The former vice president ended his campaign after struggling to raise money and gain traction in the polls.
Former US vice president Mike Pence has dropped his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, ending his campaign for the White House after struggling to raise money and gain traction in the polls.Mr Pence struggled to gain traction and financial support for his campaign"It's become clear to me: This is not my time," Mr Pence said
While Mr Pence averted a constitutional crisis by rejecting the scheme, he drew Mr Trump's fury, and the wrath of many Trump supporters, who still believed his lies about the election and see Mr Pence as a traitor. Mr Pence had been betting on Iowa, a state with a large white Evangelical population that has a long history of elevating religious and socially conservative candidates such as former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum.
It was a strategy that aides believed would help defuse the issue and earn Mr Pence the respect of a majority of Republicans, whom they were were convinced did not agree with Mr Trump's actions.He had an equally uphill climb raising money, despite years-long relationships with donors. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, in contrast, began her speech by praising Mr Pence, saying he had fought for American and for Israel and that "we all owe him a debt of gratitude."
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