Exclusive: Former Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News Digital this week that he is “well-known” but “little-known,” hoping that Republican voters will see him in a “new light.” said he was campaigning for elections. It shows that he is “the most qualified, most tried and most proven conservative in the electoral race” who can “take back” the country.
“We need a new leader in the Republican Party,” Pence told Fox News. We need an American leader who understands how to get it back.” Digital. “And if people are looking for that, I’m your man.”
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Pence said most Americans know him as “Vice President Mike Pence.”
“But they told me that I was in leadership of the House Conservatives for 12 years, that I fought the big money spenders in the party, that when I headed the Republican Study Committee, I was actually a Republican. I don’t know that I was leading the battle of wall street “They were the conservative governors who fought party leaders to pass the largest tax cut in Indiana’s history and expand the nation’s largest school choice program, before creating record employment. I don’t know what I have achieved.” Elected Vice President. ”
Pence said his “reason” for running for the White House this term is because he believes “the country is facing many challenges.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence, 2024 Republican presidential nominee, speaks to media representatives at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 11, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“I think Joe Biden has weakened America at home and abroad. American families are struggling in this economy. The enemies of liberty are marching around the world.”
“In light of my lifelong service, I want the American people to know that I am ready from day one to implement the conservative policy principles that will make this country safe, prosperous and free again,” Pence said. said.
The former vice president touted the Trump administration’s achievements, saying Republican voters appreciate “everything President Trump has accomplished during his time in the White House.”
“But people recognize that different times require different leadership,” Pence said. “Beyond the role I have taken so seriously as the Vice President of the United States, and hopefully as a historical conservative leader, I greatly welcome the opportunity to make my heart and thoughts heard.”
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“I never wanted it to be about me,” Pence said as vice president.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Clinton County Republican Hog Roast on July 30, 2023 in Clinton, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“I was there to get information, to prepare, to serve, to support the president, to push the agenda he was elected to push,” he said. “I am proud of the track record of the Trump Pence administration – I was proud to defend our record. [during the debate] On stage, of course, I really appreciate the opportunity for people to see me in a new light and hear my own passion and leadership. ”
Pence said he hoped his performance at the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee this week would “be the beginning of a new way for many Americans to look at our candidacy.”
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“I was grateful for the opportunity to talk about the issue, but I was just grateful that people understood my leadership style and my willingness to fight for what I believed in. And I believe in conservatives.” agenda. He said, “You know, what drew me to the Republican Party was the policies of the Reagan conservatives: strong national defense, American leadership in the world, limited government, free market economies, traditional values, It was a commitment to the right to life, which I still do, and although there are other voices in this campaign, I want to take our party in the direction of populism that is not bound by conservatism principles. We believe there are other priorities to