The forthcoming presidential elections in 2024 has the world eagerly waiting for the Biden-Trump rematch. Although the former president hasn’t yet officially declared his candidacy, we have witnessed numerous rallies by Trump hinting at a 2024 run.
Trump has also started making assumptions about the upcoming bid, the most recent one about none other than his former Vice President, Mike Pence. The former president is under the impression that Mike Pence would still happily run alongside Trump for a potential 2024 bid, as showcased by a recent interview (even though he almost got the former vice president killed during the Jan 6 Capitol riot) but Trump wouldn’t give him a chance because apparently, Pence failed him as a friend when he refused to help overturn the election results in 2020. Trump has already dismissed Pence from running because “the people” wouldn’t accept it.
“Haven’t spoken to him in a long time,” Trump on Pence
“Mike and I had a great relationship except for the very important factor that took place at the end,” -said Trump. “We had a very good relationship. I haven’t spoken to him in a long time.” -he added.
But a Trump/Pence ticket is off the charts not because Trump is mad at Pence. The real reason why a Trump/Pence ticket won’t be happening in 2024 is because of a whole other array of reasons.
Let’s do a reality check, shall we?
- After Joe Biden won the 2020 elections, Trump put extreme pressure on Pence and also threatened to end their friendship if he did not block Biden’s winning certification.
- During the “Stop the Steal” rally that was held before the Capitol Hill riot, Trump spent a large chunk of time falsely telling the crowd that Mike Pence had the power to block Joe Biden’s win. “All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify and we become president and you are the happiest people,” -said Trump. “Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us, and if he doesn’t, that will be a sad day for our country because you’re sworn to uphold our Constitution,”.
- While the US Capitol was under attack, Trump made a Tweet from his handle that read, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our Constitution”
- Trump also refused to make any efforts to stop the violence during the Jan 6 attack, even though Pence’s life was under threat when the extremists started chanting ” Hang Mike Pence”.
- Instead of asking if the former Vice President was safe, Trump made calls to lawmakers only to insist that the results be overturned.
- He even claimed months later that Mike Pence deserved the calls for his hanging.
- Trump has also recently demanded that an investigation be launched to check why Pence refused to help with overturning the results.
Of course, Mike Pence remains unaffected by all of this considering reports that claim that he might even run for President in the 2024 elections. Pence also cleared all the false claims stating he had the power to overturn the results when he declared last month, “President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone. And frankly, there is no idea more un-American than the notion that anyone person could choose the American president. Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election.”
