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.
Hahaha. Mike Pence. Hahaha
As a lifelong Hoosier since I was left on a doorstep right after WWII, I can unequivocally assert that Pete Buttigieg is more popular than Pence in Indiana. Ponder that for a millisecond.
Candidly, the RNC doesn’t care…ponder THAT my friend, Polish Rifle 🙄😞😠
And that’s the truth and the tragedy of our situation.
Skeeziks, I thought you were older than that!
(Inside humor for fans of the Gasoline Alley cartoon strip)
Skeeziks! My adopted Mom affectionately called me that! She was a huge Walt Wallet fan! Thanks, Frankie!
Et tu, Judas.
I really hope Trump avoids getting into small tit-for-tats with people like DeSantis or Christie or whoever. He’s the big-dog in the kennel. They will constantly goad him because that’s one of his personal weaknesses. Just like that Potato-Head from CNN did for 4 years.
Christie isn’t worthy of a reply on anything, not from Trump anyway. Maybe one of the surrogates can use Christie’s head for a sharpening stone. Nothing is more insulting than being ignored or having some piss-ant surrogate come after you for sport.
Pence is actually going to do a townhall on CNN on June 7.
The establishment/Uniparty moves just that fast.
RDS isn’t working out. Plan B.
Rove boarded that train last week:
Tim Scott Is Up to the 2024 Presidential Primary Challenge — https://www.rove.com/article/5-25-23-wsj
How much are they paying audience members, to attend?
And no, Pence isn’t Plan B, raptor.
Clarify please.
Pence isn’t plan B, but all of these guys will run hoping they can keep just enough traction to stay in long enough to be bought off to quit. Either with the promise of lucrative positions in the government or a windfall goodies like Bernie.
nagothm:
My analysis is the GOPe is finally getting the gist that they have literally no supporters.
I call them the All Chiefs and No Indians Party.
Jeb! and Kasich had hundred of $millions to waste on inane ads. Not so good.
The Democrats, by the way, have the same curse. Hillary and Bloomberg had a fortune to waste on pointless ads, but no point to make.
If Pence was a cereal, he’d be Puffed Rice – without milk.
Ewww 🤣
And flies that resemble raisins.
Honestly I would love to see Trump shed a little public light on Pence’s activities while vice president in any kind of debate.
If that is true, has Pence not learned anything? Trump would destroy him – Pence would end up on the floor begging for mercy. He doesn’t have the courage to take on Trump.
The flies never lie; land on their head/face, who knew that was the mark of the beast?
I’ve actually had that, dry, tasteless and nothing but air.
Marshmallow Man
Barf.
Pence and all the other low hanging fruit candidates are all just wanting to get in on the billions of dollars of campaign cash sloshing around in the months prior to the election.
And with the loose election laws, I have no doubt some of this cash will find its way into the hands of friends and family members.
Nobody running has a chance of winning an honest primary election.
As far as the VP choice, Kari Lake is it if her team isn’t able to over turn a clearly fraudulent election in AZ.
Following Trump/Lake in 2024 would be Lake/Trump Jr in 2028 and 2032.
One can dream.
What is clear is that anyone vetted through the party system is corrupt by definition.
We want representatives that fear Gods judgement, love We the People and the Constitution vs all the temptations of Satan.
Watch the cabal overturn the AZ election so that Kari will NOT be the VP for Trump… that would be rich!
If they were smart and not evil they would do that.
Kari Lake would be unbeatable in 2028 as a follow-up as VP for PDJT of 2024.
Further I can see PDJT putting her on point to decimate the DC system.
Aww, Spaul, that’s exactly what I pray for every night.
Trump/Mark Robinson. The problem is he wants NC Gov. Jr doesn’t have the smarts, at least from what I’ve observed.
Or how about Col. MacGregor?
Trump/Robinson. That’s my dream team.
MacGregor probably wouldn’t survive the strain of the campaign. But he would be a great military surrogate as possible SecDef.
I think most Americans are exhausted by the endless wars, no victories, wasted trillions, engendered hatred for the US, maimed and crippled vets. They want a vastly smaller military, better force, serious restrictions in military procurement, and many closed bases. No nation-building.
A military strike force to guard the border, but with strong prohibitions against any military action against US citizens.
As fas as I’m concerned the man is a thief!
He stole from me and millions of others.
CRash and burn Pence
Wow, Pushaw doxxes leaker. Her breakdown is accelerating quickly!
Looks like the only thing ‘leaking” in Pushaw is the Botox and shiny Silicone in her face leaking into her brain.
DeSwampass’s campaign is not “leaking” it is hemorrHAGing.
We used to see faces like this in World War II, on fighter pilots caught in flaming wrecks.
Douglas Bader, much?
Paranoia seems to have entered the DeSantis team; starting to eat their own way earlier than expected.
By traditional of course Rich means that he cares nothing for the base and is in the race for as much power and wealth as he can accumulate.
The big club is going to try and whittle Trump down…
Nikky Hailey will goad Trump im hopes of costing him female votes.
