.

"Joe Biden's policy is insolvency," Pence contended during his address. "The American people deserve to know that President Biden won't even discuss commonsense reforms of Social Security and Medicare."

Republicans have increasingly balked at the prospect of venturing into the political minefield of entitlements. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has deemed Medicare and Social Security off the table during debt ceiling negotiations. Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has conveyed a similar sentiment as well.

"Too many leaders in my political party take the same position. But that's just not acceptable. Now, if that frustrates you, good. It should because it'll be your generation that's robbed of your dreams and opportunities," Pence said.

Former President Donald Trump has drawn battle lines with his 2024 foes on entitlement reform, illustrating a schism within the GOP.

“Under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare or Social Security to help pay for Joe Biden’s reckless spending spree, which is more reckless than anybody’s ever done or had in the history of our country,” Trump proclaimed in a Truth Social video in January.

Other 2024 aspirants, such as former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who launched her campaign in February, have been more receptive to entitlement reform. Haley, who has made paring back the federal "spending binge" a core tenet of her campaign, has underscored that she won't "take from anyone that's been promised" but is keen on keeping programs solvent.

Last week, Pence stopped in New Hampshire and Iowa, key early primary states.

Pence is currently running in third place in a hypothetical GOP primary, per the latest RealClearPolitics polling aggregate. He previously indicated he and his wife are "continuing to give prayerful consideration to entering the race" and eye spring as a timeline for a decision.

WATCH: Chasten Buttigieg calls Mike Pence's family values into question after joke

Julia Johnson

March 16, 01:54 PM March 16, 01:54 PM

Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, addressed a recent joke made by former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday's episode of The View.

Buttigieg told the hosts, "The thing about what he said is it flies in the face of what he says he is. He says he’s a family values Republican."

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Last week, Pence made a joke at the annual Gridiron dinner about Pete taking "maternity leave" following the birth of his children.

“When Pete’s two children were born, he took two months’ maternity leave whereupon thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, and airplanes nearly collided on our runways,” Pence said.

“Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets postpartum depression,” he added.

The View hosts slammed the former vice president's remarks in Tuesday's episode, following the White House's lead.

"I don't think he's practicing what he preaches here," Buttigieg explained. "But It’s part of a much bigger trend, I think, attacking families."

According to him, it was much more than just an attack on the LGBT community. In fact, he said, Pence was "taking a swipe at all women and all families."

"Expecting that women would stay home and raise children, I think, is a pretty misogynistic view, especially from a man who just last year said we should be supporting more people that adopt," he claimed.

"It’s not woke, you know, to say that something is homophobic or misogynistic. It doesn’t make it woke, you know, it doesn't make you a snowflake to tell someone that they've made a mistake," Buttigieg told the hosts.

He further claimed that "it's an extremely dangerous time," claiming that states are targeting "trans kids."

"What they’ve really done is — and they've done quite a good job — it's been a very well-coordinated and well-funded effort to attack the LGBT community, specifically with the book bans," he explained.

Buttigieg then accused states and politicians of going "after extremely vulnerable kids, especially trans kids."

"It’s hard enough being in school as it is. But to be a transgender kid in school and you have this coordinated effort by people who are going after them because they don’t know what else to talk about. They need an enemy. And right now, they’ve decided to make children their enemy," he said.

Buttigieg joined the show to discuss his memoir, I Have Something to Tell You — For Young Adults, which comes out on May 16.

One matter uniting Trump and DeSantis but dividing the party

Emily Jacobs

March 10, 08:54 AM March 10, 08:54 AM

Leading establishment Republicans have begun taking aim at Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) as a partywide fight emerges over who is the best alternative 2024 candidate to former President Donald Trump.

DeSantis, the only GOP name that comes anywhere close to the former president in primary polls, has largely avoided scrutiny from fellow Republicans since emerging as the leading Trump alternative. However, as his star grows with the party's right flank, the Florida governor is taking heat from top establishment 2024 hopefuls for his position on a top foreign policy matter: the war in Ukraine.

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Speaking to Politico at a private donor retreat organized by Karl Rove and the Texas Voter Engagement Project in Austin, Texas, late last month, former Vice President Mike Pence, Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH), and former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) painted DeSantis as the wrong man to rescue the party from Trump.

