In remarks at an RNC donor meeting, Trump’s former vice president takes aim at his former boss without uttering his name
“If 2022 taught us anything, it’s that candidates that were focused on the challenges facing American families did well. But candidates focused on the past, on litigating the last election, did not do well,” Pence said in a veiled dig at former president Donald Trump, according to the excerpts.
Among other Republicans speaking at the retreat besides Trump and Pence include Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Trump critic, and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a potential 2024 candidate who has taken on Trump.Pence — who is expected to announce a bid for the presidency later this year — also criticized Trump for promising not to make changes to Social Security and Medicare, staking out a position that was once popular within the GOP that has become out of step in the current moment.
The United States should “give them the support they need to win, so we don’t have to fight ourselves.” Trump has generally eschewed talking about the issue, and while DeSantis signed a law on Thursday night banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, the Florida governor“On the heels of the biggest pro-life victory in history, too many Republicans want to run away from the cause that has animated our party for half a century. The truth is, the battle for life is far from over — we have only reached the end of the beginning,” he said.
“We need leaders with the courage to speak hard truths, and have faith that the American people will rally to our cause. We must resist the temptation to put what is popular over what is wise, and resist the politics of personality and the lure of populism unmoored to timeless conservative values,” Pence said.The former president was expected to arrive at the Four Seasons on Friday night and is speaking Saturday night.
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