Former Vice President Mike Pence could not have ushered himself off the 2024 presidential stage much quicker than he did on Friday.
Sure, he’ll remain in the race. He’s actually third in the RealClearPolitics aggregate of GOP primary polls — although well behind second-place Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and well, well behind first place, his former boss. He’ll plod along through the early debates and may continue to draw high-ish single-digit numbers in the polls.
However, I think we’ll look back in 12 months and agree that his candidacy effectively died with four words uttered on an Iowa stage on Friday: “That’s not my concern.”
The reason Pence and others were on stage was because of the first official presidential forum of the primary season. This wasn’t a debate between the candidates, but individual one-on-one interviews with arguably the most famous (and hardest-working) technically unemployed conservative pundit there is, Tucker Carlson.
Those even remotely familiar with Carlson know that he’s skeptical of unquestioned NATO support of Ukraine in its war against Russia. If you’re a fan of his show, you’ll also know that he’s spoken out frequently about the moral decay of America, particularly as it pertains to crime and the left’s increasing tolerance of it.
mike pence is a carbon copy of the rest of the other RINOs. He is a spineless jellyfish.
Traitor Pence !!!
Pence is finished. Those 4 little words just buried his political career.
Pence was a good VP to a great President. He took bad advice on 1/6 by not sending electoral votes contested by several state legislatures back to those bodies for review; might have changed the final tally or not but should have been done. His political future ended that day. Period!