Posted on 02/20/2021 6:14:03 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, next Sunday, according to a source familiar with the matter, while former Vice President Mike Pence declined an invitation to speak at the conference, two sources told CNN.
One source said organizers still hope to change Pence's mind about attending, while another source said Pence is planning to stay under the radar for the next six months. Politico first reported that Pence declined the invitation.
The divergence between the two former leaders, which comes as the GOP is grappling with its future in the wake of the Trump presidency, follows tensions between Trump and Pence surrounding the January 6 riot at the US Capitol and Pence's role certifying the results of the election for President Joe Biden.
"We accept Joe Biden is the duly elected president of the United States," former Pence chief of staff Marc Short told CNN's Pamela Brown on "Newsroom" Saturday evening, despite Pence playing a role in perpetuating baseless election fraud theories that Trump repeatedly pushed ahead of the attack on the Capitol. Unlike Trump, Pence attended Biden's inauguration in Washington, DC, last month -- after skipping Trump's farewell ceremony.
Short said Saturday that Trump and Pence "departed amicably" and that they've spoken since.
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Garrison is really good.
plastic man no show
He did leave out Nimarata Randhawa.
Pence seemed solid. Seemed. He is a disgrace.
Could Pence be feeling any remorse? Trump really was good to him.
He might as well stay out of the spotlight forever, he has no future in republican politics. Trump may forgive him, I won’t.
I never trusted him.
He was part of the House GOP leadership of Hastert, Boehner, Cantor, Ryan, McCarthy.
You only get there by being a Bush League Republican.
Pence is less popular than Bai Den, he’d be booed right out of the door.
I wish these Diques in the MSM would get their definitions straight. In short, the definition for baseless, legally, is "Without a base; having no foundation or support."
Eye witnesses, sworn affidavits, forensic analysis, and video are all evidence of support for those 'theories.'
I think there might be some way Trump can work out the keystone pipeline getting back being built in spite of the fed ban. Why is there a fed ban anyway. An extra federal operation. just sayin. he could do it.
Nikki got screened out a couple days ago when Trump declined to meet with her.
Maybe she can start a restaurant.
Pence would rightfully be egged for all global media and press to see.
Yah, Pence is a no longer the subtle power hound. He has been partially unmasked, and is clearly a globalist UNIPARTY RINO.
Glory hounds don’t like bad optics, so he is staying away from conservative political gatherings.
I was hoping he wouldn’t......they didn’t invite Marjorie Taylor Greene. She’s having an event up the street and I was so hoping the President would speak there. Matt Schlapp can ESAD and he and Pence and the rest of the backstabbers can eat out of the same plate!!!
There will be no unity with democrats and rinos.
When I was a freshman in high school, our first English Literature assignment was to read Great Expectations. Every week we had a vocabulary test based on that novel.
One of the first words we learned was “Toady.”
That describes Pence.
Yes Trump was good to Pence and Pence had a front row seat at the lies and fraud of the left and all the great things POTUSDJT did. You'd think he would have converted to MAGA based on the proven results. I wonder why he betrayed us?
Is that Tom Cotton? What did he do to backstab Trump?
Where’s Cruz?!?
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