The former vice president is banking on Republicans returning to more traditional conservatism after the turbulent Trump era.
Pence has now returned to nurturing the deep relationships with conservative activists that he built while serving in Congress, when he straddled a line of opposing some of President George W. Bush’s spending priorities as too liberal but still found a way to rise through House leadership.
Early polls put him in the mid-single digits with little buzz, despite near universal name recognition. But with a decision on running still months away, he is keeping the schedule of a presidential candidate, crisscrossing the early states for private meetings with activists, laying out policy addresses with visits to the old cathedrals of Reagan conservatism — the Goldwater Institute, Bob Jones University, the American Enterprise Institute, the Club for Growth and Liberty University.
In an interview Saturday with SiriusXM’s “Breitbart News” show, Pence also said he was “taken aback” by the possibility that Trump could be arrested if a Manhattan district attorney successfully obtains an indictment on charges related to hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels.
He has written and spoken publicly about Trump’s role in the effort to overturn the 2020 election result and in inspiring the rioters that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, saying that history will hold Trump accountable. But his attorneys have also filed objections to Pence testifying before a grand jury investigating Trump’s role, arguing that at least some part of what he would be asked about could be covered by the “speech or debate” clause of the U.S.
Many Republican voters, however, remain skeptical of Pence — with some hardcore Trump loyalists viewing him as a traitor for refusing to overturn the 2020 election and some of thoseAdvertisement
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