Trump's former vice president Pence announces his election decision
During Donald Trump's time in the White House, Mike Pence served as his Vice President. The January 2021 Capitol storm led to a rift between the two. Now, Pence has publicly revealed how he will vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
The former U.S. Vice President under Donald Trump, Mike Pence, has announced that he will not endorse any candidate in the November presidential election. Pence confirmed that he will abstain from voting. In doing so, he offered both praise and criticism for Trump. He also made it clear that he has no intention of voting for the Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris.
"I cannot support the ongoing claim by President Trump that I should have disregarded my oath to support the Constitution and acted in a way that would have overturned the election," Pence said before conservative activists, referring to the 2020 presidential election results. "President Trump was not only my president, he was my friend." This, he said, made the end of their administration even more challenging. The former Vice President expressed pride in the achievements of the Trump administration and praised Trump's response to the attempted attack on him.
However, Pence criticized the direction the Republican Party took under Trump during his reelection campaign. He rejected Republicans' support for tariffs and a more isolationist U.S. foreign policy. He also criticized the Republican Party's move away from advocating for a nationwide abortion ban. The current identity of the party, he said, is "a populism unmoored from conservative principles."
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In light of his experiences during the Trump administration, Pence has stated that he will not participate in endorsing any candidate for the US presidential election of 2024. Despite their past relationship, Pence made it clear that he will not vote for the Democratic nominee, former Vice President Kamala Harris, in this election.
