Posted on 09/07/2023 12:38:13 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Former Vice President Mike Pence has claimed populism is a pathway to “defeat for the Republican Party.” Former President Donald Trump, the current 2024 GOP frontrunner, is known for his populist positions, which brought him support from many disenfranchised leftists and independents.
Pence made the comments during a Wednesday appearance on “America’s Newsroom” on Fox News.
“Well, look, you look at this Republican field, whether it’s my former running mate or some of his imitators, and there is a push in this Republican primary to to move us away from our party’s historic commitment to American leadership on the world stage, to a commitment to fiscal responsibility and reform in the face of a massive national debt crisis,” Pence began.
Pence continued, “You know, I came to this party, during the Reagan years, and and I really believe not only the pathway to victory for the Republican Party in the fall of 24, but the way we restore security and prosperity for the American people is to deliver a standard bearer and an agenda that’s built on that commonsense conservative agenda that has always delivered greater security and prosperity for the American people.”
“I think it’s a real choice in the party between whether we stay on the path of the traditional conservative agenda that’s defined this movement for the last 50 years and really is grounded in American ideals or whether we are going to follow the siren song of populism unmoored to conservative principles,” the longshot candidate added.
Pence concluded, “I really believe that’s a pathway not only to defeat for the Republican Party but ultimately it is the pathway to disappointment and decline for our party and for our country.”
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He represents the GOPe - it’s what they are and they DON’T represent us, only themselves.
I sort of stopped looking at FR here for awhile but back then I was on every day. I didn't care much for Pence from the start.
Don't laugh, but this is one item I look for when a politician starts to ask for my support, and that is if his hair and makeup make him look like he's trying too hard to get on the cover of GQ Magazine. That immediately makes me think he is way too self-involved and too much the narcissist. It worked for Romney/Ryan, and every other has been Pubbie.
It also makes me think he has too many old GOP handlers who think hair that has so much hairspray on it that he could use it as a DOT certified motorcycle helmet and makeup that rivals a mortician is really a vote getter.
I really look hard at those types as they are mostly fakes.
The general consensus right here was, Pence will make a good VP for Trump. I never read anywhere here comments suggesting he was a spook, poser, backstabber etc..
What he is saying is, “If you support trump, we will rig your down ballot election against you!”
You have to speak fluent politics to understand it.
We need an official MAGA Party.
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