Posted on 09/07/2023 12:38:13 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Former Vice President Mike Pence has claimed populism is a pathway to “defeat for the Republican Party.” Former President Donald Trump, the current 2024 GOP frontrunner, is known for his populist positions, which brought him support from many disenfranchised leftists and independents.
Pence made the comments during a Wednesday appearance on “America’s Newsroom” on Fox News.
“Well, look, you look at this Republican field, whether it’s my former running mate or some of his imitators, and there is a push in this Republican primary to to move us away from our party’s historic commitment to American leadership on the world stage, to a commitment to fiscal responsibility and reform in the face of a massive national debt crisis,” Pence began.
Pence continued, “You know, I came to this party, during the Reagan years, and and I really believe not only the pathway to victory for the Republican Party in the fall of 24, but the way we restore security and prosperity for the American people is to deliver a standard bearer and an agenda that’s built on that commonsense conservative agenda that has always delivered greater security and prosperity for the American people.”
“I think it’s a real choice in the party between whether we stay on the path of the traditional conservative agenda that’s defined this movement for the last 50 years and really is grounded in American ideals or whether we are going to follow the siren song of populism unmoored to conservative principles,” the longshot candidate added.
Pence concluded, “I really believe that’s a pathway not only to defeat for the Republican Party but ultimately it is the pathway to disappointment and decline for our party and for our country.”
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Mike Pence is a fraud, hypocrite, liar and all around POS.
To the extent that Pence is the Republican Party, it is LOST.
Fantastic! Whatever it takes to defeat Pence’s Uniparty (R).
Now wait, Mikee says he can us energy independence….by 2040!
Another Big Tent Repub who doesn’t want anyone not in the Country Club. Judge Smells.
He’s a kept, controlled and paid deep-state actor.
The DOJ quietly announced they were ending the investigation into his “handling of classified documents” and two days later - Pence announced his candidacy for President
Pence,
Shut up.
You’re a huge disappointment.
No one wants to hear what you have to say.
You had your chance and you blew it.
There is no daylight between desanctyomonious and pence. Both claim the election was legitimate and both support what they are doing to Trump. I don’t understand why all the rat traitors don’t just skip the middleman and support pence directly.
Pence and the rest of his January 6th Republican ilk, are why after 40+ years, I am no longer a registered Republican, and never will be again. If I have to, I will write President Trump’s name in, on each and every Presidential ballot until the day I die.
How did he ever get to be VPOTUS
Only if the economy over the next decade resembles the economy from 1984-2008.
If it doesn’t resemble that economy, populism will have a place at the economic table whether Pence likes it or not.
TFG has gotten more coverage in the last 4 months than anytime since mid-2016 when he actually became somebody as Trump’s running mate, other than his cuck move of certifying a fraudulent election.
Sure, Mike. We wouldn't want anyone popular with the people running the show. Why, that would frost the "donor class," and we wouldn't want that.
Actually, I would agree. We are rebuilding.
Gosh,after “”stealing”: state secrets and they let him go????? My,my,my.......
The Bush Rule: “Attacking your base is not a winning strategy”
“Populism” is a disparaging term used by elites to control and thwart the will and judgment of the people.
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