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Eventually, the vice-president presided over certification. Trump did nothing to call off the mob but Pence did not leave the Capitol. When the mob Trump sent to the Capitol broke in, some chanting “ Hang Mike Pence” while a makeshift gallows was erected outside, Pence was whisked to safety by his Secret Service detail. Pence resisted attempts to have him refuse to certify electoral college results on 6 January 2021, while fulfilling a ceremonial role in Congress. Reports of plots to replace Pence in 2020 were common, however, and whatever bond existed between the two men was finally broken by Trump’s refusal to accept his conclusive defeat by Joe Biden. Pence reportedly considering leaving the ticket – or replacing Trump at the top of it – amid the Access Hollywood scandal, in which Trump was recorded boasting about assaulting women.īut Pence did not quit and through Trump’s four years in power he maintained an unflaggingly loyal – many said obsequious – stance at his president’s side. Trump’s controversies and vulgarities soon tested the bond. Pence was governor of Indiana when Trump picked him as his running mate in 2016, a move widely seen as an attempt to reassure evangelical and socially conservative voters alarmed by the brash New York business mogul. Other declared candidates include the South Carolina senator Tim Scott, the former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson and Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur.ĭonald Trump and Mike Pence on 2 November 2020, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The former congressman and Indiana governor, an evangelical conservative, enters a primary dominated by Trump, who enjoys commanding polling leads, well clear of his nearest challenger, the rightwing Florida governor, Ron DeSantis.Ī Pence run has long been expected but he has not registered significantly in polling, generally contesting third place with the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. He attacked the Democratic administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, showing clips of the president and vice president and warning about the “radical left” that “recession is looming”, the US-Mexico border is “under siege” and “the American dream is being crushed under runaway inflation”, lamenting a “weakened America” at home and abroad.

He declares: “My family and I have been blessed beyond measure with opportunities to serve this nation and it would be easy to stand on the sidelines, but that’s now how I was raised and that’s why, before God and my family, I’m announcing that I’m running for president of the United State. The video includes patriotic images and shots of a pensive Pence. Together, we can bring this Country back, and the best days for the Greatest Nation on Earth are yet to come! 🇺🇸 #Pence2024 /A8EkqgCDAm- Mike Pence June 7, 2023 I believe in the American people, and I have faith God is not done with America yet.