Mike Pence ran into an election denier at a Sioux City, Iowa Pizza Ranch. (As a north Jersey kid who is half Italian I can’t get my head around the idea of a “Pizza Ranch”–but I digress). She told Pence […]
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Mike Pence: “Conservatives can either be for politically motivated government intervention in the private sector, or we can be against it.”
As the populist candidates for president attack woke corporations, Pence is trying to shore-up his lane as the Ronald Reagan candidate. Today he turned to the libertarian Reason magazine to defend free markets. Here is a taste of his piece […]
NBC News poll puts Trump nearly 30 points ahead of DeSantis in GOP nomination race
The poll was taken between June 16 and June 20, 2023: The NBC News poll also gives Biden a four point lead over Trump in the 2024 general election. It has DeSantis in a dead heat with Biden in 2024. […]
Mike Pence at Road to Majority 2023
Mike Pence was the first 2024 GOP presidential candidate to speak at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference this weekend. Pence’s walkout music was Kid Rock’s “Born Free.” The applause was sparse. Watch his speech: After listening […]
Court evangelical Robert Jeffress claims he just texted Trump: “There are millions of Christians praying for you right now”
A Southern Baptist once told me that the most dangerous place in the Southern Baptist Convention is between Robert Jeffress and a camera. The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas does not seem phased by the Trump federal […]
Does Pence have a chance?
Mike Pence announced his presidential candidacy today and will speak to Dana Bash tonight on CNN. Columnists from The New York Times weigh-in: Q: How seriously should we take Mike Pence’s candidacy? Frank Bruni At least a bit more seriously than […]
What happened at the NRA leadership forum this weekend?
We have a serious gun violence problem in the United States. While the National Rifle Association was meeting in Indianapolis, there were multiple-death shootings in Dadeville, Alabama; Louisville, Kentucky; Harrisonburg, Virginia; Honolulu, Hawaii; Spring, Texas; Orlando, Florida; Ahoskie, North Carolina; […]
The Times (London) on Trump’s former court evangelicals and the 2024 election
I was happy to help The Times with this piece. Click here for larger context. Here is a taste of David Charter’s article: John Fea, a historian at Messiah College who studies evangelical culture and politics, said: “This is a […]
Why last night’s Mike Pence interview was so hard to watch
In case you missed it, CNN hosted a townhall conversation with former vice president Mike Pence. Jake Tapper hosted the event and Pence took questions from the audience. Pence is clearly positioning himself for a presidential run in 2024 and […]
Mike Pence: “The president’s words were reckless. It’s clear he decided to be part of the problem”
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This is what the Big Lie looks like on the ground in Arizona
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan interviews attendees at Trump and Pence events:
“God is watching us”
Yesterday, retired federal judge Michael Luttig testified before the House Select Committee on January 6th. Luttig is a veteran of the Reagan administration, clerked for Antonin Scalia and Warren Burger, and held various positions in the George W. Bush White […]
It’s time to step up, Mike. Do it for God and country!
Today the House January 6th Select Committee portrayed former vice-president Mike Pence as the savior of the republic. We learned that Pence refused to succumb to Donald Trump’s attempts to get him to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He and […]
Mike Pence positions himself for 2024
According to Adam Wren at Politico, the former Indiana governor and Vice-President of the United States is trying to find a lane that will allow him to praise Trump for his accomplishments and separate him from Trump’s many missteps. Wren […]
If Trump runs in 2024, he will do it without Pence
Here is David Drucker at the Washington Examiner: Former President Donald Trump is effectively ruling out tapping former Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate should he mount a third White House bid in 2024 and win the Republican […]
Pence says he was “proud” to certify the election
Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman on the latest from Penceville: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday night made his most forceful attempt yet to separate himself from his former boss, Donald J. Trump, on the issue of certifying the […]
More on the evangelical Trumpers in Orlando this weekend: Ted Cruz confirms his Dominionism and Mike Pence gets heckled.
I am trying to stay up-to-speed on this evangelical Lost Cause conference known as The Road to Majority. Read our first post here. Here is Ted Cruz: Some responses: What Cruz is doing here is political fundamentalism It is one […]
Evangelical Trumpers gather in Orlando
While many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, an all-star lineup of Trump court evangelicals and other assorted followers of the former president are in Orlando this weekend for the Road to Majority 2021, the annual gathering of Ralph Reed’s Faith & […]
Pence says he and Trump “do not see eye to eye” on the January 6, 2021 insurrection
This is the first time the former vice president has suggested that he has a different view of January 6 than his old boss. But of course this claim was also couched in pro-Trump administration rhetoric. Here is Myah Ward […]
Joe Biden did not mention God in his National Day of Prayer proclamation. Conservative evangelicals are not happy.
Yesterday was the National Day of Prayer. Biden issued a proclamation: Throughout our history, Americans of many religions and belief systems have turned to prayer for strength, hope, and guidance. Prayer has nourished countless souls and powered moral movements — […]