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A conservative group opposed to Donald Trumps 2024 White House bid has decided to taunt the former president with a video that praises his onetime vice president, Mike Pence.

The secondslong video, released Friday by Republican Voters Against Trump, is titled Mike Pence Is Putting Country Over Party.

It shows footage of Pences recent Fox News interview where he declined to endorse Trump this time around. The ad ends with the tagline Mike Pence is putting country over party, and we will too.

The video will play digitally for one week in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and be accompanied by billboards in cities like Phoenix, Atlanta, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee.

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Based on early reactions, the video is making an impact.

Although Pence dutifully supported Trump during his presidency, their relationship fell apart after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection because Pence refused to block the certification of votes for the 2020 election winner, Joe Biden.

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The fact that Trump didnt disavow Jan. 6 rioters chants of hang Mike Pence may have been a factor as well.

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Donald Trumps own former vice president, Mike Pence, says theres no way he could endorse him.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who endorsed Trumps re-election bid weeks ago, suggests Pence doesnt have it right.

I think that West Virginians, amazingly in large, large numbers support President Trump so I support the policies of President Trump and I support him, Capito, R-W.Va., said during a media briefing this past week in response to a MetroNews question.

Much of West Virginias Republican-dominated political environment has become a matter of who supports Trump the most. In the 2020 election, Trump dominated West Virginias vote by 38.9 points. That was down slightly from the 2016 margin in West Virginia, 42.1 points.

Trump is now cruising toward a rematch with current President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the 2024 General Election.

Several key members of Trumps own administration, though, are not supporting his re-election. Those include former Attorney General William Barr, former Defense Secretary James Mattis, another Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs Secretary Mark Milley, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former national security advisers HR McMaster and John Bolton, chiefs of staff John Kelly and Mick Mulvaney and more.

The most prominent is Pence, who served at Trumps side as vice president for four years. Pence, on Jan. 6, 2021, determined that the constitution called for the vice president to certify the presidential election results. Supporters of Trump chanted hang Mike Pence, constructed a gallows outside, rushed into the Capitol and caused the evacuations of the vice president and Congress.

At 2:24 p.m. that day, Trump tweeted Mike Pence didnt have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!

In national news interviews last week, Pence said the break with Trump over the events of Jan. 6 is just one reason he cant endorse him.

I said it during my presidential campaign, the president and I have profound differences, and many people think its just over Jan. 6. And, frankly, the fact that the president continues to insist that, that I had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference, Pence said last week on Face the Nation.

But I want to be clear that, you know, Ive forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day. As a Christian, Im required to do that, Ive prayed for him in that regard. But the issue of fealty to the Constitution is not a small matter but its not just that.

Pence, who described pride in the conservative record of the 2017-21 administration, said I cannot in good conscience endorse Donald Trump this year.

The former vice president in a Fox News interview elaborated on additional reasons.

I mean, as I have watched his candidacy unfold, Ive seen him walking away from our commitment to confronting the national debt. Ive seen him starting to shy away from a commitment to the sanctity of human life, Pence said, also describing a Trump reversal on getting tough on China and supporting our administrations effort to force the sale of the popular TikTok app.

In each of these cases, Donald Trump is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years. And thats why I cannot in conscience endorse Donald Trump in this campaign, he said.

Capitos Republican roots go deep. She was first elected to Congress in 2001, when George W. Bush was elected president. Her father, Arch Moore, was a three-term Republican governor of West Virginia. Her son, Moore Capito, is running in the Republican primary for governor now.

On the issue of Trump who is the once and current Republican standard bearer Capito parts ways with Pence.

Well, I think you know, the lens with which I have endorsed Donald Trump are the policies that he put forward, she said at her briefing last week.

Border policies, where the numbers at the border were amazingly low with his remain in Mexico policy, his Title 42 policies, his quick turnaround on asylum, more of a no-tolerance approach with physical and technological barriers like drones and other things of that nature. Thats obviously a high priority for the president. Thats the number one issue in this country, and I notice in the ones that you mentioned, Vice President Pence does not mention those things.

Capito, last month, took part in rejecting a funding package that included a range of restrictive border measures.

Capito said her endorsement of Trump also takes into account economic factors.

We see food, gasoline, everything inflationary, large price increases hurting the middle class. That didnt happen under the Trump administration, Capito said. We passed a big tax relief bill that everybody felt, and I think the job growth that we saw before covid was an amazing signal of the strength of the American economy under his policies.

So Im going with the policies here.

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Former President Donald Trump may currently be relentlessly attacking his Republican 2024 presidential primary rival Nikki Haley.

But for Olivia Troye, who served in the Trump White House as an aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, its a stark contrast to the previous warm atmosphere between the pair.

Troye, during an appearance on Johanna Maskas podcast Press Advance, said she never heard Trump talking negatively about Haley, whom he appointed as his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Haley is probably the only person that I can think of in the administration that got a laudatory farewell in the Oval Office, she noted. Ive never forgotten that moment, Troye said of Trumps praise of Haley as he accepted her resignation in front of TV cameras in October 2018.

Everyones forgotten that one, and I sat there watching in shock, she said.

Troye continued, I had tremendous respect for her at the time. I worked with her a lot because at the time I had the U.N. portfolio for Pence. And I remember watching that moment with disbelief. Like, wow! Hes just exacting praise and shes sitting here yucking it up in the Oval.

