Pence Bores Everyone In His First Public Speech Since Departing Public Office

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Pence ties himself to Trump, in first public speech since leaving office

Four years is all I can take!

In  his first public speech since leaving office, former Vice President  Mike Pence on Thursday closely aligned himself with his old boss,  touting the Trump administration's accomplishments while urging  conservatives to reject what he called the Biden administration's  "far-left agenda." "But how times have changed," Pence  said. "In just 100 days, the Biden-Harris administration has launched an  avalanche of liberal policies that threaten to derail all the progress  that we made." On Thursday evening, Pence headlined a  dinner hosted by the Palmetto Family Council, a South Carolina social  conservative Christian group. His remarks, delivered at a convention  center in Columbia, S.C., largely focused on what he said he and former  President Donald Trump were able to accomplish during their four years  in office. Pence touted a variety of their  administration's accomplishments, from conservative judicial appointments and the Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, to foreign policy achievements like the Abraham Accords.

"It was four years of consequence, four years of results and four years of promises made and promises kept,"

Pence called serving alongside Trump  "the greatest honor of my life." He made a passing reference to the  events on Jan. 6, calling it a "tragedy at our nation's Capitol," but  didn't address the violence that occurred. During his speech, which coincided  with President Joe Biden's 100th day in office, Pence labeled Biden's  agenda "an explosion of runaway spending" and decried Democrats for what  he viewed as launching a war against "American traditional values." He  said Republicans had the winning agenda, focusing on key issues such as national defense, a secure border and conservative judges. Pence did not say whether he would run  for president in 2024, but the location of the night's event was  notable. South Carolina hosts the first presidential primary in the  South, and a win in that state resuscitated Biden's flagging campaign to  be the Democratic nominee last year.

Pence try's to electrocute himself, rather than let the Capital mob get him![/center]

His remarks revealed that he was  willing to squarely align himself with the former president, even in the  face of reports that their relationship had deteriorated in the  aftermath of the Capitol insurrection, where rioters were recorded  yelling, "Hang Mike Pence!" However, earlier Thursday, Trump told  Fox Business that he would certainly consider Gov. Ron DeSantis of  Florida as a running mate if he were to run again — the latest sign of a  fracture between Trump and Pence. Last month, a poll of Republican  voters found that DeSantis and Pence were tied for the 2024 GOP  nomination if Trump decided to opt out. This month, publisher Simon &  Schuster announced a two-book deal with Pence — a common tactic for  those prepping a presidential run.  Read more ...

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