During an appearance at Erick Erickson's The Gathering event this weekend, Mike Pence again laid out his issues with Donald Trump and the 2024 GOP platform.
There was nothing all that normal about Donald Trump's presidency and maybe the most compelling thing is his relationship with former running mate Mike Pence. It is hard to remember a time in history when a former VP didn't support the party's candidate in future elections.
Pence isn't supporting Trump in the looming election and he's certainly not a RINO. The former VP explained his various problems with the current incarnation of his party saying:
"The fact that we have a platform that removed 50 years of pro-life language, made no mention of the national debt, advocated massive taxes at our borders. And abandoning commitments that we have to allies around the world are deeply troubling to me and deeply disappointing."
The former Indiana Governor continued, "But I honestly believe, and make no mistake about it. You got people from all over the country or people watching all over the country. We can we can help our our candidates at every level. By speaking the truth to them respectfully."
Moving to Trump, he noted, "For my part, I’m staying out of the presidential campaign. For the reason that I cannot endorse this growing abandonment of our allies on the world stage that’s taken hold in parts of our party. I cannot endorse ignoring our national debt that reached $35 trillion just in the last week. I cannot support marginalizing the right to life in our party as we saw in our national platform."