I think that speaks to something there, she added.

Former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who also appeared on the podcast, agreed that Trump had never disparaged Haley in public.

Haley fit his profile just fine. Attractive woman, always dressed quite well. Nice figure. That type of a thing. So I dont remember him telling a negative thing about her and I think its because she fit his profile, she explained.

Trump wasnt so generous to an unnamed lawmaker from Arizona, though, said Grisham.

I can remember him wanting me to tell a senator in Arizona not to wear sleeveless dresses [] because her arms were very unattractive, Grisham remembered. Trump told her, Stephanie, I cant say it to her, you gotta go tell her.

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Today well talk about two men at the opposite ends of the lifes journey. One is a United States senator looking to move even higher up in the world. The other is a young pup, just eager to hump the leg of people who have been in the same room as his Orange God-King.

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Rep. Greg Pence said Monday that six years in Congress was enough, and the political climate in Washington had played a part in his recently announced decision to retire.

I always committed to six years and theres a lot of people that know that, Pence, R-Columbus, told a gathering of the Columbus Golden K Kiwanis Club. And then I like to mention this because I get asked this often, What about the chaos is that why you left, the chaos in the House of Representatives? And I said, that certainly didnt incentivize me to change my mind.

Were not able to get anything done because of, we call it the chaos caucus among ourselves in the Republican Party, and we need to start getting some things done, Pence said.

This includes the roughly 45 GOP members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus who are able to thwart the Republican majority in a narrowly divided House. We will have to address the border when the border bill comes from the Senate and so we need to get the budget behind us and address the budget, address the fentanyl crisis, which is enormous.

But Pence said he believes that because House Speaker Mike Johnson has the support of former President Donald Trump, hardline conservative Republican members will be reluctant to remove the speaker as they did former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year. That led to congressional paralysis as numerous speaker candidates failed to secure a majority of members votes.

I dont think we want to throw out somebody again, Pence said. That was ridiculous. That was absolutely ridiculous. I was there for September and October, I was supposed to be there for six weeks during those nine weeks, I was actually there for all nine weeks in the fall and got nothing done other than finally electing a new speaker. I think everybody feels like, Well, that wasnt a good idea.

Pence, 66, announced earlier this month that he would not seek a fourth term in Congress and also cited the extensive travel he must do as a factor in deciding to retire. He noted he spent about 155 nights a year in Washington, leaving little time for family back home.

Pence is among a wave of congressional retirements. As of Monday, he is among 18 Republican House members including four from Indiana who have said they will not seek re-election, according to the U.S. House of Representatives. Likewise, 22 Democratic members have said they will not seek re-election in November.

The congressman, who will serve out the remainder of his term this year, also is considering a possible bid for Indiana lieutenant governor as he supports current Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch in this years competitive race for the Republican nomination for governor.

Im very behind the lieutenant governor, Pence said in an interview after taking questions from Kiwanis members. Well see how it goes. Nobodys made any commitments to anybody. I think thats important. Ive even said to the lieutenant governor, Well see you it goes. I dont want you to feel Im pressuring you or anything.

Indiana works, you know, and when Im out in D.C. and weve got all the dysfunction and all that, I come back here and talk to people and say, Dont confuse the state of Indianas government with Washington, D.C. And so continuing that is pretty important, and she obviously has the ability and the background to do that, Pence said of his support for Crouch.

Still, Crouch faces a field of several well-funded candidates including outgoing U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, ousted former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill and former Indiana Economic Development Corp. leaders Brad Chambers and Eric Doden also seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

I think itll probably get nasty here pretty soon, Pence said of the race. Asked what his gut tells him, he said, Depends on how nasty it gets between Braun and these other fellows. Thats my gut.

I think its gonna get real nasty. I just know their consultants, Pence said with a laugh. Im not a negative campaigner, though. Thats for other people.

Aside from campaigning for Crouch, Pence said he has no other political ambitions and he doesnt plan to campaign for federal candidates in the upcoming general election that will feature a presidential race. He noted he had campaigned for his brother, former Vice President Mike Pence, before he abandoned his run for the Republican presidential nomination.

Likewise, he said he doesnt expect to endorse a candidate in the Republican race to succeed him in House District 6. So far, State Rep. Mike Speedy, R-Indianapolis, is the only Republican candidate who has filed ahead of the Feb. 9, but Pence said about a half-dozen people have talked to him about possibly filing.

Pence said he plans to focus on his family business he and wife Denise own the Exit 76 Antique Mall and other ventures. He said wont miss the 40-some weeks out of the year that involved traveling to or from the nations Capitol.

A Kiwanis member asked Pence if he was optimistic for the countrys future, and he said he was, though he acknowledged optimistic perspectives dont always get attention in politically polarized times.

Weve had worse times in our country than disagreeing on policy, Pence said. Theyre not drafting our kids to get them to fight, right? Were not fighting each other with bullets I think theres a lot more people in the House of Representatives that think, feel that this antagonism has to go away. Theres a lot more people, unfortunately, social media and all that trending garbage on both fringes that we see and hear all the time.

By Dave Stafford, of The (Columbus) Republic, a sister newspaper to the Daily Journal.

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