Former Vice President Mike Pence reacted to former President Donald Trump’s announcement about his 2024 bid for a second term saying there will be “better choices.”
Pence told FNC host Bret Baier that he believed different times called for “different leadership,” suggesting he won’t support Trump.
“All right, your former boss, by all accounts, is going to get back into the presidential field. He’s going to announce that he wants to seek the Republican nomination for a third time.”
Baier asked: “What do you make of that tonight?”
“Well, it’s a free country, Bret, and I — the president’s entitled to make whatever announcement that he wants to make tonight,” Pence said at the time.
“But, as I wrote in my book that was just released today, I’m incredibly proud of the record of the Trump-Pence administration. We rebuild our military, revived our economy, secured our border, unleashed American energy, and saw conservatives appointed to our courts at every level, including three to the Supreme Court that gave America a new beginning on the right to life this year,” he said.
“But, all of that being said, as I have traveled around the country over the last two years, what I hear again and again, Bret, is that people want to see us return to the policies of the Trump-Pence administration, but I — I hear people saying that they would like us to move forward with leadership that will unite our country around our highest ideals and reflect the kind of respect and civility that the American people demonstrate to each other every day,” Mike Pence added.
“Once you get away from politics, as we have — Karen and I moved back to Indiana — you’re reminded the people of this country actually get along pretty well every day,” Pence continued.
“We find a way to work through our differences. And I think it’s time that we had leadership in this country that reflected that commitment to respect for every American, while at the same time continuing to fight for all the policies that I chronicle in that book, the successes of the Trump-Pence administration, of which I will always be proud,” he said.
RELATED: Jon Voight: Only Donald Trump Can ‘Stop the Swamp’
“So, just listening to you, you wouldn’t vote for him?” Baier asked.
“Well, I just — I honestly believe that we’re going to have better choices, Bret,” Pence responded.
“I think Donald Trump was the only candidate in 2016 who could have defeated Hillary Clinton. I saw that firsthand. And then, after he won that Indiana primary, I never doubted that he was going to win. And I chronicle that in my book,” he added.
“But you doubt it now?” Baier asked.
“But I think — I think different times call for different leadership,” Pence said.
“And, in the days ahead, I just have heard all over the country from people who’ve stopped, expressed support and appreciation for the record of our administration, that they want to see leadership that brings our country together, while still fighting for all the things that have always made this country strong and prosperous,” Pence added.
The better choice would have been someone besides you Mike. Trusting you was Trump’s error, but, now we know what a slime ball you are!