“The Bible says if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will know to get ready for battle,” Pence told the outlet of DeSantis's Ukraine posture. “To me, it’s a function of leadership.”

"We’ve got to speak plainly to the American people about the threats that we face,” the former vice president said while calling for “strong American leadership on the world stage.”

Explaining how he had "no illusions about [Russian President Vladimir] Putin," Pence added, “Russia is on the move, when authoritarian regimes like China are threatening their neighbors, we need to meet that moment with American strength.”

Christie, who made a career off his rhetorical candidness, told donors while speaking at the conference to "stop whispering" about their unease with Trump and warned that the safer course was not to "just nominate Trump Lite."

“If we continue down this road, it’s a road that will lead us to another four years of Joe Biden,” Christie said, making reference to Trump’s prediction that his win would cause Republicans to grow tired of winning while lamenting the party's “losing and losing and losing and losing.”

Taking aim at DeSantis specifically, Christie called the Florida governor's recent comments about sliding into a proxy war with China "one of the most naive things I’ve ever heard in my life," as the United States is already locked in such a conflict.

"Don’t be fooled by false choices” being pushed by “a fellow governor,” Christie added while lamenting DeSantis's argument that Biden is too focused on Ukraine at the expense of the U.S.-Mexico border, prompting the former New Jersey governor to wonder how "they teach foreign policy in Tallahassee."

“I’m absolutely shocked when I hear Republicans talk about not defending Ukraine and not ensuring America is strong across the planet,” Sununu told the outlet after his own address to donors.

Mentioning DeSantis by name before backtracking, Sununu said, "Stop trying to have it, not just to Ron, but to anybody: You can’t have it both ways.”

Sununu went on to bemoan Republicans “who want to outdo the Democrats at their own game of big government solutions” and said, “You have to be willing to have the fight, but you can’t only be about the fight.”

Mike Pence reveals what he think is his greatest strength if he runs in 2024

Asher Notheis

March 04, 03:48 PM March 04, 03:48 PM

Former Vice President Mike Pence has revealed what he thinks is his greatest strength if he chooses to run for president in the 2024 election.

Pence, who served as vice president under former President Donald Trump, argued that his advantage in a hypothetical 2024 run is that he thinks "the American people know the Pences," according to an interview he did with WHD News Digital.

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"By and large, they know our story and our career, and some are getting to know it better every day," Pence said. "So, we think we have time to be discerning, to be reflective, to listen."

Pence added that he and his wife, former second lady Karen Pence, "both believe that we’ll have a clear sense of our call this spring."

The former vice president discussed his 2024 advantage during a donor retreat hosted by the conservative group the Club for Growth. During a speech Pence made at the event, he argued that "Republicans and conservatives cannot abandon our commitment to fiscal responsibility and reform, and that includes commonsense reforms to Social Security and Medicare."

The topic of reforming Social Security and Medicare has become divisive within the GOP, with Trump warning Republicans to avoid getting involved with adjusting the programs.

The White House race currently has three major candidates among the Republicans: Trump, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Pence avoided backing his former boss when asked about it on Wednesday, saying, "I think we'll have better choices."

As of Saturday, President Joe Biden has not made an official announcement yet on if he will seek reelection. Liberal Democrat Marianne Williamson announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination on Saturday with an attack on the U.S. economic system.

Pence bashes Fauci over COVID-19 response under Biden

Brady Knox

November 21, 08:56 PM November 21, 08:56 PM

Former Vice President Mike Pence is bashing Dr. Anthony Fauci and Democratic governors for their responses to COVID-19.

Pence defended the Trump administration's decisions, including Fauci's role, instead turning his criticism to the Biden administration. While defending Fauci's role during the Trump administration, Pence said that Fauci was only effective then because he "stayed in his lane" and that the Biden administration's policy of turning over the crisis to Fauci resulted in an expected catastrophe.

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"I think in the early days of the coronavirus task force, Dr. Fauci was a great source of comfort to millions of Americans," Pence said in an interview with Meet the Press. "He had an easygoing bedside manner through which he communicated at the podium. And as I said, we had a good rapport in those days. Because Dr. Fauci, in my time leading the task force, always stayed in his lane."

