Mike Penceis dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.
The politician revealed the news while speaking to an audience and citing the bible, as he ultimately announced that “it’s become clear to me, this is not my time.”
“After much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign for president effective today,” Pence said. “Now I’m leaving this campaign, but let me promise you, I will never leave the fight for conservative values and I will never stop fighting to elect principled Republican leaders to every office in the land, so help me God."
After a long pause, Pence added that he has “no regrets” despite facing an “uphill battle” during his campaign.
“The only thing harder than coming up short would’ve been if we never tried at all,” the former VP said. “Now to the American people I say, this is not my time, but it’s still your time. I urge you to hold fast to what matters most: faith, family and the Constitution of the United States of America.”
Mike Pence speaks after suspending his campaign for president on Oct. 28.Ethan Miller/Getty
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Pence previously spent four years in the White House as former presidentDonald Trump’s vice president, and initially filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission for hisown campaign back in June.
During his campaign, Pence faced competition for the Republican nomination in the likes of tech entrepreneurVivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Gov.Nikki Haley, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis, and of course Trump, 77, whose actions he has recently condemned while campaigning for the nomination.
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“I will have more to say about the government’s case after reviewing the indictment,” Pence continued at the time. “The former president is entitled to the presumption of innocence but with this indictment, his candidacy means more talk about January 6th and more distractions.”
Pence’s decision to suspend his campaign on Saturday comes less than two weeks before the Nov. 8 Republican primary debate in Miami — the third GOP debate and one that he had not yet qualified for, per theAssociated Press.
FiveThirtyEight’spoll tracker, which was last updated on Saturday, had Pence trailing behind four opponents at just 3.8%. In comparison, Trump was sitting at 56.9%.
source: people.com
