Posted on 06/05/2023 7:53:44 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former Vice President Mike Pence reiterated his call on Republicans to resist what he called the “siren song of populism” during the 2024 presidential race, signaling that it will be his theme throughout his rumored run.
Pence issued his plea when speaking during Republican Sen. Joni Ernst’s annual “Roast and Ride” fundraiser in Des Moines, Iowa.
“I believe we have to resist the politics of personality and the siren song of populism unmoored to timeless conservative principles, and we need to stand firm on the conservative agenda of life and liberty and a commitment to freedom that has always led us to victory,” Pence told the crowd at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Pence previously issued warnings about populism, such as in 2022 when he said that conservatives should not be “led astray by unprincipled populism.”
“Our movement cannot forsake the foundational commitment that we have to security, to limited government, to liberty, and to life. But nor can we allow our movement to be led astray by the siren song of unprincipled populism that’s unmoored from our oldest traditions and most cherished values,” he said.
“There’s a healthy debate going on within our movement today,” he added. “Some in our movement long for a simple return to traditional conservative agenda of the Reagan era. Others say our movement should be swept along by a new and energetic sense of populism.”
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I’d go. But only to heckle him.
He’s such a traitor!
It is a good thing to have a candidate that has personality, and believes in timeless conservative principles, but also has a sprinkle of showmanship.
Unless of course, the candidate is a senile old rat, then the full court press, the rat operatives, and dominion see to it that he has sufficient votes to get over the top, at 3 am.
Mike was supposedly the White House’s COVID response “Czar”.
It turns out the so-called vaccine effort was a DOD operation, from soup to nuts, with none of us regular citizens being aware that it was done that way, the idea being we were at “war”.
Here we were looking at the VP when we should have been pounding away at SECDEF.
How does it feel to play the leading role in the world’s biggest charade, Mike?
Timeless principles of Conservatism is always amusing.
The core principle is to oppose government expansion and involvement in life.
So why is RNC headquarters 310 First Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20003? Isn’t that the center of government?
Timeless principles of Conservatism generally means spend government money on this project rather than that project, and if you are going to reduce taxes, do it for this group rather than that group. All of which is government activity.
How dare Donald Trump define Conservatism to be what it really is:
DRAIN THE SWAMP
Mike McRomBush
Which one of his aides wrote that not-so-clever line?
I interpreted this as a veiled attack on Trump.
I liked him a bit during his term but after it’s been downhill ever since. Him running for POTUS is ill advised along with the others competing against Trump. None of this is good for our side. He needn’t worry about populism. He’s never going to be popular again.
xactly
I don’t know but to me he comes off as weak and syrupy.
He seems like he would be good at holding weekend retreats for couples working on relationships.
I certainly don’t see a president.
Pence
Screw Bum !
What is populism?? I always thought it was about respecting the will of the people. Am I wrong??
Oh do I HATE Pussy Mike Pence.
Did Pence really say that?
No, he was just thinking it. Read in between the lines.
Populism is respecting the will of the people as opposed to global elites having their way all of the time.
OMG——Cannot believe he is THAT STUPID
In other words, I won’t get anything I want, just like in the good old days.
Pence. You WISH you had enough personality for a fan club, let alone a cult. I swear, I don’t know what my former pastor sees in this guy.
Not an actual quote, just a translation of what he did say.
Populism defined as what? Securing the borders and an American First foreign policy?
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