According to NBC and confirmed by Politico, former Indiana Governor Mike Pence is scheduled to launch his bid for the GOP nomination in Iowa on June 7th.
Oddly, and speaking to the framework of the larger GOPe operation, Pence isn’t making his announcement in his home state; instead, he is going to launch his campaign during a speech in Des Moines, Iowa.
Mike Pence is a well-known name to voters having previously been vice-president to Donald Trump, and he is currently polling around 3% support according to Monmouth.
In his biggest role as Vice-President, Mike Pence was in charge of the federal COVID-19 emergency response as head of the White House COVID taskforce in 2020.
Pence is a well-known traditional Republican who identifies with voters primarily on social issues. Pence will make an appeal to the evangelical community in Iowa and is organized in that effort by GOP brand consultant Chip Saltsman, the architect of former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 2008 Iowa caucuses victory.
(Via NBC) – Mike Pence plans to enter the GOP presidential nomination fray June 7 with a campaign video and a kickoff speech in Des Moines, Iowa, according to a person familiar with his launch schedule.
The former vice president, a longtime advocate of the priorities of traditional conservatives on social and economic issues, will join the race at a time when his onetime boss, former President Donald Trump, claims a majority in most national polls and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is in a clear second place.
Redefining himself to Republican voters, most of whom know him primarily as Trump’s vice president, will be a challenge.
But the Indiana-bred Pence views his fellow Midwesterners in the Iowa GOP, and their first-in-the-nation caucuses, as a hospitable home for his brand of politics. Typically, the Iowa caucuses play a winnowing role in the nomination fight, providing rocket fuel to a handful of candidates while burying the hopes of the rest.
“We view this race as absolutely wide open, and Iowa is really going to solidify itself as the pivotal player,” the person familiar with Pence’s plans said. “It’s a place that values Mike Pence’s principles — traditional conservative principles — deep-rooted faith and uncommon character.” (read more)
Pence’s job, on behalf of the Sea Island group, will be to present an optical contrast to the unacceptable vulgarian Trump, while Chris Christie acts as the attack dog and the rest of the field protect Ron DeSantis from The Great Godzilla MAGA King.
The team effort is increasingly transparent, and the debate hosts, like Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, are proactively positioning to shape the staged narrative. At this point in the dynamic, it is all rather shallow and obvious; however, in approved Republican operations – they never look outside the cloister.
I’m from Indiana. Nothing he did from here was impressive.
Just another pawn to later drop out and endorse Ron. Same way they gave us McCain and Romney as nominees.
Same MO, but with a different result this time. Previously there were no real alternatives to the RINO candidates. Just RINO 1, RINO 2, and RINO 3.
Yes, but there IS a fundamental paradigm shift, AS fundamental as that we have an alternative.
Manipulating elections in order to control outcomes to thwart the will of We, the People is about far more than ballot shenanigans, as I have long been saying.
It STARTS with the “Uniparty strategy” of setting up the false choice of Uniparty-D vs Uniparty-R candidate.
With one party masquerading as two, the ‘controlled opposition’ there is no real “calling out” of ballot fraud or serious attempts to secure election integrity.
Both “sides” can engage in gerrymandering, ostensibly fighting over redistricting, while actually insuring the House will be near 50/50, which enables the kind of manipulation we just saw over the “debt cieling”.
Not only is the ballot manipulation being exposed to “sunlight” but the more foundational election process manipulation of the Uniparty strategy being exposed for all to see.
And this is a GOOD thing.
The first step to solving a problem isn’t “defining the problem”; the first step is ADMITTING there IS a problem.
Every day, more and more are recognising WE have a problem.
This is good,..
Pence is not just a pawn.
He was Trumps second AND was very supportive of Trump and his policies prior to the election and Jan 6.
He will, as you said, need to bow out as the race goes on.
He is the second best communicator in the group as well
Who is “mike pence”???
Sit down and shut the …. up.
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
A waste of time and money
Pretentiously pensive Pence is a zero.
THIS is why we MUST get the Regitiger memo into President Trump’s hands ASAP.
Since Hannity is still in Fox’ employ, I would not at all be surprised if this is a setup similar to the CNN townhall
I stopped trusting him a long, long time ago about the time his “Tick Tock” clock expired and nothing happened
Call him Judas. Pence is the worst of the worst.
