Former Vice President Mike Pence stated he wouldn’t endorse his previous 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 advised Fox Information on Friday.
“Throughout my presidential marketing campaign I made a transparent that there have been profound variations between me and President Trump on a variety of points, and never simply our distinction on my constitutional duties that I train on January 6,” he stated.
Pence went on to say he disagreed with Trump’s positions on a variety 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 stated.
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 power 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 stated.
Pence refused to say who he would vote for in November however stated 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.
In the course of 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 known as on Pence to endorse him.
Trump formally clinched the GOP nomination on Tuesday, hours after Biden gained his celebration’s nomination, confirming that the election will likely be a re-match between the 2.