Tim Scott, ditto with African Americans.
Pence: the same with overtly Christian voters… Wash, rinse, repeat… Eventually, the Bushite Carlyle Group wing will submit Jeb as a reconciliation candidate for war profiteering.
Given that it appears that TheBigClub is throwing everything at the wall trying to find what sticks, agree that whittling is one of their thoughts in the try-everything-anything effort.
Like the thought espression and will add it to my thinking, but do not really agree that even those as insulated as the TheClub think that “please clap” has a chance.
Nothing odd about Pence not announcing in Indiana. Unless Sundance wrote that tongue in cheek. Indiana – I live here – can’t stand the man. The only ones who like him are the establishment types.
Agree
As I regularly point out (sorry if its annoying) all poll results must be viewed with the caveat that MAGA PEOPLE DON’T DO POLLS.
So, Pence is only polling at 3 percent, and thats among republicans that aren’t MAGA, which SHOULD be “his kind of people”.
You know, the pearl clutching country club types, who fall for the false narratives about PDJT.
Pence will be for 2024, what Kasich was for 2016, the safe, non threatening soft spoken guy.
A puke, in other words.
Actually reassuring he is polling so low, he is down in the chatter.
Chatter in polls, is basically negative territory.
I’ve never been called, i have both a cell and a landline, I’ve lived in MN, IA, SD and ND and not once in my 60 years have i been polled.
worse yet…….. I don’t know a single person who has either
We have been polled just occasionally and like most MAGA voters we lie.
We tell them this or that by punching nuber 1 if you completely agree or number 2 if you slightly agree etc.
I am sure they have some kind of plus or minus 6 or 7 now that so many of them mess around but still these polls are garbage.
Pence is to the polls what chaff is to the wheat.
I always lie when doing polls; nobody’s business what I think or how I’m going to vote – have no intention on getting onto anyone’s list.
Plan B..
You post too much.
Hurrah President Trump!! MAGA 👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
Drain the evangelicals from PDJT.
No one seems to be able to drain Trump supporters away from our Great Godzilla MAGA King.
Scott will not pull Trumps black supporters, Haley will not pull the female supporters and Pence will not pull the religious spporters.
Ho-Hum…..Pence????? LOL!!! Wake me up when President Trump is nominated and then inaugurated!!! #TRUMP2024
How does one state produce two terrible Vice Presidents?
Thanks Indiana.
another 1% Grifter
As Sundance has quite ably and consistently pointed out, the Republican Party is nothing more than the right wing of the same political vulture–the DC oligarchy. And since its likely no one on this page will disagree, what I don’t understand is the belief among the the faithful that somehow, against pretty much impossible odds, Donald Trump will be allowed to win his third presidential election. (I think we can all agree the 2020 election was stolen)
PDJT was mercilessly hounded even before he took his oath of office in his first term, relentlessly vilified and slandered by the Enemedia and Democrats throughout his four years as president, abandoned and betrayed by congressional House Republicans in 2018, and held hostage to impeachment conviction by Senate Republicans throughout his term.
President Trump was impeached twice–both times on the most specious of grounds, the second time in utter disregard for both the spirit and the letter of the Constitution.
He is being savagely pursued by rogue big-city District Attorneys and stealthily investigated by a focused and determined Special Counsel (hired by Joe Xiden and Merrick Garland) who absolutely WILL bring federal charges against him.
Pretty much all the battleground swing states of Arizona, Georgia (RINO controlled with a strong assist from virulently RACIST Fulton County Democrats), Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are under the electoral control of Democrats.
Could someone–anyone–please explain to me how Donald Trump will be allowed to win and then assume the office of the President of the United States?
It doesn’t matter if a coup d’état is done with tanks and soldiers on the White House lawn, or through a color revolution involving a combination of relentless lawfare, Enemedia and Big Tech propaganda and censorship, industrial scale election fraud and chicanery, and the political violation of everything the Constitution was designed to prevent–its still a coup d’état.
It happened. We need to deal with it.
Born on Long Island….in or near Queens…I voted for the vulgar, tough guy from Queens, to do a job—that he was interrupted in doing. And doing a magnificent job. No to Pence, Ron, Vivek, Nimrata & all the rest!
This guy pushed away his moment in history and will forever be remembered as a coward. Had he done his duty on January 6th he would be the top runner for 2024. Mike is just another 2020 traitor being swept toward the dustbin.
MP was a part of the plan to exclude submittal of the documents on 1/6.
why do you think they had an “emergency”?
The Sargeant at Arms came up to Piglosi ‘prior to’ the breaching of the Capitol, exclaiming that there was an issue requiring an ’emergency’. That then allowed Piglosi to suspend the session and thus preclusing the submittal od the request to review the electors, which according to the Constitution and Congressional by-Laws, would have required them to review/investigate.
It was all set up prior to and Judas was involved,
And that was after his coaching in the subject by John Eastman, the MAN!
