Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Former Vice President Mike Pence He is getting closer to a decision on a relationship while visiting Iowa on Wednesday 2024 Presidential Race.
Pence, who has visited the primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina several times this month as part of a book tour, recently said he had “a lot of encouragement” to join the Republican primary field and indicated he would do one. Decision next week.
“We’re getting closer to a decision,” Pence said in a recent Fox News interview. “To get America back in the months and years ahead, we need to focus on what the American people care about and that’s securing this country at home and abroad and getting this economy back for working class families.
While Pence is testing the waters in Iowa, his visit is overshadowed A federal judge ordered him to testify inside Investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith In an effort to overturn the results of former President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election.
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On Tuesday, a federal judge in Washington ruled that Pence must testify before a grand jury. Pence has resisted the claims and vowed to keep fighting, arguing that the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause protects him.
Pence said Wednesday he was evaluating the judge’s order.
“We’re currently talking to our counsel about the balance of that decision and the path forward, but I have nothing to hide,” Pence said. “I have written and spoken extensively about that day and the days leading up to it.
Pence made similar comments in an interview with Newsmax before the visit, saying they would make a decision “in the coming days.”
The former vice president’s visit to the first-country-caucus state comes during a suspended campaign for Trump and Nikki Haley. Florida Govt. Ron DeSantis He also visited the state amid growing speculation that he will announce his candidacy soon.
Pence, who was in Iowa earlier this month for a foreign policy-focused event, has three stops on Wednesday. He will meet with the West Side Conservative Club near Des Moines then head east to Cedar Rapids for events in Linn County and Johnson County.
In a recent speech promoting his new book, Pence discussed his faith and how he leans on prayer as he decides his political future. At Liberty University on Tuesday, Pence said faith is the foundation of freedom and that “renewal” of understanding will “preserve our freedom and lead America to a limitless future.”
The Iowa Republican caucuses are a year away, but with several big GOP names coming to the state this month, voters and longtime activists are beginning to consider their choices.
Trump came in second to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in the 2016 Iowa Republican caucus. He won the state in 2016 and 2020 general elections. But a recent Des Moines Register poll showed Trump’s favorability numbers in the state slipping.
According to the poll, Trump has a 44% very favorable rating in the state, followed by DeSantis at 42%, Pence at 17% and Haley at 16%. But only 47% of Iowa Republicans said they would definitely vote for Trump if he were the GOP nominee in 2024.
While Trump’s popularity remains high in Iowa, there are indications that his support in the Hockey State may be cracking, opening the door for someone like DeSantis, Haley — or Pence — to make a strong impression.
“I’ve been a Trump supporter in the last two elections, but I’m curious,” Teresa Egli told CBS News in Story County, Iowa, earlier this month. “I’m looking for some refreshment, I like his (Trump’s) policies but I’m ready for a fresh perspective.”
Trump’s policies remain popular among Iowa Republican voters but his behavior, which has earned him attention and support in the past, is now being questioned by some voters in the Hawkeye State.
“I’m not sure he’s electable. I like a lot of his policies but a lot of his presentation,” Herb Beam told CBS News in Council Bluffs, a part of Iowa where Trump performed well in the 2016 caucuses.
A willingness from voters to see beyond Trump is partly why Iowa Republican operatives have long said either candidate could catch the state on fire.
“It’s an open field,” Bob Vander Platts, CEO of Family Leaders, a social conservative organization in Iowa, told CBS News earlier this month. “Iwanans are all looking forward to seeing who they want to run for president.”
Vander Platts, an influential figure in Iowa GOP circles, said the opening of the field in Iowa is because voters think “Trump is the right one to carry the baton in 2024.”
“Many people, even those who attended Maga rallies, wearing Maga hats, still have the question, can he win in 2024?” Vander Platt Dr.
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