former vice president of the United States Mike Pence announced this Saturday that he is withdrawing his candidacy in the Republican primary for the 2024 presidential election.
“This is not my time“Pence said in his speech at the Republican Jewish Convention in Las Vegas that he promised to continue defending conservative values and the Constitution.
Pence’s statement surprised those who attended this event, which will be closed by the former president and will be the favorite in the polls, attended by all Republican candidates. donald trump.
Who was Trump’s vice president surprised everyone? interrupted his words of support Israel to make your ad “personal”“After much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my Presidential campaign effective today,” he said.
He explained that when he ran in the primaries, he did so because he thought this country had “a lot of problems” and because he was raised to believe that “to whom much is given, much is required in everything our country faces.”
But he also added that “the Bible” says “there is a time for every purpose under heaven” and that after six months of campaigning around the country he realized this was not his time.
“We always knew this would be an uphill battle. But I have no regrets.”said Pence, thinking it would be worse not to try.
Pence, on the other hand, promised that he would never stop “fighting to get Republicans elected.”
Pence left the Republican race due to lack of sufficient support to continue. As the American media recalled this Saturday, in the last public statement regarding the campaign accounts Admitted $600,000 in debt and has only $1.2 million in cash.
He also failed to reach the minimum donation amount (70,000) required to participate in the next Republican debate, scheduled for November in Miami.
Donald Trump remains the favorite in Republican primary polls, well ahead of his rivals and well ahead of them in fundraising.
With Pence’s departure Trump is leaving one of his most important enemies behind in this race.
Of the rest, only Asa Hutchinson and Chris Christie (who have almost no chance) have openly criticized Trump, his baseless accusations of election fraud, and his role in the attack on the Capitol.
During this attack on January 6, 2021, Pence, who was president of the Senate that day due to his position as the country’s vice president, ignored Trump’s calls to block the confirmation of Democrat Joe Biden as the US president. States…after winning the elections.