Pence announced his candidacy by calling out Trump for stoking the Capitol riot with his “reckless” words.
Pence has a lot of work to do if he expects to secure the Republican nomination. Trump still has a firm grip on the hearts and minds of conservative voters, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — who announced his candidacy last last month — is widely seen as only real threat to the former president’s perch atop the GOP. Early polling numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, but FiveThirtyEight’shas Trump at 53.9 percent, DeSantis at 21.1 percent, and Pence pulling a cool 5.
Pence has name recognition and far-right Christians love his push for a national ban on abortion, but he’s a villain in MAGA circles for failing to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election. “Maybe our supporters have the right idea,” Trump remarked as Capitol rioters called for Pence’s execution following the refusal, according to the Jan. 6 committee. “Mike Pence deserves it.”
Pence has stood by his decision to certify the election results, but he hasn’t fully turned on Trump. He bashed the former president’s indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg,
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