Pence says Trump tweet ‘angered’ him as he says he can’t support his 2024 run

Jump to contentSign up to our newslettersSubscribeNewsSportsVoicesCultureLifestyleTravelPremiumCloseDonald Trump launches 2024 presidential campaign At a town hall on CNN on Wednesday evening, former vice president Mike Pence said he would not support Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House in 2024, saying he believed the US wanted ‘leadership to unite’ the country.He said he was ‘angered’ by a tweet Mr Trump sent during the Capitol riot accusing him of not having the ‘courage’ to delay or overturn the certification of the 2020 election.On Tuesday Mr Trump’s daughter Ivanka skipped his 2024 campaign announcement while her husband, Jared Kushner, attended. The two served as advisers during his four years in the White House.Now, Ivanka is out with a statement saying that she won’t be involved in politics at all amid her father’s third White House run – a sign of the consequences of January 6 and Mr Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.More Republicans than ever are calling for their party to move on from Mr Trump after the promised ‘red wave’ failed to materialise in last Tuesday’s midterms, leaving them with a thin House majority while Democrats still control the Senate.Mr Trump will likely face an uphill struggle to win over moderate Republicans and independents going forward as other GOP presidential hopefuls step forward, particularly Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who did not attend last night’s address.1668657619The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly elections committee who was backed by former President Donald Trump has been kicked out of the closed GOP caucus due to a lack of trust in her leadership.State Rep. Janel Brandtjen’s expulsion from the caucus comes after Republicans failed to win a supermajority in the Assembly and Trump’s endorsed candidate for governor lost to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in the swing state.Read more about the failure of the Trump wing of the GOP in Wisconsin here:The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly elections committee who was backed by former President Donald Trump has been kicked out of the closed GOP caucus due to a lack of trustJohn Bowden17 November 2022 04:001668655567Asked if he thinks he could win if he ran for the Republican nomination against Donald Trump, Pence says that if he did run he would be more concerned about what he was running for rather than who against, mentioning the military and lifting regulations on business.Pence has said he will decide whether to run for the White House after discussing it with his family over Christmas. ‘We’ll stay in the fight for our values and do everything we can to strengthen and serve the country we love, so help me God.’Phil Thomas17 November 2022 03:261668654445Pence says he backs Ukraine because he believes in the ‘Reagan doctrine’ – that wherever there are free people, Americans should help them. He described travelling to a refugee centre in Ukraine with his wife and said what he witnessed reminded him of images from the Second World War.He said Russia’s behaviour was ‘unconscionable’ and that the US should continue to back Ukraine until the Russian invasion was repelled.His stance diverges from many in his own party, notably hard-right Republicans like congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr, both of whom have spoken out against US funding of Ukraine’s defence.Phil Thomas17 November 2022 03:071668654035It’s the latest moment of US history that the long-running cartoon seemed to expect long before it happened.The show has correctly guessed the future once again John Bowden17 November 2022 03:001668653330Pence says despite his anger at Trump’s ‘reckless’ behaviour that endangered his family, he has forgiven him.He told a CNN town hall: ‘I was angry. But you know my Christian faith tells me to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. And in the Christian faith forgiveness is not optional.’Pence said he met with Trump later and he ‘prayed for God’s grace to meet that moment … and it wasn’t easy – to be honest I’m as human as the next guy’. However, Pence has refused to co-operate with the January 6 committee which has been trying to get to the bottom of what happened leading up to and during the Capitol riot, saying that the principle of a panel appointed by only one party was ‘offensive to me’.’Congress has no right to my testimony.’Phil Thomas17 November 2022 02:481668652222In a CNN town hall with anchor Jake Tapper, Mike Pence admitted he was ‘angered’ by Donald Trump’s January 6 tweet accusing him of lacking the ‘courage’ to interfere with the certification of the 2020 election – a tweet sent as thousands of rioters, some of them chanting ‘Hang Mike Pence’, descended on the Capitol.Pence was shown video of the mob and asked if it was still tough to watch him almost two years on.He said: ‘Jake, it saddens me, but that day it angered me. I must tell you, when the Secret Service took us down to the loading dock, accompanied by my wife and my daughter Charlotte and our Secret Service detail, I was determined to stay at my post … I didn’t want to give thos people the sight of a 1-car motorcade speeding away from the Capitol that day.’But frankly, when I saw those images and when I read a tweet that President Trump issued saying that I lacked courage in that moment, it angered me greatly. But to be honest with you I didn’t have time for it.’Graeme Massie has the full story:Speaking at a CNN town hall, former vice-president Mike Pence admitted he was ‘angered’ by a provocative tweet aimed at him by Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, as rioters – some of them chanting ‘Hang Mike Pence’ – descended on the Capitol.Phil Thomas17 November 2022 02:301668650435According to Donald Trump, his daughter Ivanka wasn’t the only one in his family who is not all that enthused about the prospect of him running again.During his 2024 announcement speech, he admitted that his wife Melania Trump had a difficult time in the White House as he launched his campaign to try and return there in 2024.Former president also paid tribute to son Eric for number of subpoenas he has received John Bowden17 November 2022 02:001668650419A New York State judge has dismissed author Mary Trump’s multimillion-dollar lawsuit against her uncle, former president Donald Trump, and his siblings, citing the release agreement she signed to settle an earlier dispute over the will of her late grandfather, Fred Trump Sr.Ms Trump, a clinical psychologist by training, had alleged in court documents that the ex-president, his late brother Robert Trump, and his sister, retired federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry, had breached a fiduciary duty they held to her by acting to bilk her out of millions of dollars she would have inherited from her the estate of her late father, Fred Trump Jr, who was a beneficiary of her grandfather’s will.Read more about her legal fight here:The lawsuit arose out of a New York Times story on Mr Trump’s efforts to avoid paying taxesJohn Bowden17 November 2022 02:001668646835Even Fox News found itself cutting away from Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday as he wandered off-script and starting riffing about Angela Merkel, the former chancellor of Germany, for no apparent reason during his 2024 announcement.Read more about how cable networks covered the once-president’s return to the campaign trail in The Independent:’This is one of the most low-energy, uninspiring speeches I’ve ever heard from Trump’ says former Trump press aide John Bowden17 November 2022 01:001668639615It was an awkward moment that led to a moment of disagreement between the Fox host and his guest.’Those of us on the outside looking at it, it didn’t seem that he got the old magic, you know what I mean?’ Stuart Varney asksJohn Bowden16 November 2022 23:00Registration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalismBy registering, you will also enjoy limited access to Premium articles, exclusive newsletters, commenting, and virtual events with our leading journalistsAlready have an account? sign inRegistration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalismBy registering, you will also enjoy limited access to Premium articles, exclusive newsletters, commenting, and virtual events with our leading journalistsAlready have an account? sign inPictures of the Week-Global-Photo GalleryPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in