Former Vice President Mike Pence has launched his 2024 presidential bid - and used the opportunity to attack his old boss ex-President Donald Trump. Pence accused Trump of going against the US Constitution and abandoning conservatism.
'When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he promised to govern as a conservative. Together we did just that,' said Pence from Akeny, Iowa.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that
Former Vice President Mike Pence broke from ex-President Donald Trump after the January 6 Capitol riot announced his presidential run in a video'President Trump’s words were reckless. They endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol,' Pence said of the Capitol riot. 'The American people deserve to know that on that day, President Trump also demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution.
Pence raised the exact moment that he began to break away from Trump. Trump asked Pence, who as vice president presided over the counting of the 2020 Electoral College votes, to reject the results reflecting Joe Biden as the winner. Pence refused, and Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building chanting 'hang Mike Pence'.
'I chose the Constitution, and I always will. My former running mate continues to insist that I had the right to overturn the election,' Pence said.Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence spoke at his campaign kikcoff event on Wednesday afternoon
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