He former US Vice President Mike Pence put end on Saturday at his place Presidential campaignafter months of trying to convince Republican voters that he is a better alternative to Donald Trump, whom he once served with unwavering loyalty.

“To the American people I say: It’s not my time“Pence told participants at a donor conference in the US. Republican Jewish Coalition In Las Vegas.

Pence, 64 years old publicly broke with Trumpattacking the former president for his role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection in US Capitol.

Pence is betting that Republican primary voters will reward him for follow the US Constitution instead of obeying Trumpwho wanted him to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Trump’s base, however, has never forgiven Pence for overseeing the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s election. They viewed Pence’s actions in his formal role as President of the US Senate as the ultimate act of disloyalty to Trump, who has emerged as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination..

Trump achieved one of the largest primary poll leaders in US election history. Polls show a majority of Republican voters have accepted or don’t care about Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him and his subsequent attempts to overturn the results.

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Pence refrained from endorsing anyone in his Saturday speech, but apparently as a jab at Trump, he asked Americans to elect someone who appeals to the “better angels of our nature” and can lead with “courtesy”.

Penny failed to attract enough voters or donors who oppose Trump in the Republican primary to bolster her candidacy, which has been weakening in the polls and has struggled to raise money since announcing her run for office. White House in June.

As a result, Pence, a man devoid of campaign charisma, some money in October and despite spending time and resources in Iowa, the first state to produce the GOP nomination, failed to interest voters.

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When his campaign released Pence’s third-quarter fundraising totals on October 15, his candidacy had debt 620 thousand dollars and I only had $1.2 million cashThat’s far less than several Republican rivals with better records that fall short of meeting the financial demands of the race for the White House.

In several past elections, former vice presidents running for the White House have done well, including Republicans. George Bush Sr. in 1988 and Democrat Al Gore in 2000.

This year, Pence took on the political giant that is Trump, along with other rivals who appealed more to primary voters and anti-Trump donors such as the former South Carolina governor. Nikki Haley and Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis.

Pence introduced himself as traditional social and fiscal conservative, a foreign policy hardliner who calls for more military aid to Ukraine and cuts in welfare spending. But in the Trump era, this brand of Republicanism has been eclipsed Extreme populism and “America First” isolationism.

(Reuters)