- Mike Pence mentioned he won’t endorse Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election.
- He mentioned that Trump’s agenda is at odds with the conservative values that they ruled on.
Former Vice President Mike Pence mentioned he wouldn’t endorse his outdated boss, Donald Trump, for president within the 2024 election.
“It ought to come as no shock that I cannot be endorsing Donald Trump this yr,” Pence told Fox News on Friday.
“Throughout my presidential marketing campaign I made a transparent that there have been profound variations between me and President Trump on a spread of points, and never simply our distinction on my constitutional duties that I train on January 6,” he mentioned.
Pence went on to say he disagreed with Trump’s positions on a spread of coverage points.
“As I’ve watched his candidacy unfold, I’ve seen him strolling away from our dedication to confronting the nationwide debt. I’ve seen him beginning to draw back from a dedication to the sanctity of human life,” Pence mentioned.
Pence additionally criticized Trump for flip-flopping on TikTok, which he thought-about banning within the final yr of his presidency.
Trump has now expressed assist for the app because the Home of Representatives handed a invoice that might drive Chinese language firm ByteDance to promote TikTok or face a ban.
“Donald Trump is pursuing and articulating an agenda that’s at odds with the conservative agenda that we ruled on throughout our 4 years, and that is why I can’t in good conscience endorse Donald Trump on this marketing campaign,” Pence mentioned.
Pence refused to say who he would vote for in November however mentioned he would “by no means” vote for President Joe Biden.
Trump and Pence’s relationship soured after the then-vice president refused to obey Trump and never certify the outcomes of the 2020 election.
Through the January 6 assaults on the Capitol, some rioters chanted “Cling Mike Pence,” and Trump later defended them.
After Pence’s short-lived presidential marketing campaign, Trump called on Pence to endorse him.
Trump formally clinched the GOP nomination on Tuesday, hours after Biden received his get together’s nomination, confirming that the election can be a re-match between the 2.