👎🏿 Nice try ‘30-P’
Delusion is not just a river in Egypt.
/But of course, it’s all about the grift anymore …
All we need now is John “The Mailman’s Son” Kaisch to announce.
But in all seriousness, Pence is NO-ONE. If he wasn’t VP, no one would even know who he was on the National stage. Also by not standing by Pres. Trump during the Great Cheat, he has nothing to offer MAGA supporters as he revealed where he truly stands.
I get that the focus groups of people who want to be looked upon favorably by GOPe have given a thumbs up to the charade as outlined by Sundance. But its just more evidence of how out of touch these people are with Republican voters. Regardless of the purpose of each Sacrificial Lamb, no amount of Chris Christie spewing nonsense, Mike Pence piously postulating or Tim Scott being black, will change the mind of a single Trump voter. All of these fools will be summarily dispatched with none of them ever getting more than 5% support. By the time its just Trump and DeSantis, Meatball will have been fully exposed. Still haven’t heard any explanation for the TPP vote, Ronnie.
Even if they lock up Trump and keep him off the ballot, he’ll still win as a write-in. This is what happens when, like the RINOs, you don’t care about winning: You kinda suck at it and don’t even know how to win anymore.
I’m excited to watch each one of these losers slink away with their tails between their legs knowing they were completely rejected by voters . I know they don’t have the capacity to feel shame or humiliation, but they can still be embarrassed in front of their peers by a pathetic performance.
… LOL… LOL… LOL…
Does he have the same consultants?
Doesn’t announce in person in his home state; goes to Iowa to address evangelicals.
Appears to be the same playbook as DeSaster!
BTW SD, love the poetic license in your last word of this post – cloister.
Nice touch, well done!
And, I wonder if they are data mining, as well?
They will probably hire Antifa and BLM to attend so that it looks like someone cares. They won’t be allowed to wear their face masks though and they will be expected to mind their manners.
😂🤣😂🤣
Pence is likely to recieve a less than warm reception if he goes on a real campaign. Many patriots detest him for his lack of a spine.
I miss Pat Paulson. He should have been elected POTUS in a landslide.
Oh goodness, I remember that year he campaigned!
Pound sand pence you Christian fraud
Pence lied when he said he had no authority to suspend the certification. He knew what he was doing, betraying his President, his oath and his country.
Think Pence was their backup plan C in case the first two didn’t work.
They better move him down on the list, maybe right above Cheney.
PENCE IS UNIVERSALLY HATED.
He has no shot in hell.
I would say that universal hate makes pence the front runner right? Putting a fake conservative in the white house would prove that our election apparatus is still on the up and up because everyone knows that republicans don’t cheat. So they could present the second fairest election in history.
Makes no difference that he has no voter base because it doesn’t matter who votes in our failed democracy. What is important is who counts the votes. It’s not going to be us counting the votes!
But Biden was adored in early 2020?
Mike Pence does not look well…I suspect that he has many secrets which are eating away at his soul, to which I say, “GOOD”!
Judas Mike Pence Joins Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold, Part One
Mike Pence, a History of Treachery and Betrayal
https://newswithviews.com/mike-pence-a-history-of-treachery-and-betrayal/
In the movies guys like Mike Pence never last beyond the baptism scene.
They may think Pence can say damaging things about Trump…but my bet is Trump can do way more damage on Pence.
New Jersey is gonna be destroyed by the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man!
He’s as ugly as Nadler. How gross.
This is hilarious! He is shockingly obese.
His name should be Mike-30-Pieces-of-silver
Mike 30 Pence, like the rapper 50 Cent, who I’d vote for before 30 P.
Dirty Pence.
Pence will never be forgiven for J6.
Personally, I think Pence has a vision of getting a donor-paid-for in-ground swimming pool installed at his home before Labor Day. Mike Pence has a snowball’s chance in Key West of cracking 5% in the Republican primary.
Pence always looks like he is about to cry. He will hopefully have good reason to shed some tears because he lost. He his such a coward claiming President Trump endangered his life.
Maybe Liz will stop by and support him.
That dude always gave me the creeps. And the fly landed on his face during the debate just like bho and hrc.
30 Pence looking for some more Never Trump consultant class campaign silver.
Mike Pence is a baptized and confirmed Catholic who at various times has pretended to be either a Catholic or an evangelical protestant when it is politically expedient. No matter where you fall on the Catholic/protestant divide, all should agree that any man who changes his religious convictions to suit his audience is a charlatan and a fraud who lacks the courage of his convictions. The best position of Mike’s life was holding Trump’s briefcase, and evangelicals in Iowa will see right through the charade.
I totally agree IF the reason is so obvious that it was designed around political stock. (I know MANY people who have changed their religious denomination …for reasons…and almost all of them were the awareness that the former religion held just wasn’t cutting the mustard…for instance…Kari Lake…Most people maybe do not realize: she was a buddhist at one time. kind of bounced around. it happens. but the difference here, is that she “converted” well before entering politics. She grew up! It happens)
God Bless America