Former Vice President Mike Pence defended his commitment to sign the loyalty pledge to debate his fellow Republican 2024 presidential hopefuls.
Pence spent the better part of the segment on Meet the Press criticizing his former boss Donald Trump.The former president has denied the allegations Pence launched in his book about pressuring his then-vice president to overturn the 2020 election. At the time, Pence explained in an interview with Chuck Todd on Sunday, the lawyers Trump had chosen to counsel him would only say"what his itching ears longed to hear.
"Well, Chuck, what I've said is I'm happy to meet the criteria for the upcoming Republican presidential debates. I’m incredibly proud that more than 40,000 Americans in just nine weeks have supported our campaign and made it possible for us to qualify for the debate stage," Pence said.
Todd pressed Pence, asking him if he considered himself to be a MAGA Republican. Pence skirted the question, saying he was"proud" of the work he accomplished under the Trump-Pence administration. The NBC host tried asking the former vice president a second time. "Look, I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order. I’ve always said that. People who know me, those are my values, those are my ideals, Pence said."I really believe that the agenda that I’ve always been about, that I'm looking forward to taking to that debate stage, is the agenda that will bring this country all the way back."While Pence has committed to sign the pledge, he has yet to officially do so.
Pence is facing off against former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former governor to New Jersey Chris Christie, former Texas representative Will Hurd, Sen. Tim Scott , Gov. Doug Burgum , Gov. Ron DeSantis , Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, political commentator Larry Elder, businessman Perry Johnson, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in the race to win the GOP presidential nomination.
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