"When the Biden administration came in and essentially turned over the management of COVID to Dr. Fauci, I was not surprised to see them put all of their emphasis on vaccines, then after having promised that they would not mandate vaccines, then seeking to mandate vaccines on Americans. ... That was the doctor approach," he said. "And I think when President Biden came in and essentially empowered Dr. Fauci, I think the American people recoiled at that approach. And sadly, the Biden administration lost more Americans in their first year with COVID than we did in our first year, a year where we had none of the tools, few supplies, no testing, ultimately no medicines until the end."

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Pence served as the head of the White House's coronavirus task force at the beginning of the pandemic, turning over control of the task force to the Biden administration in 2021.

The former vice president has defended the record of the Trump administration despite distancing himself from former President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6 riot. He has since given several hints that he plans to run against his former boss for president in 2024.

Pence says he 'forgives' Trump for 'reckless' actions on Jan. 6, won't commit to backing Trump's 2024 bid

Brady Knox

November 16, 11:13 PM November 16, 11:13 PM

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he "forgives" Trump for his "reckless" actions on Jan. 6, though wouldn't commit to backing his former running mate's 2024 presidential run.

In a wide-ranging town hall with CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday, Pence discussed his contentious relationship with Trump, particularly in the final days of the administration, and his plans for the future. Pence portrayed himself as the voice of reason during the Trump administration's closing days, adding that he was close friends with Trump up until the Jan. 6 riot. During and following the riot, however, their relationship turned sour, and Pence said it took much effort to forgive the president for his actions during the Capitol riot.

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Pence said that in the Christian faith, forgiveness is "not optional" and that "I pray for the grace to forgive Trump and those responsible for" Jan. 6. He reiterated previous comments that he believes Trump's words and actions that day were "reckless" and put him and his family in danger.

He also described meetings he had with Trump in the days after the riot, saying that by his speech and body language, he fully believes that the president was "deeply saddened" by the riot. In their last encounter, he told Trump repeatedly that he was praying for him, Pence said. The two have since gone their separate ways, he concluded.

Tapper asked the former vice president whether or not he would commit to supporting Trump in 2024, to which Pence wouldn't do.

"There may be someone else in that contest I'd prefer more, Jake," Pence replied, potentially hinting at his own run.

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When pressed as to whether he would run in 2024, Pence said that he and his family would take the time around Christmas to carefully deliberate and pray over the decision.

Pence says Trump ‘endangered me and my family’ with 'reckless' Jan. 6 behavior

Emily Jacobs

Jenny Goldsberry

November 13, 11:17 PM November 13, 11:18 PM

Former Vice President Mike Pence said former President Donald Trump's rhetoric leading up to and on Jan. 6 was "reckless" and "endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol."

Pence made the comments in an upcoming interview with ABC's World News Tonight, snippets of which were released on Sunday. Anchor David Muir referenced the former president's tweet as violent protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, accusing Pence of not having the "courage to do what he should have done" with regard to certifying President Joe Biden's electoral victory in Congress in his capacity as president of the Senate.

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Both men were then silent as Pence collected his thoughts, eventually replying: "It angered me, but I turned to my daughter, who was standing nearby, and I said, ‘It doesn’t take courage to break the law, it takes courage to uphold the law.’ The president’s words were reckless. It was clear he decided to be part of the problem."

"The president's words that day at the rally endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building," he added.

The interview comes days before the release of Pence's memoir, So Help Me God, in which the former vice president details the deterioration of his relationship with Trump. Excerpts from the book published by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times show Pence recounting his conversations with Trump and his election lawyers shortly after the 2020 election and the chaotic months that followed. The insights are Pence’s most revealing to date on what he experienced in the final months of the Trump administration.

Pence has largely avoided discussing what occurred between him and Trump, instead quietly keeping his distance. Their feud occasionally re-emerged in the news cycle this year, when the two would endorse opposing candidates in GOP primaries. The primary contests both served as a litmus test for Trump and Pence's respective holds on the GOP and highlighted the divisions that developed between them.

