Posted on 05/30/2026 8:35:46 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Mike Pence was elated. For decades, he had decried the decision and championed the right to life. Much has changed on the right since Donald Trump’s first term, in which Pence helped shape the judicial appointments that led to the court’s landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. But the former vice president remains palpably proud of his work.
“I think the appointment of three of the justices that sent Roe to the ash heap of history, where it belongs, was a historic and generational achievement that will endure,” Pence told National Review in a phone interview.
Since the beginning of his second term, however, President Trump has distanced himself and his administration from the pro-life movement. He placed the openly pro-choice Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, and when the Food and Drug Administration approved a generic form of the abortion drug mifepristone for commercial use, Trump did nothing to intervene despite the urging of Republicans.
Pence is candid about his frustration with these developments. He describes Trump’s actions as “inconsistent with the basic expectations of a pro-life administration.” But the right to life isn’t the only issue on which Trump has broken with conservative orthodoxy.
Pence stands by the victories of Trump’s first term, many of which — tax reform, widespread deregulation, and the Abraham Accords among them — fit comfortably within the Reaganite mold. But since his return to office, Trump has embraced tariffs, price controls, and other entanglements of the state and the private sector. On foreign policy, he’s antagonized America’s allies and shown reluctance to support Ukraine.
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Go away, Pence, you are a non-entity.
Someone bellyachers and other malcontents can get behind.
Go away National Review
“Return to their roots”?
As what? Doormats and rubber stamps for Democrats?
Mike WHO? Bush?
MPCFH
Pence wants a return of Bob Michel style leadership. 14 year leader of the MINORITY. A Congressman who never was in the Majority.
No more Assistant Democrats!
Pretty bad. I regret spending the money to go on that cruise.
That abortion pill. It’s taken within the first 6 weeks-right? That falls within the restrictions most are ok with. RFK at HHS-come on. It’s not like the issue has had anything to do with his appointment being a show-stopper. The other stuff is deep state go along crap. Bringing up Pence is like the democrats bringing up Kamala.
How about as a party of fiscal discipline that espouses lower taxes, smaller government, and a balanced budget. I’d settle for that.
The National Review strayed a long long time ago.
Author is a Brit butt boy to Jonah Goldberg.
Guy Denton comes to NRI from the American Enterprise Institute where he served as Matthew Continetti’s research and communications associate at AEI. Previously, he worked for Jonah Goldberg at AEI and interned for the James Wilson Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He has held fellowships with the Hertog Foundation and the Fund for American Studies, and his writing has appeared in publications such as The Dispatch, the Washington Free Beacon, and National Review. Born and raised in England, he has been interested in American politics since childhood. He moved to the United States in 2022.
Pence/Comey 2028!
Its roots?
That’s the Mitt Romney, John Thune, Tim Scott, Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Lindsey Graham, Bill Cassidy wing.
None of these people ever have real jobs.
2 Kings 10:31, "But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin."
2 Kings 22:1a & 2, "Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Even though Jehu destroyed the house of Ahab and Jezebel, he little else that pleased the Lord. Trump has gone down a similar path. Even though Trump's election derailed the dems plans to get Harris into office, he's made the same mistake that he did during his first presidency in that he's surrounded himself with false prophets (Paula White anyone?). I've also seen it said that we no longer have a "commander in chief," but a "negotiator in chief." I do not like where this is headed.
In the end, is he better than what the Dems had planned, yes by far, but is he truly acting in the best interests of the USA? I dunno, I'm leaning towards "no" but time will tell.
Pence needs to take his 30 pieces of silver and slink away. What a traitorous POS!
Someone bellyachers and other malcontents can get behind.
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He’s a Neo-Con. Are you sure he’s not right up your alley?
Well, I don’t think most Republicans have roots as RINOs and Quislings.
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