Killer bees, Murder Hornets, parachuting spiders on the East Coast, a demon escaping from the rock in Japan in which it had been imprisoned for 1,000 years, these were surprises. This one isn’t.

After having spent four adult years as a vice-presidentil lap dog, Mike Pence, like many Republicans only began saying negative things about Trump and his time in office now that he too is out of office and shaping his own political image for his political aspirations.

Former President Donald Trump all but ruled out choosing his former vice president, Mike Pence, as a running mate were he to run again in 2024.

Along with his refusal to go along with Trump’s request to overturn the 2020 election because, and his statement much later when out of office, that he had found Trump’s interpretation of constitutional law was incorrect, any idea that Mike Pence would be on the ticket was erased when Trump told the press that his base had soured on Mike Pence, the person they wanted to hang on January 6.

Trump told the Washington Examiner,

“I don’t think the people would accept it.”

As he explained his lack of support of a Trump/Pence ticket,

“Mike and I had a great relationship except for the very important factor that took place at the end. had a very good relationship. I haven’t spoken to him in a long time.”

Of course, had more reasons for turning away from Pence.

The former VP recently said, while leaving out names or specifics did refer to people who praise Putin,

 “There is no room in this party for apologists for Putin.”

When asked about his intentions to run for president in 2024, especially since he is freed from any commitment to Trump and he has been showing up in places that someone considering such a run would find advantageous to do, Pence answered in that very direct way he has of approaching the content of a question and skirting around it to utter a pious platitude with little if any meaning.

“I’m confident the Republican Party. will nominate a candidate who will be the next president of the United States of America, and at the right time, my family and I will reflect and consider how we might participate in that process.”

If he doesn’t run, how will he be in a position to be someone the Republican Party will nominate if only by acclamation which does not seem likely with Trump’s hold on the party whose base wanted to “Hang Mike Pence!’

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