His conservative bona fides and break-up with Trump have sparked speculation that Pence would launch a 2024 bid of his own, challenging his former boss in the Republican primary. He has demurred on whether reports that he is considering a presidential bid are true.

Trump, meanwhile, has been far from coy when discussing his 2024 plans. He is planning to announce his next White House bid from his Mar-a-Lago residence on Tuesday, the same day Pence releases his book.

'This is an outrage': Mike Pence condemns attack on Paul Pelosi

Misty Severi

October 28, 07:50 PM October 28, 07:50 PM

Former Vice President Mike Pence denounced the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who was attacked at the couple's San Francisco home on Friday.

Pence, who worked in the House of Representatives with Pelosi for 10 years, said the attack was an "outrage" and called for a full prosecution of the man responsible.

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“This is an outrage and our hearts are with the entire Pelosi family. ⁦We pray Paul will make a full recovery,” Pence tweeted. “There can be no tolerance for violence against public officials or their families. This man should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

The suspect, David Depape, 42, is believed to have infiltrated the home through a sliding glass door and wielded a hammer, according to multiple reports.

A motivation for the attack is still under investigation, but the intruder asked "Where is Nancy?" during the break-in and sought to restrain Paul Pelosi while “waiting for Nancy," according to CNN. Paul Pelosi was transported to the hospital following the attack and underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture but is expected to make a full recovery. Nancy Pelosi was not in San Francisco at the time of the attack.

“Mr. Pelosi was admitted to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where he underwent successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands. His doctors expect a full recovery," said Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi. “The Speaker and her family are thankful for the outpouring of support and prayers from friends, constituents and people around the country."

Nancy Pelosi arrived at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital at 4 p.m. PDT.

President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) were among other leaders to send well wishes to the couple after news of the attack on Paul Pelosi spread.

Pence to go to Iowa State Fair together with Grassley amid 2024 speculation

Julia Johnson

August 13, 07:00 AM August 13, 07:01 AM

Former Vice President Mike Pence is headed to Iowa whilst speculation of a 2024 presidential bid continues.

Pence is headed to the vital state, wherever on Aug. 19, he will "provide as the unique visitor at a lunch in aid of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley." Afterward, he'll head to the state honest alongside Grassley and many other Iowa politicians.

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The Iowa Point out Truthful has extensive been a common end for politicians with presidential aspirations — or significant ambitions in general. Presidential candidates on each sides of the aisle frequently show up at the fair, with the hopes of getting traction in the state. Iowa's presidential caucuses are traditionally held just before the elections of any other point out.

This won't be Pence's very first journey to the truthful, either. He earlier attended in 2016 in advance of the presidential election in which the ticket of former President Donald Trump and Pence won versus Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and functioning mate Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), and he has been back to the fairgrounds since.

Pence has been making the rounds across the state, campaigning for a number of state and countrywide candidates. Not too long ago, numerous of the former vice president's endorsed candidates unsuccessful to gain primaries in the two Arizona and Wisconsin, dropping to their Trump-endorsed counterparts.

Notably, the blessing of Trump has been a lot more valuable to Republican hopefuls than that of Pence, former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, or Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), all of whom are also noticed as probable GOP contenders for 2024.

Regardless of Trump's plain endorsement power, new revelations about the FBI's raid of his Mar-a-Lago home could spell issues for his likely 2024 operate. Nevertheless, it is too early to decide voters' sights on the saga, as the search warrant was only unsealed on Friday.

The warrant cites 18 U.S. Code 793, which is portion of the Espionage Act, and is associated to “gathering, transmitting, or dropping defense details.”

Reporter reveals photos demonstrating Pence hiding during Capitol riot

Daniel Chaitin

June 15, 06:45 PM June 15, 08:26 PM

Pictures of former Vice President Mike Pence and his household hiding through the Jan. 6 Capitol riot ended up unveiled Wednesday.

ABC Main Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl described the photos in his e-book Betrayal: The Closing Act of the Trump Display and previously stated the ex-vice president's group did not want him to release them.

The shots have been revealed a single working day right before the Jan. 6 committee is expected to keep a hearing on the stress marketing campaign by previous President Donald Trump and his allies towards Pence to overturn the 2020 election effects.