R I N O R I N O R I N O
and the crowd goes mild.
Man
Loyalty really run strong in the republican presidential candidates.
Who needs enemies with friends like these.
Traitor.
Sans spacesuit.
The title is wrong. Should be:
Mike Pence Will Lose the 2024 GOP Nomination Effort From Des Moines Iowa, June 7th
breaking news: Pence declares his candidacy, and no one gives a shit! He said the race to finish last in the primary is wide open, and he’s up to the task
For anyone who can stomach listening to the Pence approach in a mega-Atlanta church, here Pence gives the sermon on 4.23.23. I know this church well, have many friends who attend there, and listen to Dr. Youseff’s sermons often. This church supported President Trump, including in sermons, so I was stunned to see this support for him.
I watched this live. It was so boring I have no recollection of what Pence said, except when he referred to the TRUMPPENCE administration he literally said it as if it was one word (so as to diminish Trump’s name) and then went on to take credit for the issue of which he spoke.
That’s the impression I had.
He’s despicable.
Pence starts speaking t 35:50.
Let’s never forget his despicable wife, Karen. Apt name. During the last 2 years while Second lady she visibly treated First Lady Melania with disdain at public events. I noticed it over and over again.
She and Judas Pence are 2 peas in a pod. Despicable. Both of them.
I couldn’t agree with you more. She hated being second to the beautiful Melania. “Karen” couldn’t shine Melania’s shoes. But I do find it hilarious that she grew out those horrific bangs and let her hair grow long as if that would make her pretty like Melania. It was the whole lipstick on the you know what.
Pence might be into farm animals.
It’s hard to redefine JUDAS PENCE! I’m with “The Great Godzilla MAGA King!”
THIS TRAITOR TO THE CONSTITUTION WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT.
I’d like to see him drop from a platform and stop about 3 feet off the ground…with the rest of his buddies
Yawn fest. Just block all his e-mails and texts as they find their way to you.
The man is a pariah. Ten lousy days to return to the States to recertify electors. Ten days, Mike! It’s in the constitution.
NO, HISTORY WILL HOLD MIKE PENCE AND THE REST OF HIS SWAMP-ASS TRAITORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR JAN. 6th AND STEALING THE RIGHT TO SELF-GOVERNMENT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IN THE GREATEST AND MOST TREACHEROUS CRIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
What a two bit dog and pony show this is turning out to be. All these second rate emperors have no clothes.
So, what! He didn’t protect our election system and let FRAUD carry the day. TRAITOR!
He’s ajoke! Proves the political class are out of touch!
I refuse to miss the point that “Thirty” Pence et al, as the approved GOPe bench, create the illusion of variety for its own sake, enabling the GOPe to actively craft the outcomes of Republican primaries using the ballot-harvesting cheats that are the legacy of 2020.
Doom On You, GOPe.
rat! never in a million years.
Does he actually believes that ANYONE cares???????? His campaigng will not make a ripple and he’ll drop out quickly – along with Christie…..
The traitor Mike Pence, is the only person with less of a chance to win the republican nomination than Chris Christie.
Wasted time, money and effort on Judas Pence. What a crock!
Maybe a legal way for him to get paid a boatload of money for services rendered in the pass.
Candidates can keep unspend fundraising money, Don’t they?
I don’t know.
I think all unspent campaign contributions should either be returned pro rated to the donors, or used to pay down the national debt.
And no relatives or friends or business associates should receive any campaign money.
If there was a plot to “take out” President Trump before the primaries, who would be informed in advance?
But if President Trump has an insurance policy to prevent him being “taken out” (Arkanicide, etc) – how do you think that would look?
Will the fly accompany him?
Yawn…
Mike Pence is a traitorous scum bag and I will never vote for him for President or anything else.
No.
Just no.
I still wonder what was in all those envelopes at G.H.W. Bush’s funeral?
It’s pretty clear they’re all about to pile on Trump in debates and campaign ads – once the TPTB realized DeSantis can’t do it on his own.
An absolute disgrace & fraud.
Not to mention the worst VP in history.
Of course he feels he should be president.
Evangelicals can see right through this Judas.