Pence said he was most proud to be part of the administration that named three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v Wade.
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a fireside chat at the Ezell Recreation Center at The Villages, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Pence was at The Villages for a book signing event for his recently published book, “So Help Me God.
” Former Vice President Mike Pence marketed his new book and — although it remained unsaid — himself as a 2024 presidential candidatePence spoke for about an hour with John Hagee, founding pastor at the church, in a “fireside chat.” Hagee lobbed softball questions at Pence, asking him to describe his greatest accomplishments or challenges in public life. Although Pence has not declared his candidacy for the 2024 campaign cycle, he sounded like a candidate. He used each question to detail his personal biography to voters, a classic first step for aspiring candidates. For instance, he described his 90-year-old, first-generation Irish-American mother as “precocious” at least three times.Pence has a long history of involvement with evangelicals, and Hagee said he has had a relationship with Pence going back many years. NBC News recently reported that Pence and his advisers hope his connections with evangelical churches could give him an edge over Trump. Pence Outlining his policy accomplishments throughout his career, Pence described strong economic numbers from his time in the Trump Administration. He received scattered applause in the half-full auditorium. Then, he said the border was secured during Trump’s presidency, which drew more enthusiastic applause. Finally, Pence said he was most proud to be part of the administration that named three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v Wade. That drew a standing ovation. Pence was received warmly in San Antonio, but public polling has shown him lagging behind Trump and Florida Gov. Ron Desantis among Republican primary voters. Public polls this early aren’t very predictive of what will happen in future primary elections, but they can provide a useful gauge for public sentiment at the current moment. The former vice president’s popularity among conservative potential primary voters is complicated by his Jan. 6, 2021, decision to affirm the results of the presidential election where Joe Biden triumphed over Trump. Pence said he initially supported legal challenges in various states after it became clear that Trump had lost the 2020 election. But once those challenges dried up without results, Trump was taken in by “a theory that emerged on the internet” that the vice president had the power to overturn the election results, Pence said. “As a student of history, there’s probably no idea more un-American than the idea that any one person could decide who would be the American president. The presidency belongs to the American people and to the American people alone,” Pence said. Despite the disruption from rioters at the U.S. Capitol that day, the House and Senate ultimately voted to affirm the results and confirm Biden as president-elect. “A day of tragedy became a triumph of freedom as people around the world watched the peaceful transfer of power in the United States once again,” Pence said. Although Hagee endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential campaign, he encouraged attendees Sunday to buy Pence’s book. Hagee thanked Pence “for every sacrifice you’ve made for our country and all that you have done that you felt was the very best thing to do for the people of the United States,” a possible reference to Jan. 6.Ayala: Two years since an insurrection at the Capitol, its instigator remains unpunished Among those who did not view Pence’s decision as a “triumph of freedom” were a small group of protesters on the sidewalk outside the church before the event started. “Mike Pence is a traitor,” “Mike Pence sold this country for 30 pieces of silver,” “Judas Pence,” they shouted with the assistance of megaphones. “Hide your silver, San Antonio. Judas Pence is in town,” said Jerry Jason Peña, 37, a resident.“This country was stolen. Obviously stolen, just like Venezuela.” Peña described himself as “more of a conservative than a Republican.” Peña said Republicans and Democrats are conspiring to take away people’s freedoms, such as freedom of speech, the right to own firearms and the right to practice Christianity without persecution. Asked whether he planned to support Trump in 2024, Peña said, “actually, we’re kind of ticked off at him, too.”
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