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Someone Please Tell Mike Pence That He Will Never Be President
The former vice president’s preliminary campaigning for a 2024 run is a waste of time and energy
It’s almost adorable that Mike Pence is even bothering to tease a presidential bid, much less one in 2024.
The former vice president — who had to run for cover back in January as a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol seeking his head due to his failure to help the ex-president steal an election based on a lie about Black voters — is doing the sort of things that politicians do to tease a White House run. Pence visited the state of South Carolina, which has often played a deciding factor in the presidential primary seasons of both major political parties, to remind everyone that while he can’t be counted on to cheat every election, his bigotry remains enduring. There, at a dinner reportedly sponsored by a conservative Christian nonprofit, he promised to spend the coming months “pushing back on the liberal agenda.”
Yes, that’s from the conservative hit collection, so you know how it goes.
“We’ve got to guard our values… by offering a positive agenda to the American people, grounded in our highest ideals,” Pence explained. “Now, over the coming months, I’ll have more to say about all…
