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Mike Pence is “carefully considering” entering the race to become the Republican’s nominee ahead of the 2024 US Presidential Election, the former Vice President has confirmed. Pence gave an update about his White House aspirations during a frank interview with author Andrew Klavan on his conservative Daily Wire show.
He said: “I can tell you we are giving it careful consideration.
“I feel like the country is in a lot of trouble right now.
“We’ve got inflation at a 40-year high, a crisis at our southern border, America’s place in the world, I think, has been weakened by the policies of this administration.”
Pence added: “We are giving consideration about what role we would play, we are giving consideration about being a candidate.
“We are going to take the holidays to listen to one another as a family and then we are going to continue to travel around the country to listen to the American people.”
The 63-year-old is mulling over launching his bid at a time when opinion polls point to a tight race between ex-POTUS Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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A recent Grand Old Party (GOP) primary survey by Big Village put Pence on around 10 percent of the vote.
Despite other polls suggesting Trump recently lost his Republican crown to DeSantis, the twice-impeached ex-President was out in front on 51 percent.
The Sunshine State’s Governor trailed Trump in second place on 27 percent.
Trump is the only candidate to officially launch his third successive White House bid after he made his “big announcement” at Mar-a-Lago in November.
Many Republican strategists believe the announcement was made after a lacklustre set of US midterm election results for the Republican Party in an effort to take momentum away from DeSantis.
Pence fell out with his former boss after he refused to reject the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 US Presidential Election.
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Pence’s life was considered at risk during the storming of the Capitol as some rioters vowed to hang the 48th Vice President.
His cordial comments about his former boss do not seem to have been reciprocated by Trump.
Speaking to the New York Times’ Peter Baker and the New Yorker’s Susan Glasser, Trump addressed whether he would pick Pence as his Vice President candidate again.
He said: “It would be totally inappropriate… Mike committed political suicide.”
Republican strategists seem somewhat conflicted about whether Pence could come out on top in the looming GOP primary.
GOP fundraiser Noelle Nikpour voiced concern about whether Pence would receive enough financial backing to compete against Trump and DeSantis.
She told Express.co.uk: “People like Mike Pence but I don’t think he can raise the funds necessary to run in a competitive primary.”
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