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Pence Files FEC Paperwork Declaring Presidential Bid

The Associated Press reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence is filing paperwork on Monday declaring his campaign for president in 2024, setting up a challenge to his former boss, Donald Trump, just two years after their time in the White House ended with an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Pence fleeing for his life. Pence, the nation’s 48th vice …

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DeSantis, Pence Roast Trump For Praising Kim Jong Un

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis all criticized the former president, who offered his congratulations to Kim in a Truth Social post on Friday. “No one should be praising the dictator in North Korea or praising the leader of Russia who has launched an …

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Mike Pence Sends Letter To Commissioner Of Baseball: You Are “Openly Inviting Attacks On The Christian Faith”

Mike Pence is continuing his attack on the Dodgers: Dear Commissioner Manfred,  For almost two hundred years, Americans have united around the great game of baseball. And for a very long time that was true. Since 1909, congressional Democrats and Republicans could put aside their bitter divisions and compete together in the friendliest of rivalries. During the 2001 World Series, …

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DOJ: No Charges For Pence In Classified Docs Case

NBC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence will not be charged in the discovery of classified documents at his Indiana home, according to a letter obtained by NBC News. On Thursday, the DOJ’s national security division formally informed Pence’s attorney that it had closed its investigation and that based on the “results” of that probe, no charges will be …

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Pence Attacks Dodgers’ Pride Night: “Deeply Offensive”

Fox News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence is speaking out against the decision by Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers to welcome an LGBTQIA+ group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at the team’s annual Pride Night. The former vice president, taking to Twitter on Wednesday, said that Dodger’s decision to honor the group after it rescinded its original …

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REPORT: Pence Likely To Launch WH Bid On June 7

The Messenger reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence is set to launch his run for the White House against his old boss, former President Donald Trump, within the coming two weeks, four sources familiar with the planning told The Messenger. The Georgia Republican Party may have tipped Pence’s hand Wednesday in an email explaining he could no longer deliver the …

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Pence Files Brief In Support Of Anti-Trans Florida Law

The right wing Florida Daily reports: On Friday, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), a group affiliated with former Vice President Mike Pence, filed an amicus brief in Florida defending the rights of parents and arguing that school administrators cannot hide life-altering decisions about a child from the parents. “The fact that Florida schools could hide life-altering decisions from parents about their …

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Glenn Beck Host: Pence Supports Grooming By Disney

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE DEACE (HOST): If you are shocked Mike Pence sided against the morality he claims to be so ardently for and with those who are out to eradicate it at every turn, I cannot help you. That’s not sarcasm. Literally, I am telling you I can’t help you. Straight up. You are beyond help, at …

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Pence Super PAC Launches Ahead Of Likely WH Bid

Axios reports: Close allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a super PAC to serve as springboard for his GOP presidential campaign, a clear indication that Pence plans to challenge former President Trump. The “Committed to America” PAC will allow Pence allies to raise unlimited donations and lay the groundwork for an official presidential campaign, with a formal …

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Former Pence Aide Blasts Trump For Praising Rioters: “We Were Just Inches Away From A Massacre” [Video]

“I was by the vice president’s side when the United States Secret Service three times asked him to evacuate the Capitol, and as you know, the vice president refused to leave because he said that that’s not the image he wanted the world to see. The hallmark of democracy, where a vice president would have to flee that setting. “What …

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Pence: Voters Won’t Care About Trump Verdict [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence subtly defended former President Donald Trump in an interview Tuesday, hours after a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. “I would tell you, in my 4½ years serving alongside the president, I never heard or witnessed behavior of that nature,” he said. Pence was in Cincinnati to speak at …

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Trump, Pence, And DeSantis To Speak At NC GOP Event

The Hill reports: A trio of top current and likely Republican presidential candidates is slated to appear at the North Carolina Republican Convention next month. Former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Former Vice President Mike Pence will be guest speakers at the North Carolina GOP convention in June, the state party announced Monday. DeSantis and Pence will …

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Pence Defends “Man Of Integrity” Clarence Thomas

Fox News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence defended Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from what he called malicious attacks against the conservative Black jurist. “Ever since his nomination to the Supreme Court in 1991 Justice Thomas has been maliciously attacked by the Left, including by then Sen. Joe Biden,” Pence said in a tweet. “The attacks on his character …

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Special Counsel Sat In On Pence’s January 6 Testimony

CNN reports: Special counsel Jack Smith sat in on the federal grand jury proceeding while former Vice President Mike Pence testified for more than five hours last week, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Smith and Pence interacted while Pence was at the courthouse, and one source described the interaction as respectful. Smith’s appearance is the first known …

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Pence Testifies Before Federal Grand Jury About Jan 6

NBC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence appeared Thursday before the federal grand jury convened as part of the special counsel investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and remain in power, according to a source familiar with the matter. The testimony is a significant development in the special counsel’s probe, as Pence …

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Trump Loses Appeal To Block Pence From J6 Testimony

The Associated Press reports: A federal appeals court on Wednesday night moved former Vice President Mike Pence closer to appearing before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by lawyers for former President Donald Trump to block the testimony. It was not immediately clear what day Pence might appear before …

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Pence Vows To “Tell The Truth” Before Jan 6 Grand Jury

“I’m grateful that the court recognized that there are specific constitutional protections unique to the vice president, when you’re serving in your role as president of the Senate. I thought it was important to make that challenge. For the first time in history, a federal court acknowledged that that provision of the Constitution applies to the vice president. “We’ll obey …

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Pence: I’ll Decide On Running “Well Before Late June”

The Guardian reports: Mike Pence has not decided whether to enter the Republican presidential primary but if he does he will enter “well before late June”. The former congressman, Indiana governor and vice-president to Donald Trump has been moving towards a run for months, releasing a memoir, visiting early voting states and establishing a political staff. He made his less-than-bold …

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Pence Booed At Home State NRA “Leadership Forum”

Mediaite reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence received a less-than-stellar welcome as he addressed the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum on Friday and was met with loud booing from the crowd. Pence replied with a good-natured, “I love you too,” before diving into his remarks. 2024 GOP presidential candidates including Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, and Vivek Ramaswamy are set to …

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Trump Appeals To Block Pence From Jan 6 Testimony

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys are appealing an order for former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before the special counsel investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the matter confirm to ABC News. Trump has previously sought to assert executive privilege in an attempt to block Pence’s testimony, but late last month …

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