– After much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my presidential campaign as of today, Pence told participants at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s conference in Las Vegas on Saturday.
He further stated that he has realized that it is not his time, but at the same time assured that he will continue to work for traditional conservatism, to full applause from the audience.
Pence was vice president under Donald Trump, and signed up in June for the race to become the Republican candidate in the presidential election next year. However, he has not caught on in the polls, where Trump still has a clear lead over his Republican challengers.
Prior to being vice president, Pence was governor of Indiana and a congressional representative for several years. He is considered to be clearly conservative, not least in matters of value, and he was loyal to his boss right up until the final phase of Trump’s time as president.
However, since the election defeat in 2020, Pence has tried to distance himself from the former president. He has said that Trump’s incitement of supporters who attacked Congress in January 2021 put him and his family at risk.
He has nevertheless continued to defend many of Trump’s policies, but tried to present himself as a more predictable and consensus-oriented alternative. In addition, he has tried to appeal more directly to evangelical Christians and visited a number of large churches around the United States.
2023-10-28 18:33:45
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