2023-10-28 21:38:17
Former vice president of the United States Mike Pence announced this Saturday that he is withdrawing his candidacy in the Republican primaries for the 2024 presidential elections.
“This is not my time“Pence said during his speech at the Republican Jewish Convention in Las Vegas, in which he promised to continue defending conservative values and the Constitution.
Pence’s announcement caught those attending this event by surprise in which all the Republican candidates are participating and which will be closed by the former president and favorite in the polls, Donald Trump.
Who was Trump’s vice president surprised everyone when interrupted his words of support to Israel to make your ad “personal“After much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign for President starting today,” he said.
He explained that when he ran in the primaries he did so because he thought that this country has “many problems,” and because he was raised to believe that “to whom much is given, much will be required with everything our country faces.”
But he also added that “the Bible” says that “there is a time for every purpose under heaven” and after six months of campaigning traveling around the country he has realized that it is not his time.
“We always knew this would be an uphill battle. But I have no regrets”said Pence, who considered that it would have been worse not to try.
On the other hand, Pence promised that he will never stop “fighting to get Republicans elected.”
Pence has abandoned the Republican race after experiencing a lack of sufficient support to continue. As the American media recalls this Saturday, in the last public statement about his campaign accounts admitted a debt of $600,000 and only $1.2 million in cash on hand.
Nor has he achieved the minimum donors -70,000- to be able to participate in the next Republican debate, scheduled in Miami in November.
Donald Trump remains the favorite in the Republican primary polls, far ahead of his rivals, as well as far above them in fundraising.
With the departure of Pence, Trump leaves behind one of his main enemies in this race.
And of those who remain, only Asa Hutchinson and Chris Christie – who barely have a chance – have been openly critical of Trump, his false accusations of electoral fraud and his role in the assault on the Capitol.
During this assault, on January 6, 2021, Pence, who that day was acting as president of the Senate by virtue of his position as vice president of the country, ignored Trump’s calls to obstruct the ratification of Democrat Joe Biden as president of the United States. .after winning the elections.
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