Former Vice President Mike Pence is ramping up his criticism of fellow Republicans, trying to paint his would-be rivals as straying from party principles as he inches closer to an expected presidential run.
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during at the National Rifle Association Convention, Friday, April 14, 2023, in Indianapolis. ramped up his criticism of fellow Republicans at a GOP donor summit Friday night, trying to paint his would-be rivals as straying from party principles as he inches closer to an expected presidential run.
He said the party’s route to victory rests on a “well-worn path" it has"traveled for the better part of half a century," including support for strong national defense, limited government and “traditional” social values. Pence, who was a loyal lieutenant to Trump in the White House, has spent the years since he left office distancing himself from the former president. That has included criticizing Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump's supporters violently stormed the Capitol building as Pence was presiding over the certification of President Joe Biden's win.
Trump, who will address the donor summit in Nashville Saturday, took a dig at Pence from the NRA stage, telling the crowd he hoped they’d given the former vice president a warm introduction. Still, he called Pence a “nice” and “good man."
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