Mike Pence, who served because the vice chairman of the USA in former President Donald Trump’s administration, has filed paperwork to run for president.
Pence enters an already crowded subject of GOP candidates: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Trump have all introduced their presidential campaigns. Pence will flip 64 on Wednesday, the day he pronounces his candidacy.
Trump currently leads the field, whereas DeSantis consistently polls in second place. In response to a late Could Quinnipiac College ballot, Trump had 56%, DeSantis had 25%, Pence polls about the identical (2%) as Scott and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (who will announce his candidacy later this week), and Haley obtained 3% help.
Pence grew up in Indiana and represented his fellow Hoosiers in the USA Home of Representatives. Right here, in line with his Advancing American Freedom, “he established himself as a champion of restricted authorities, fiscal accountability, financial growth, academic alternative, and the U.S. Structure.”
The previous vice chairman was elected governor of Indiana in 2013, and in 2016, Trump chosen him as his working mate. Voters elected Trump and Pence on November 8, 2016, and the Trump-Pence administration started on January 20, 2017.
An archived list of the administration’s chief accomplishments consists of an “unprecedented financial increase,” tax aid for the center class, huge deregulation, truthful and reciprocal commerce, American vitality independence, investments in America’s staff and households, the administration’s “life-saving response to the China virus,” nice well being look after People, a historic variety of judicial appointments — together with the Supreme Courtroom justices who would assist overturn Roe v. Wade, securing the border, restoring American management overseas, rebuilding the army, defending veterans, and extra.
Pence’s “Freedom Agenda” builds on these accomplishments.
“The Trump-Pence crew fought for and guarded American liberty for each American of each race, shade, and creed,” Advancing American Freedom says on its web site. “In 48 months, the Trump-Pence administration achieved the bottom unemployment, the best family incomes, essentially the most vitality manufacturing, essentially the most pro-American commerce offers, essentially the most safe border, and the strongest army within the historical past of the world.”
The group provides: “The U.S. Structure begins with ‘We the Folks,’ and We the Folks have had sufficient of damaging insurance policies. We should return to the pro-freedom insurance policies of Presidents Reagan and Trump. What follows are some concepts for the way – collectively – we will advance American tradition, American alternative, American management, and finally Advance American Freedom as soon as once more.”
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Following the 2020 presidential election and the Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021, Trump and Pence grew aside. Trump has closely criticized Pence’s actions associated to that occasion, and lately, Pence has begun to do the identical to Trump.
“President Trump was unsuitable,” Pence said in March. “I had no proper to overturn the election. And his reckless phrases endangered my household and everybody on the Capitol that day, and I do know historical past will maintain Donald Trump accountable.”
“Make no mistake about it, what occurred that day was a shame,” Pence added. “And it mocks decency to painting it another manner.”
That’s not the one difficulty on which Pence and Trump have butted heads.
In an interview with The Every day Sign earlier this 12 months, Pence took a tough stance towards Trump’s declare that pro-life voters price the GOP the 2022 midterm elections.
“I strongly disagree,” he stated, “and I consider that the information communicate for themselves.”
The previous vice chairman argued (consistent with messaging from high pro-life teams) that Republican candidates who articulated a “clear, unambiguous dedication to life” did very effectively within the midterm elections in comparison with Republican candidates who “shied away from the difficulty or who allowed Democrats to outline their place.”
“That, to me, was the lesson in 2022,” Pence stated.
He added of Trump, “The president is entitled to his opinion, however I feel the information communicate in any other case.”
Even when this had not been the case, if pro-lifers did tank the GOP within the midterms, Pence believes “the reason for life is a lot extra essential than politics.”
“It could take us as lengthy to revive the sanctity of life to the middle of American legislation in all 50 states because it took us to overturn Roe v. Wade, however we will by no means relaxation and we will by no means relent till we obtain that victory for all times.”
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