Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gets here to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas onOct 28, 2023.
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WASHINGTON– Former Vice President Mike Pence stated Friday that he would not back his previous employer for president in the 2024 election.
Pence exposed the choice throughout an interview on FoxNews “I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” the Republican stated.
Pence’s statement came as Trump protected enough Republican delegates today to clinch the celebration’s election.
Trump “is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years,” stated Pence.
“As I have watched his candidacy unfold, I’ve seen him walking away from our commitment to confronting the national debt,” Pence stated. “I’ve seen him starting to shy away from a commitment to the sanctity of human life.”
Pence likewise kept in mind Trump’s “turnaround on getting hard on China and supporting our administration’s effort to require a sale of [ByteDance’s] TikTok.”
Trump just recently reversed his long-held position on whether TikTok need to be allowed to continue running in the U.S. under the ownership of China- based ByteDan ce.
Pence installed his own run for president versus Trump and a congested field of Republican hopefuls, however left in October 2023 after his project stopped working to acquire traction with GOP main citizens.
Pence included Friday that he would “never vote” for Democratic President Joe Biden, who likewise protected his celebration’s election in March 12 main contests.
“I’m going to keep my vote to myself,” stated Pence.
Pence functioned as Trump’s vice president for their single term in workplace, from January 2017 through January 2021.
OnJan 6, 2021, Pence and congressional legislators were required to leave Senate and House chambers when a mob of Trump fans stormed the U.S. Capitol complex.
Trump had actually prompted his fans that early morning to march to the Capitol and oppose the accreditation of Biden’s triumph in the 2020 election over him.
As the mob breached the Capitol security fence and assaulted police, Pence was inside commanding a joint session of Congress conference to validate Electoral College votes.
— CNBC’s Dan Mangan contributed reporting to this story.
