{"id":577294,"date":"2023-06-04T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pence-readies-for-trump-showdown-as-2024-launch-approaches\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T14:30:00","slug":"pence-readies-for-trump-showdown-as-2024-launch-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pence-readies-for-trump-showdown-as-2024-launch-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pence readies for Trump showdown as 2024 launch approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/thumbnail_PenceMikeApril_AP.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When then-Vice President Mike Pence spoke outside Baltimore at the 2020 Republican National Convention, he declared: \u201cAmerica needs four more years of President Donald Trump in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This week, when Pence officially announces he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, he will make the case that he, not Trump, is deserving of four more years in the White House.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Pence is set to enter a growing field of contenders seeking the GOP nomination, setting up an historic rarity in which two former running mates become rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Pence\u2019s allies see an affable candidate with a consistent conservative record who can carry on the Trump administration\u2019s policies without the drama. They believe his style and background makes him uniquely suited to perform well in the Iowa caucuses, which would vault him into the upper tier of candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he will resonate. People will want to hear about the type of issues and type of substance he will have. It\u2019s not a kind of shallow politics,\u201d said Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, who has known Pence for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>But Pence has for months polled well behind Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), and skeptics of the former vice president\u2019s chances to breakthrough question whether there is a lane for him with GOP primary voters, who have become increasingly focused on culture wars and personality over policy papers and traditional conservatism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall there\u2019s not an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>etite for Mike Pence in a Republican primary,\u201d said Gunner Ramer, political director at the Republican Accountability PAC, a group run by Republicans pushing the party to move on from Trump that has conducted focus groups with GOP voters.<\/p>\n<p>A swath of voters who support Trump view Pence as a traitor for refusing to reject the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021, despite his lack of constitutional authority to do so.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Meanwhile, some Republicans looking to turn the page from Trump prefer DeSantis as a closer approximation of Trump, but without the baggage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis idea of a Reagan Republican or a traditional conservative and having all these policy positions, that doesn\u2019t work in today\u2019s Republican Party,\u201d Ramer said. \u201cVoters don\u2019t have interest in that. They want someone who fights culture wars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramer pointed to the case of former Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.), a five-term congressman with a strong Republican voting record who lost a primary last year largely because he voted to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A CNN poll released late last month found Pence was the first choice of 6 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning primary voters, trailing Trump, who was the first choice of 53 percent of voters, and DeSantis, who was the first choice of 26 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also found 54 percent of those surveyed said they support or would consider supporting Pence.<\/p>\n<p>A Monmouth University poll released last week asked GOP voters who they\u2019d like to see as the Republican nominee for president, but did not give a list of names. Pence polled at 3 percent, behind Trump at 43 percent and DeSantis at 19 percent.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A March Des Moines Register poll showed 66 percent of self-identified Republicans in the state viewed Pence either somewhat or very favorably, better than Nikki Haley but slightly lower than DeSantis and Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Pence\u2019s team is convinced the former vice president has a path.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They believe Pence has an ability to connect with voters face-to-face that other candidates lack, and they brush aside his current standing in the polls by noting the presumptive favorites at this point in the last few Republican presidential primary cycles did not end up winning the nomination.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Pence advisers see a lane that relies heavily on a strong finish in Iowa, where the former vice president is well known and is more likely to resonate with the large evangelical population that make up the Republican electorate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pence has already been to the Hawkeye State roughly a dozen times before even declaring his candidacy. His campaign launch will have an Iowa focus, with a CNN town hall in Des Moines. A Pence adviser said the former vice president is prepared to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to all 99 counties in the state to reach voters where they are.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have known him for a long time like to say he is \u201cknown well, but not well known,\u201d and that retail politics in the living rooms and restaurants of Iowa will allow him to better connect with Iowa caucus goers. Committed to America, a pro-Pence super PAC, will also assist with organizing and educating voters about the former vice president\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s always this Iowa dream from midwestern politicians that their religious values, understanding of agriculture in small town America, makes Iowa a ripe setting for them,\u201d said Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian. \u201cSo, Pence might be looking at Iowa and saying, \u2018I could run well there. That\u2019s my constituency.\u2019 If Pence comes and wins Iowa or comes in second, he becomes part of a national conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence is also betting that voters reward substance over style, as he has already laid out detailed policy views on issues others have dodged.<\/p>\n<p>Where others have danced around the issue of abortion, Pence has been clear that he is adamantly opposed to the procedure, saying a federal ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy should be considered.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Where Trump has urged Republicans to leave <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Security and Medicare untouched, Pence has called for \u201ccommon sense\u201d reforms to entitlement programs to address their solvency and the nation\u2019s debt.<\/p>\n<p>And where DeSantis has referred to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as a \u201cterritorial dispute\u201d and he and Trump have questioned U.S. support for Ukraine, Pence has been clear that it is in America\u2019s interest to provide aid to the Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, though, the unique nature of Pence going from unflinchingly loyal to Trump to challenging the former president for the nomination is likely to shadow his candidacy from the start.<\/p>\n<p>Pence will make clear his differences with Trump and why he\u2019s decided to go from running mate to challenger in his announcement this week, advisers said, but they argued it would not be what defines the former vice president\u2019s pitch to voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a very present theme on the campaign trail, especially in the mind of the legacy media,\u201d a Pence adviser said. \u201cSo to the extent that we\u2019re thinking about it, we\u2019re thinking about a candidate who\u2019s going to draw contrasts with the former president but he\u2019s also going to draw contrasts with the entire field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Pence will have to find a way to break through in what has so far shaped up to be a race dominated by Trump and DeSantis. That was on display this week, when campaign stops in Iowa by Trump and DeSantis received outsized attention, making it difficult for candidates like Nikki Haley, Tim Scott or Asa Hutchinson to get a foothold in the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Where others see a two-man race between Trump and DeSantis, Pence\u2019s camp sees a desire among voters for an alternative option who is experienced, disciplined and able to win a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think his message and his track record is going to resonate with these voters,\u201d said Scott Reed, a veteran GOP strategist and co-chair of the pro-Pence super PAC. \u201cWe read the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> and the polls and we know that Trump and DeSantis are in this big fight, and we\u2019re going to let that go on as we move forward and run our own campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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