Former Vice President Mike Pence said he would not support President Donald Trump‘s bid for president in 2024 because of the GOP’s current platform.
During an interview with conservative radio host Erick Erickson during the annual conference called “The Gathering,” Pence slammed the GOP for taking a more moderate approach concerning abortion, among other issues.
“The fact that we have a platform that removed 50 years of pro-life language, made no mention of the national debt, advocated massive taxes at our borders. And abandoning commitments that we have to allies around the world are deeply troubling to me and deeply disappointing,” Pence said.
“But I honestly believe, and make no mistake about it. You got people from all over the country or people watching all over the country,” the former vice president added.
“We can help our candidates at every level. By speaking the truth to them respectfully.”
When the hot asked Pence about his s role in the 2024 presidential race, Pence said, “For my part, I’m staying out of the presidential campaign.”
The former Vice President stated he would not be endorsing Trump, given the shift of the Republican Party.
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The new Republican platform is a troubling shift in our party. It removed years of pro-life language, made no mention of the national debt, advocated for massive taxes, and abandoned commitments to allies around the world.
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) August 9, 2024
Conservatives must speak the truth. pic.twitter.com/Vf9pbyxSk9
“For the reason that I cannot endorse this growing abandonment of our allies on the world stage that’s taken hold in parts of our party. I cannot endorse ignoring our national debt that reached $35 trillion just in the last week,” Pence said.
“I cannot support marginalizing the right to life in our party as we saw in our national platform,” the former vice president declared.
Pence shared a clip of his remarks on X, saying there is a “troubling shift” and arguing, “Conservatives must speak the truth.”
Pence also went after Trump for saying he should not have certified the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden.
“I cannot endorse President Trump’s continuing assertion that I should have set aside my oath to defend the Constitution and acted in a way that would have overturned the election in January of 2021,” Pence said.
Last year, Trump said he never told his former vice president to defy the U.S. Constitution, calling him “delusional.”
“I never told a newly emboldened (not based on his 2% poll numbers!) Pence to put me above the Constitution, or that Mike was ‘too honest,'” the former president said in 2023.
“He’s delusional, and now he wants to show he’s a tough guy.”
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