Pence was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 to preside around the counting of electoral votes. Inspite of tension from Trump, Pence did not test to mail the effects again to specified states Trump lost in November more than claims of election fraud. In reality, he despatched a letter to Congress declaring he did not have the electrical power to reject Electoral School votes, working a blow to Trump’s hopes to deny a victory for President-elect Joe Biden.

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When rioters stormed the elaborate, Pence's Solution Provider detail moved him, together with his spouse and their daughter, Charlotte, initially to his ceremonial business office. A single photo from Karl shows them there with the previous vice president's brother, Rep. Greg Pence (R-IN), also in the room sitting on a chair.

Mike Pence and his family members were then moved to an underground loading dock area the place the vice president refused to get in a car and depart the Capitol.

In November, Karl described to late-night discuss demonstrate host Stephen Colbert how he got in touch with an "official White Home photographer" who was with Mike Pence throughout the several hours "he was hidden away in the bowels of the Capitol in a location no a single has at any time truly recognised." Karl said he observed all the photographs himself.

"It is wild to see that he was in a loading dock in an underground parking garage beneath the Capitol elaborate," Karl explained in a CBS clip shared by The Late Demonstrate. "No location to sit, no desk, no chairs — practically nothing. He was in this concrete ... parking garage with his loved ones."

“This is the vice president of the United States, and he’s ... holed up in a basement," he extra.

In a single of the pictures, Karl stated an aide was demonstrating Mike Pence a tweet from Trump that slammed his vice president for not acquiring "the courage" to try out and overturn the effects of the 2020 election though he was presiding in the Senate chamber in excess of lawmakers certifying Biden's victory on the working day of the riot.

“It form of looks like Pence is grimacing, but you can in no way actually inform," he reported to laughs from the viewers.

Whilst he was equipped to see them, Karl claimed Mike Pence's workforce "refused to permit me publish the pictures." Karl surmised that the Dwelling decide on committee investigating the siege of Congress would be fascinated in viewing the pics.

Previous White Household adviser Peter Navarro has opened up about doing the job with Trump ally Steve Bannon to carry out what he dubbed the "Inexperienced Bay Sweep." The strategy was to enlist customers of Congress and put pressure on Pence to stall the Jan. 6 certification and ship electoral votes again to quite a few battleground states the place GOP-led legislatures could check out to overturn the success above problems about fraud and irregularities. Navarro claimed the rioters who swarmed the Capitol, disrupting the counting of electoral votes, messed up the plan. Lawmakers, together with Pence, reconvened that night and qualified Biden's victory.

Marc Brief, who was Pence's main of team, called it a "tragic" working day when requested to respond to the pictures by CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday.

"It was tragic to see the Capitol assaulted the way that it was," he included. "But we have been extremely privileged that Key Service did a phenomenal task defending the vice president and his spouse and children. And I assume that the vice president was capable to guarantee members of Congress, as perfectly as the American men and women, that we're likely to continue on our business enterprise that working day and to send the signal to the entire world that American democracy would go on."

Even though some of the rioters were threatening Trump's vice president, chanting "hold Mike Pence" at the Capitol, Mike Pence has downplayed the situations of the riot as "1 working day in January" and critiqued the media's concentration on it as currently being a way to distract from the Biden administration's "unsuccessful agenda."

Trump has persistently disparaged the Jan. 6 panel as a political witch hunt. "The Unselect Committee’s sole objective is to check out to reduce President Trump, who is main by huge margins in each poll, from managing again for president, if I so choose," he reported in a statement.

Trump informed the Washington Examiner in March that he was "upset" in Pence since of his refusal to cave to pressure and try to overturn the benefits of the 2020 election. “Mike and I experienced a good connection other than for the extremely crucial element that took put at the finish. We experienced a really great partnership,” Trump reported. “I haven’t spoken to him in a prolonged time.”

The committee's future listening to is established for 1 p.m. Thursday. Greg Jacob, former counsel to Mike Pence, and J. Michael Luttig, a retired judge for the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and casual adviser to the onetime veep, are mentioned as witnesses.