Trump won’t dump Pence, for many reasons:
Pence is a great VP; loyal, supportive, articulate and gaffe free.
Pence is the good cop that allows Trump to be the bad cop.
Pence reinforces the ticket in the Bible Belt.
Tossing your VP to the curb is a sign of weakness.
A lot of Trump supporters really like Pence and would be pissed.
I am thinking of 2024.
Pence doesn’t have a chance.
Pompeo could actually do it. For the same reason, I would actually like Robert Lighthizer, equally.
And I can see Trump selecting him as a candidate.
Either one of them.
Pence is a good guy, but nobody will elect him president.
That is not going to happen.
All of those are true. However, If Trump wins a second term (I believe he will), Pence should step aside a few years in.
Difficult shoes to fill but Trump must find his successor and show him/her how to walk in the fire.
I wish Candice Owens were older. Perhaps she can fill an appointed role with good visibility to position her for the future. This speculation probably deserves a thread of its own.
I live in the Bible belt, and my independent church has a pretty standard Baptist theology.
Pence is seen as a do nothing guy who is absent as Trump is leading the charge against the abortion industry. He doesn’t bring one thing to the table from a Christian standpoint.
Trump didn’t steal his thunder, Pence appears to have never had any thunder.