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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Former Vice President Mike Pence says that former President Donald Trump’s repeated re-litigating of his 2020 election loss may have contributed to the Republican Party’s lackluster performance in last week’s midterm elections.
And Pence, who’s seriously considering a presidential run, said that Trump’s 2024 campaign launch earlier this week will not be a factor in his own decision regarding a White House run.
Pence, in a sit down interview with Fox News Digital on Friday evening on the sidelines of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, was asked about last week’s results, when the GOP failed to win a Senate majority, lost key governors races and secured a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, far lower than expected in what was supposed to be a “red wave” election.
“A win is a win and I couldn’t be more grateful that early in January, [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi will hand the speaker’s gavel to Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker of a Republican majority in the House of Representatives. That’s going to be a great day for America.”
PENCE CALLS TRUMP SPECIAL COUNSEL ANNOUNCEMENT ‘VERY TROUBLING’
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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But he acknowledged that “I would have liked a larger majority,” adding he wished “we had won the Senate and there were many governorships that that that I thought were within our reach, where we came up short.”
A number of Republicans in the wake of the midterm elections have criticized the former president for boosting far-right MAGA style candidates – who supported Trump’s unproven claims the 2020 election was stolen – who won GOP primaries but ended up losing in high profile competitive general election showdowns.
Pence said the common denominator in the midterms was that “candidates focused on the…
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