Former President Mike Pence, who was running for the Republican presidential nomination, eventually withdrew from the primary race due to low approval ratings on the 28th (local time).
According to U.S. media, former President Pence said at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition held in Las Vegas, Nevada, “It has become clear that now is not the time,” and “After much prayer and reflection, I will begin my presidential campaign starting today.” “We have decided to discontinue,” he announced.
He told the American people, “This is not my time, but it is still your time.”
It appears that low approval ratings and low campaign fund raising were factors in former President Pence’s midterm withdrawal.
One Republican source said in an interview with CNN, “There was great concern within the election campaign that former Vice President Pence would not be eligible to participate in the third TV debate held next month,” and another Republican official said, “We will not secure enough donors.” “I couldn’t do it,” he said.
In the current Republican presidential primary, former President Donald Trump is in first place with an overwhelming approval rating.
Even Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is in second place, only has an approval rating in the 10% range, and other candidates, including former Vice President Pence, are only in the single digits.
Among the conditions for participating in the Republican primary debate to be held in Miami, Florida on the 8th of next month, former Vice President Pence met the condition of ‘recording a 4% approval rating in two or more national opinion polls’, but as of this day, ‘more than 70,000 individual donors’. It has been reported that the condition of ‘must be secured’ was not met.
Former Vice President Pence said, “I will stop campaigning, but I will not stop fighting for conservative values, and I will continue the fight to elect principled Republican leaders to every office in this country.”
He said, “We always knew this race would be an uphill battle, but we have no regrets. If we hadn’t even tried, it would have been more difficult than it was.”
Former Vice President Pence did not specifically mention the candidate he supported in his speech that day.
He said, “As Lincoln (former president) said, give America a man with Republican values who can bring out the better angels in our nature, a man who will not just give the Republican Party a victory, but a man who can lead America with civility.” “I urge you to give it,” he said.
Then, former President Trump insisted that former Vice President Pence should support him.
He said at the rally that day, “People are leaving (the primary race) now, and they are all supporting me,” and “I don’t know about Mike Pence. He should support me. “Because I served as president and was successful, and he served as vice president.”
In contrast, Governor DeSantis praised former Vice President Pence on
Former President Trump and former Vice President Pence were running mates during the Trump administration, but the two effectively broke up after former Vice President Pence refused when former President Trump attempted to overturn the results of the last presidential election.
(Washington·Seoul=News1)
Source: Donga
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