Biden attacked and challenged Trump. Pence begins the US presidential election race

 

     ON WEDNESDAY, former US Vice President Mike Pence announced his candidacy for the presidential elections in the United States scheduled for 2024, to begin a new phase of confrontation with 10 potential candidates in the Republican primaries, most notably his former partner Donald Trump.

Pence said that he would compete with Trump, who had previously worked under him faithfully, to win the Republican nomination to run for the presidential elections scheduled for 2024, and criticized the former president's role in the attack on the Capitol in 2021.

And he stated in a video clip of his campaign posted on the Internet: "I will remain proud of the progress we have made together, for a stronger and more prosperous America," and while he criticized US Democratic President Joe Biden, he did not talk about Trump during the clip.

Pence stated that the United States is facing "many crises, as President Joe Biden and the extreme left have weakened the country at home and abroad, as it faces the risks of inflation, low wages, immigration, and recession."

The video included pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Pence said during its presentation: "The enemies of freedom are continuing their march around the world."

Criticism of Trump

In a speech in Iowa on Wednesday, where the race for the Republican nomination is set to begin, Pence delivered his harshest criticism yet of Trump's role in the January 6, 2021 riots, when Trump sought to overturn the 2020 election in which he lost to Democratic President Joe Biden.

"I believe that anyone who places themselves above the Constitution should never be President of the United States, and anyone who asks others to be above the Constitution should never be President of the United States again," Pence said.

It is scarce for a former vice president to run against a president who served during his term, and this has happened only a few times in the history of the United States.

"The Capitol Crisis"

And Pence, after years of firm loyalty to Trump, changed his direction due to the attack on the Capitol building that shook American democracy on January 6, 2021.

On that day, Pence, as Vice President, led a session in Congress during which members certified President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election. Although his role was ceremonial, Trump insisted that Pence refuse to certify Biden's election.

But the former Indiana governor did not comply with Trump's demand, so strong enmity towards him grew among the billionaire's supporters, and when a number of them attacked the Capitol building, they called for Mike Pence to be "hanged", who had to hide.

Pence considered that Trump's words were "irresponsible" and "endangered," and he also saw that history would hold the former president "responsible" for this attack.