NEW: Former VP Mike Pence plans to launch his presidential campaign next week.
Former Vice President Mike Pence has long been one of the Republican Party's most vocal leaders pushing the priorities of social conservatives on everything from abortion to LGBTQ rights.Mike Pence plans to enter the GOP presidential nomination fray June 7 with a campaign video and a kickoff speech in Des Moines, Iowa, according to a person familiar with his launch schedule.
The former vice president, a longtime advocate of the priorities of traditional conservatives on social and economic issues, will join the race at a time when his onetime boss, former President Donald Trump,Redefining himself to Republican voters, most of whom know him primarily as Trump's vice president, will be a challenge. But the Indiana-bred Pence views his fellow Midwesterners in the Iowa GOP, and their first-in-the-nation caucuses, as a hospitable home for his brand of politics. Typically, the Iowa caucuses play a winnowing role in the nomination fight, providing rocket fuel to a handful of candidates while burying the hopes of the rest. "We view this race as absolutely wide open, and Iowa is really going to solidify itself as the pivotal player," the person familiar with Pence's plans said."It's a place that values Mike Pence's principles — traditional conservative principles — deep-rooted faith and uncommon character." The former vice president will campaign in all 99 Iowa counties before the caucuses, the person said, adding that the campaign"will do the things that put Mike Pence in an advantageous position." That includes a lot of retail politicking, from town hall-style meetings with Iowans to drop-by sessions at restaurants. In those sessions, he will have to explain to Republican voters why he split from Trump and certified their 2020 election loss Jan. 6, 2021. A pro-Trump mob sacked the U.S. Capitol that day in an effort to stop the certification, and some of the rioters chanted"
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