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 thought Pence was a sincere church goer-—
What church is he attending with this comment???
Yes. “Remember who is in charge and don’t get uppity”, says the guy who oversaw the destruction of conservative principles by increasing the size and scope of Federal government by 40%. He’d rather see Trump crash and burn (along with the US) than step up and help DJT fight Nancy and chuckU.
We’re toast!
Still has tire tracks on his back from Pelosi and Schumer
That's a potential rabbit hole, because Ft. Detrick comes up. It gives off a Tuskeegee vibe writ large.
The Church Of Go Along to Get Along. Ask yourself, if there’s a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven, what does that tell you about the expected traffic on each one?
Mike should answer the question.
Arguably Trump should too.
Why didn’t we know we had been placed on a war footing, and that this was a DOD operation?
Lately Republicans seem to concentrate on the siren song of stupidity.
What would you prefer, Mike?
ANTI POPULISM??
He’s a typical Republican Party puke. They quote Reagan but hate the man’s ideology. Pence, Haley, Scott, McCarthy, McConnell, McRomney are all empty vessels and they have nothing to offer the American people but the stale pack of lies the GOP has trotted out since 1989. The deep state doesn’t fear this version of the GOP because they know it’s inert and only wants a guaranteed government tit to suckle.
Trump’s populism offered something different than the GOP’s worn out horse crap. The voters know it’s a lie, they know they have no intentions of implementing any of their promises. The Republican party has no soul and nothing to offer that the American people will believe in or vote for.
When voters have no choice they will stay home and not bother because it wastes their time and effort. Vote for me(Democrats) or little me-me(Republicans) is why you get a Trump and then you get the deep state starting coups.
Good post!
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“Mike Pence Reiterates Call for GOP to Resist ‘Siren Song of Populism’”
populism is simply “power to the people” rather than power of the plethora of party apparatchiks whose allegiance is solely to the elite, the oligarchs, the gazillionaires, and the like ... the people? BAWAHAHAHAAHAHA!
dumbarse pence doesn’t even bother to hide which side he’s on ...
From bits and pieces, if I speculate, this was a DoD operation before Trump even was elected. And I don't think it was DoD in its entirety, but elements within it.
Tie those into the biolabs found in Ukraine (and that facility in Somalia), and something starts to smell, bad.
And I would bet that Trump was kept in the dark, because whatever was going on wasn't on the up and up, possibly even something that (paraphrasing Hillary) would put necks in nooses.
Mike who?
The establishment at work
Let’s resist the song of the RINO.
New Age woke word salad
THAT is what DEEP STATERS say!! besides he has DEAD EYES!
"I don't know what populism is, but the TV told me to hate it so I am." ~ Mike Dence
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