Washington (BLAZETRENDS).- Former US Vice President Mike Pence (2017-2021) presented this Monday the documentation to the US Federal Election Commission. to attend the Republican Party primaries for the presidential elections of 2024.
Pence plans to officially launch his candidacy with a speech this Wednesday in Iowa, coinciding with his 64th birthday, and later that day he plans to participate in a CNN-hosted town hall meeting in Des Moines, the state capital.
A large list of Republicans
In this way, Pence joins a large group of candidates for the Republican nomination for the US Presidency, such as former President Donald Trump (20217-2021); Florida Governor Ron DeSantis; former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley; former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott.
Together with them, businessmen Vivek Ramaswamy, Ryan Binkley and Perry Johnson have presented their candidacy, as well as broadcaster Larry Elder.
According to the weighted average of polls conducted by the FiveThirtyEight website, Trump currently leads the polls as the favorite to win the Republican nomination for President, followed by DeSantis, Pence, Haley and Ramaswamy.
Pence counts as collateral the four years he served as vice president during Trump’s tenure. He was previously a congressman from 2001-2013 and Governor of Indiana (2013-2017).
Mike Pence, conservative convictions and support for restrictive laws
He is supported by the “Committed to America” super PAC, which he launched in mid-May and co-chairs with former Texas congressman Jeb Hensarling and veteran Republican consultant Scott Reed. A Super PAC is a fundraising organization that can collect donations from individuals, corporations, and unions and spend unlimited amounts of funds.
A man of deep religious convictions, Pence can be a strong appeal to evangelical voters, who he often addresses by speaking about their faith and the issues that matter to them, such as anti-abortion and pro-religious freedom policies.
In that sense, Pence has made it clear that he supports states passing restrictive laws to further limit access to abortion and believes that the Mifepristone abortion pill, the most widely used in the US to terminate pregnancies, should not be marketed.
At the federal level, he has defended the existence of legislation that prohibits abortion after the 15th week of gestation.
During the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Pence, who on 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. USA after winning the elections.