Ex-VP Pence jumps into 2024 White House race

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WASHINGTON: Republican former vice president Mike Pence launched on Monday (Jun 5) his hotly-anticipated challenge to one-time boss Donald Trump for the party's 2024 White House nomination, setting up the unusual scenario of two running mates becoming rivals. Pence, a 63-year-old evangelical Christian, fil

WASHINGTON: Republican former vice president Mike Pence launched on Monday his hotly-anticipated challenge to one-time boss Donald Trump for the party's 2024 White House nomination, setting up the unusual scenario of two running mates becoming rivals.

But he became a pariah in Trumpworld after rejecting the Republican leader's demands that he overturn the 2020 election in his role as president of the Senate. Since the riot, Pence has called out Trump for endangering his family and has emphasised his differences with the former president on issues ranging from the handling of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to abortion rights.Pence has spent much of the last two years touring early-nominating states such as Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire to reinforce his political vision as a"Christian, conservative, Republican - in that order.

Marking a contrast with Trump, Pence hasn't ruled out welfare cuts and has allied himself strongly with Ukraine. He is an abortion hardliner who has opposed same-sex marriage. "We all give credit for certifying the election," Republican strategist Sarah Longwell told Politico.

 

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