Former Vice President Mike Pence waves with his wife Karen as he leaves the stage after announcing he is withdrawing from the presidential campaign, during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Oct. 28, 2023.
“So, after much prayer and deliberation I have decided to suspend my campaign for president, effective today,” he continued.Libby Cathey/ABC News Sometimes, the wait staff at whatever restaurant he was renting out would politely fill the open seats.
That same night, Pence made a plea to attendees for “just a buck” to help him cross the 40,000-donor threshold to make the first primary debate stage, a humbling request given his high profile. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who got into the race the same week as Pence, had already qualified for the debate at that point in time. headtopics.com
At the time, those were some of Pence’s most candid remarks about how he felt about Trump and Jan. 6, and he repeated those sentiments throughout his campaign.that a majority of Republicans said they believed Trump’s false claims that the 2020 results were fraudulent.
He told her back, “Your words are medal enough,” before the woman confessed to ABC News she was a registered Democrat. But Becker said he hadn’t voted for the Trump-Pence ticket and told ABC News he was a registered Democrat who had crossed the aisle to vote for Republicans in the past — just not at the Iowa caucus. headtopics.com
Former Vice President Mike Pence waves with his wife Karen as he leaves the stage after announcing he is withdrawing from the presidential campaign, during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Oct. 28, 2023.People were often polite to the vice president — aside from the hecklers — and he was gracious to the reporters covering him, too, recognizing our faces as the campaign wore on.