Former US Vice President Mike Pence is not supporting his former boss Donald Trump in the race for the White House. ‘It should come as no surprise that I will not be supporting Donald Trump this year’ the Republican said in a TV interview on Friday. The former American president is pursuing an agenda that contradicts what he stands for.
Pence said he had previously made clear that there were deep differences between him and Trump on a number of issues. This applies not only to the vice president’s role in certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election, but also with regard to the national debt or the “commitment to the sanctity of human life” regarding the issue of abortion .
A few days ago, Trump reached the necessary number of delegates for the nomination as Republican presidential candidate. Because Trump no longer had serious competition in his party, the 77-year-old can no longer be denied the opportunity to run for the Republicans. The Republicans will officially choose their candidate this summer during a party conference. This means that the presidential election in November will be a duel between Trump and Democratic incumbent Joe Biden.
Pence had also run for his party’s candidacy but dropped out in October. Pence served as vice president under Trump from 2017 to 2021. The 64-year-old archconservative Pence is not the only former prominent competitor of Trump who does not want to support the ex-president in the election campaign. Nikki Haley, who served as United Nations ambassador to the United Nations under Trump and resigned about a week and a half ago, has also not yet supported Trump.
On January 6, 2021, Pence refused to give in to Trump’s pressure and prevent Congress from certifying the results of the November 3 presidential election. Trump wanted to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory at the last minute. Pence was presiding over the congressional session in his role as vice president at the time. Trump turned his supporters against his deputy. On the day of the Capitol storm, crowds cheered chants of “Hang Pence.” Pence then began publicly distancing himself from Trump. (saw/sda/dpa)
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