Chris Muhizi Minembwe Capital News “MCN” Thursday June 8th/2023.
In a speech in Ankeny, Iowa, Vice President Pence argued that Mr. Trump had aided the mob that invaded the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 and had falsely implied that Mr. Pence had the authority to void. #BBC said.
He continued, “But on that day, President Trump also demanded that I choose between him and the constitution. The American people deserve to know that.”
Voters will have the same option going forward because I always will choose the constitution.
Trump should be barred from taking office again, he continued, citing his behavior on January 6.
I think the president of the United States should never be someone who puts themselves above the constitution, he declared.
Mr. Pence also attacked Democratic President Joe Biden, claiming that neither he nor Mr. Trump are typical Americans who understand how to “treat each other with kindness and respect even when we disagree.”
He attacked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, another Republican opponent in 2024, but he spent a large portion of his address criticizing Mr. Trump.
He attacked Mr. DeSantis for his previous comments regarding the conflict in Ukraine, saying that “Donald Trump and others who would seek the presidency would walk away from our traditional role on the world stage.”
At a later CNN town hall, he persisted in criticizing his rivals and attacked Mr.
Trump for previously referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “genius.”
However, he also criticized the prosecution for looking into Mr. Trump’s suspected misuse of secret information after he left office, saying that “indicting a former president in the United States sends a terrible message to the world.”
It happens after prosecutors exonerated Mr. Pence of wrongdoing last week for his own handling of secret information.
Last weekend’s Roast and Ride fundraiser at the Iowa State Fairgrounds included eight Republican presidential hopefuls, including Mr. Pence.
Along with several hundred other motorcyclists, he arrived on a Harley Davidson and rode in a convoy to raise money for veterans of the military. However, that was insufficient to generate any interest in his campaign.
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has formally submitted paperwork to enter the Republican field of candidates for president, which is getting more and more crowded.
On Wednesday in Iowa, a state with early voting, Mr. Pence, 63, will formally launch his campaign with a speech, a town hall event, and a video.
His decision places him against Donald Trump, with whom he held the White House from 2017 to 2021.
The former president is currently leading the race in the polls by a wide margin.
This comes after the former US vice president Mike Pence made his sharpest criticism of Donald Trump to date in a speech kicking off his 2024 campaign.
The Republican claimed that Mr. Trump had abandoned conservative principles and had violated the US constitution.
On Wednesday, the former governor and representative from Indiana formally announced his intention to run for president.
He will now go up against his two-time running partner, with whom he shared the White House from 2017 to 2021