Mike Pence, the former vice president of the United States, has not yet decided who he will vote for in the upcoming presidential election in November this year but he is sure that he will not vote for Donald Trump, the former president he served under.
Pence, 64, said Fox News on Friday that he “cannot in good conscience” endorse presumptive Republican nominee Trump, 77, as he believes his former running mate “is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda we governed during our four years.” “. .
The former vice president withheld his endorsement in the 2024 Republican primary despite pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee after ending his own presidential bid in October.
After Pence dropped out of the presidential race, Trump said he should support him: “I elected him, I made him vice president. But… people in politics can be very disloyal.”
Pence expressed pride in the Trump-Pence administration, but criticized Trump's stance on abortion, the US national debt and TikTok, arguing that Trump has distanced himself from conservative issues.
Pence said: “As I watched his candidacy unfold, I watched him move away from our commitment to addressing the national debt. I watched him begin to shy away from a commitment to the sanctity of human life.
“And this past week, his change of stance by getting tough on China and supporting our administration's efforts to force ByteDance's sale of TikTok.”
Although Pence did not reveal who he will vote for in the 2024 general election and said he will keep “my vote to myself,” he assured that he will “never vote” for President Joe Biden.
He also suggested he would not support a third-party candidate.
Pence's relationship with Trump soured after the former vice president decided not to overturn the 2020 election results while overseeing Congress' certification of Biden's victory on January 6, 2021.
He later claimed that Trump's “reckless words” that day “endangered” his family and others at the US Capitol.
