Mike Pence denounces Donald Trump running in 2024: ‘Well have better choices in future’

Former US Vice President Mike Pence is making it more than clear that he no longer aligns himself with his ex-boss’ political agenda as he gives “prayerful consideration” to whether he should run for president in 2024. 

In a recent interview with ABC News, Pence, whose memoir So Help Me God was released on Tuesday, was asked if he believes that former President Donald Trump would run in 2024. 

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“I think that’s up to the American people. But I think we’ll have better choices in the future. People in this country actually get along pretty well once you get out of politics. And I think they want to see their national leaders start to reflect that same, that same compassion and generosity of spirit. And I think, so in the days ahead, I think there will be better choices,” Pence said, adding, “And for me and my family, we will be reflecting what our roles will be in that.”

Pence has been viewed as a potential aspirant for the Republican presidential nomination. However, he has not confirmed whether he wishes to run for president for sure. 

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During the interview, he also recalled how he never heard from Trump or the White House on January 6, 2021, when hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol building when he was in the process of certifying President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election. 

Pence said he “can’t account for what the president was doing” that day and does not have any idea why he did not take any action to stop the chaos that unfolded in Washington DC. He added that he “felt no fear. I was filled with indignation about what I saw.” 

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Pence described how his Secret Service lead agent initially wanted the ex-vice president to leave the Capitol building. He was taken to the loading dock where he found the motorcade positioned to leave the Capitol.

“They were walking us for the motorcade with the doors on our Suburban open on either side. And I saw that they had positioned vehicles on the ramp. And I just turned to my Secret Service lead and said, ‘I’m not getting in that car’ … I just assumed that if we got in the car and close those 200-pound doors that not my team in the loading dock, but that somebody maybe back at Secret Service headquarters would simply give the driver an order to go,” Pence recalled.

“I just didn’t want those rioters to see the vice president’s motorcade speeding away from Capitol Hill. I didn’t want to give them that satisfaction,” he added.