Posted on 02/23/2023 6:10:50 PM PST by conservative98
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he would prefer a Republican alternative to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, while floating reforms to popular entitlement programs as he mulls his own possible White House run.
"I think we're going to have better choices" than Trump, Pence said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" when asked if the GOP should nominate someone other than the former president next year. Pence did not explicitly rule out supporting Trump if he became the GOP nominee.
The ex-vice president, who served under Trump in the White House for four years, also appeared to take a soft swipe at his former boss when discussing Republicans' underperformance in the midterm elections.
"Our candidates that were focused on the past, particularly on relitigating the last election, did not do well, including in areas that we should have done very well," Pence said.
Pence is expected to be considering his own presidential run — a move that could put him in direct competition with Trump, who has attacked him for refusing to help overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. After Pence said on Jan. 6, 2021, that he wouldn't go along with Trump's scheme, a violent mob of Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, sending the then-vice president and congressional lawmakers into hiding.
But Pence offered only a cryptic answer about his presidential plans in the new interview Wednesday.
"I'll keep you posted," he said when asked if he sought the Republican presidential nomination.
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Judas Pence speaks, but does anyone listen?
Pence you are a loser.
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.
Go away, MIKE. Just go away.
Pence is a stalking horse. Not sure who he stalking for.
Imagine even THINKING of cutting off senior citizens’ SS checks - when you also support a BLANK CHECK to Ukraine. Scumbag traitor.
Put a red shirt on him.
He’s dead, Jim.
We may not have any choices at all.
But in any event, Pence will not be one of the possible choices.
Pence can’t win and he knows it.
Is he trying to throw the election to the Democrats by talking entitlement cuts?
I think I hate Judas Pence even more than Brandon!!!
Hey Pencil-neck Pence, how about we dump ALL welfare first, before getting funny with the money the feds stole from us at gunpoint ‘for our own good’ that they called ‘social security’? Hmm? Welfare is bigger than defense spending, and the feds are constitutionally authorized to protect the nation. They aren’t authorized to steal money from some citizens to give to other citizens. Early Congresses and Administrations understood that.
Not a "mob," nobody "stormed" anything and congressional lawmakers were not "sent" into hiding, they walked down a hallway.
But the DRAMA in his "statement," oh my!
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The delusion is strong in this one.
Mike McRomBush
> Judas Pence speaks, but does anyone listen? <
Oh, yes. The Democrat campaign ad people are listening.
So starting in mid-2024:
“Republicans want to cut your Social Security and Medicare! Don’t believe us? Listen to this clip of Republican Mike Pence.”
What’s something like that worth? A swing of a couple percent at least. Old folks vote. And they are worry easily.
calls to put entitlement cuts ‘on the table’>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
DOA
Trump has a plan to save Social Security, they took the money from Americans and have an obligation.
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Pence stands 100% behind the spending Orgy, and he chastised those that pointed out the cost of Ukraine!
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And I suspect Pence is willing to “sacrifice” himself to be that “better choice”. What Haley is doing is setting herself up to be Pence’s VP running mate. I’m sure their staff have had discussions already. Conservatives will just have to settle for the 2024 “Romney/Ryan” version of “principled”(TM) candidates with just the names spelled differently and the VP slot filled by a person who checks almost all the correct boxes.
It’s cute how he thinks his opinions are relevant to anyone outside the beltway.
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