The former vice president says traditional conservatism still has large support in an increasing populist Republican Party.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said traditional Ronald Reagan-style conservatism still has wide support from voters, despite 'voices in the Republican Party today who are giving way to more populism.'Speaking on a Monday episode of the Liberty + Leadership podcast in front of an audience of young law fellows at The Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C.
The former vice president attributed some current political dynamics to what he called the 'abject failure of the Biden administration at home and abroad' and said he and millions of Americans were offended by what he described as 'lawfare' against former President Trump, who has been convicted of falsifying business records and faces two remaining criminal cases related to his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election, after a third criminal case was dismissed.
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