Former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence will be the Republican Party’s nominee for the White House in 2024, according to documents released Monday by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and will challenge Donald Trump in the Republican nomination starting in 2024. primaries .
The 63-year-old evangelical Christian and strong opponent of abortion is about to officially kick off his presidential campaign with a video and ad in the state of Iowa.
In the 2016 campaign, Pence helped Trump win over the religious right.
After years of unwavering loyalty, Pence changed his tune following the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
In particular, he believed that the president’s words that day were “irresponsible” and that they “endangered him” because the Republican was in the Capitol.
Donald Trump pushed to defend the non-certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory, a request the former Indiana governor failed to respond to, which would earn him strong enmity among the tycoon’s supporters.
The former vice president has about 3.8% of voting intentions, far behind Donald Trump (53.2%) or Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (22.4%), according to the latest polls from the RealClearPolitics website.
After releasing a book titled “So Help Me God” (“Que Deus me Ajuda”, in Portuguese), the former radio announcer has been touring the country multiplying speeches in states that should make a difference make in the Republican primaries.
Another Republican figure, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, is also expected to enter the race for the Republican nomination next week.
Christie also cut ties with Donald Trump after the attack on the Capitol.
Source: DN
