Pence Allies Launch ’24 Super PAC With
Former VP’s Blessing
Real Clear Politics,
by
Philip Wegman
Original Article
Posted By: Moritz55,
5/16/2023 1:27:28 PM
With his blessing, close friends and longtime allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are standing up a super PAC to support his expected bid for the presidency. And while he has not formally declared his candidacy, the new organization is the clearest sign yet that Pence intends to challenge his old boss, Donald Trump, for the 2024 Republican nomination.
It also reflects how they will do it. The new PAC, called “Committed to America,” has hired staff from the establishment machine that bucked Trump in Georgia, and they are preparing to put Trump on the defensive while reintroducing Pence to primary voters, “not as vice president,”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Safari Man 5/16/2023 1:29:42 PM (No. 1470694)
It's just a grift. Sucker people into donating, line your pockets.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rinktum 5/16/2023 1:47:17 PM (No. 1470710)
No need to introduce Pence. He has made a name for himself that cannot be forgotten. The man is a betrayer. I have zero respect for him and would never vote for him regardless who his opponent was. I am done voting for the lesser of two evils.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Northcross 5/16/2023 1:54:22 PM (No. 1470716)
Pence has allies? A real friend would tell him the truth. His political career is long since over.
36 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
commonsence 5/16/2023 2:02:47 PM (No. 1470724)
The only reply I can come up with is LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL.
25 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
SALady 5/16/2023 2:06:45 PM (No. 1470728)
So is Pence running as a Demon-Rat?!?!?!?
He surely has to know he doesn't have a bat's chance in Hades of running as a Republican!!!! Seriously, he won't come in the top 6 in his home state's Republican primary, and won't be in the top 12 in any other state's Republican.
He is nothing but a backstabbing Benedict Arnold!!! But I guess that would make him the perfect Demon-Rat candidate!!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 5/16/2023 2:08:29 PM (No. 1470731)
#1 is correct. The answer is “grift.” There is no other explanation for this kind of money.
The only other possibility is they are stupid and completely out of touch. Both scenarios unlikely.
Pence’s name should become an adjective: “he’s been “Penced.” (A la “Borked.”)
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A non-starter. Pence needs to go back to his radio career.
Dittos to OP.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
rochow 5/16/2023 2:15:46 PM (No. 1470736)
Just stay home Pence and enjoy your life. There is no WH for you in the future.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
49 Ford 5/16/2023 2:30:27 PM (No. 1470741)
Unlike many others on this board I think Mike Pence is a fine man who served honorably and well as vice president. He was the deal second banana for someone like Donald Trump. Accusations of "backstabber!" or "traitor!" have no merit IMO. He did not promise Trump that he would do one thing while pivoting and doing another. Pence performed his constitutional duty as he saw it, and no one can rightly fault him for that. Pence's conservative credentials speak for themselves.
That said, I am not sure how well he could hold up under intensive pressure. The religious freedom thing in Indiana (ask poster Udanja99 about that) gives me pause. But if Pence were to honestly best Trump in the primaries I would certainly support him in the general election, and I would ask every responsible citizen to do so as well. Those who would stay home or skip the presidential race if Pence were at the top of the ticket may well get what they ask for - just as the voters in Chicago did last month.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/16/2023 2:56:57 PM (No. 1470753)
“Ok, Karen dear. What shall we buy with it?”
Of course he blesses it, Silly!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Newtsche 5/16/2023 2:59:40 PM (No. 1470755)
Wow, this afternoon at Lucianne we have Archie comics, SI swimsuit editon, human zero Pence, it's a parade of irrelevance! Check back later for real news.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Muguy 5/16/2023 3:11:24 PM (No. 1470761)
He’s dead in the water.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 5/16/2023 3:22:53 PM (No. 1470773)
Pence is pissing into a strong headwind. He has no chance to be either the next VP, nor President. He is burnt toast. But because he is an arrogant fool, he doesn't realize it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 5/16/2023 3:26:32 PM (No. 1470778)
The real reason is an attempt to assure that President Donald John Trump cannot be reelected again. Not by winning but by wounding.
4 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/16/2023 3:49:16 PM (No. 1470786)
How can anyone take seriously this wimp who has accused President Donald John Trump of endangering him and his family on January 6?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mariboo72 5/16/2023 4:39:09 PM (No. 1470810)
I tend to agree with #9. The people who have disdain for Pence are the same people who still hate Megan Kelly, even though neither of them theoretically hurt Trump. In my view I believe Pence is strong morally but weak politically. I hold nothing against him, but I wouldn't vote for him. He's an establishment politician. We need a fighter and I don't see that in him. He would probably cave to any backlash.
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Respectively, #9, I did what you suggest when I voted for McCain and got Clinton for 8 years and we barely squeaked out with Bush over the Sex Poodle Global Climate Freak. I voted for Mitt Romney and got Obama for 8 years of international humiliation. I voted for Trump and his victory scared the ever-lovin' cr@p out of the Swamp. If Judas Pence is our standard bearer, I'll sit this out and let you pick your poison.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
JimBob 5/16/2023 4:46:22 PM (No. 1470813)
I saw Pence speak a couple of times, and he sounded good.
However, apparently he will 'fold' when under pressure.
Not my candidate.
But... way better than either FatMan Christie or The HairSniffer!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
snapper451 5/16/2023 4:55:50 PM (No. 1470817)
Vivek will beat Pence in the primaries. Pence will do worse than Jeb Bush in 2016.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
3XALADY 5/16/2023 5:06:55 PM (No. 1470823)
Hey, Judas Pence! Your campaign is going to be as important as a phart in a hailstorm.
5 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
49 Ford 5/16/2023 5:42:25 PM (No. 1470836)
Well # 17, I voted just as you did in those elections, and of course got treated to the same results. But to sit out an election if Trump were to lose fair & square in the primaries makes no sense to me, especially in view of the radical left's ongoing direct assault on our very way of life. McCain, Romney, Bush & co. are completely irrelevant today.
My main point is that the stakes are just too high for us to engage in the luxury of "Trump or Bust" I think DJT is a great man, I thank God he was my president and will wholeheartedly.support him if he is nominated. But we just need to have a Plan B in the event Everybody's Favorite Guy, for whatever reason, falls short .
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 5/16/2023 6:36:33 PM (No. 1470869)
Why not just take the money and pile it up and have a bonfire? At least that will provide some useful light and heat for a short while.
A hopeless, pointless waste of time.
Pence is dead politically.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Californian 5/16/2023 8:34:38 PM (No. 1470938)
9, there is no universe where Pence beats Trump in the primaries. Or at cards or golf or tic tac toe.
Pence is politically dead. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't so. Have you considered why the vast majority of the L crowd, who are the staunch conservatives any successful Republicans candidate needs to win, loathe and despise this creature?
The excuse of "he didn't promise he would support the constitution, clean elections, the duly elected president, save the country from 4-8 years of disaster" does not relieve him of the innate responsibility to do so. He swore to protect the US Constitution and folded like a like cheap suit at the one and only time in 4 years as VP he was needed for anything.
He can grift all he wants. He's going to be out of the primaries _fast_.
My dog stands a better chance than he does. She's cute. He's betrayed the country.
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If he was truly committed to America he would not have stabbed her in the back like he did. Go away Judas.
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This candidacy won’t go anywhere. What concerns me is that Pence’s presence will distract President Trump and tempt him to focus even more on the past, when he needs to focus more on his plans for the future.