.Mike_Pence, no longer beholden to Trump, isn't hesitating from lobbying attacks against him. It's a notable shift for Pence, who previously hesitated on harshly criticizing his former boss. But political experts said that it was a necessity.
For four years, former Vice President Mike Pence was known for his unwavering allegiance to former President Donald Trump. Then came their loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent Jan. 6 Capitol riot in which protesters chanted,"Hang Mike Pence!"
"The fact is he's been mired in low single digits. He has not yet qualified for the debate. So a strategy change was certainly required," he added."I'll take him at his word that this comes from an intellectually moral and honest place. But that aside, he needed to switch things up if he wanted to get into the debate and into the real hunt for the nomination."
Pence, unlike other 2024 rivals, is in an unusual role in his battle against Trump, experts said."Pence is in really a unique position for a vice president running for president. In that, he's running against the president under whom he served. That's relatively unprecedented, certainly in modern times," said Joel Goldstein, a vice presidential scholar at Saint Louis University.
"I think Pence feels as though the cuffs are off and he can speak more candidly about it," Dole said."There's a lot of people in the race for president, and they're all trying to find their path. And Mike Pence has the best case to make for being wronged by the president and finding his own course that he believes is reasonable.
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