Former Vice President Mike Pence would not anticipate to aim a grand political comeback and sure will not ever run for the White Home once more, he mentioned in an interview that aired on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
“I don’t see that in my future,” the previous Indiana governor advised NBC’s Kristen Welker. “I do not see it, however we’ll maintain standing for every thing we have all the time stood for, and we’ll let the longer term deal with itself.”
Pence, 65, mentioned he wish to proceed to play a task in conservative coverage, although he provided no direct perception into what that will seem like. He launched the Advancing American Freedom conservative suppose tank in 2021, and he sought the GOP presidential nomination final 12 months however gained little momentum amongst voters.
“I need to be a voice for conservative values. I need to be a voice for the insurance policies and liberties enshrined within the Structure of america,” Pence advised Welker. ” I need to be a champion of the conservative trigger, and that is the place I am going to keep centered, and we’ll let the longer term deal with itself.”
Pence and President Trump had a major falling out on the finish of the primary Trump presidency, as Trump refused to concede Democrat Joe Biden’s win within the 2020 election. Trump’s denials prompted supporters to storm the Capitol to attempt to stop Congress and Pence from certifying the election outcomes, and Pence and his household had to be whisked to a safe location as rioters made their approach by way of the constructing.
“We had been completely different males, completely different personalities, however we developed a type of relationship the place President Trump was not simply my president — he was my buddy,” Pence advised Welker, reflecting again on the prior Trump administration.
“I could not be extra pleased with the report of the Trump-Pence administration. I imply, it did not finish the way in which I wished it to, however what we had been in a position to do to rebuild our navy, to revive our economic system, to nominate conservatives to our courts that gave us a brand new starting for the correct to life and upheld non secular liberty and all are going to be a supply of nice satisfaction for the remainder of my life,” he added.
He declined to take a position about who Trump’s successor as the longer term chief of the GOP ought to be. Trump recently named Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential torchbearers.
“We’ve got a really deep bench on the Republican aspect, which is slightly bit completely different than the Democratic Social gathering lately,” Pence mentioned. “We have got loads of nice women and men, and personally, my objective is to guarantee that whoever leads our occasion sooner or later, that is somebody who embraces that broad, mainstream conservative agenda that is all the time made America robust and affluent and free.”