The Paper Work Is In, Mike Pence Will Run For President

Former Vice President Mike Pence has officially filed paperwork to run for President in 2024.

Pence’s decision to run comes just 48 hours after he attended a political rally in Iowa hosted by Senator Joni Ernst.

The former vice president will announce his presidential run on Wednesday right before his CNN Town Hall.

JUST IN: Ex-VP Pence files papers to enter 2024 White House racehttps://t.co/3mKtny2swO

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) June 5, 2023

Your reaction: @Mike_Pence has formally filed paperwork to run for president of the United States, will be facing his former boss, @GOP leading candidate @realDonaldTrump. Any chance at all? pic.twitter.com/kKQSzTmFuP

— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) June 5, 2023

CNN broke the story:

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday filed the paperwork for his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, setting up a clash with his running mate of elections past, former President Donald Trump.

Pence is set to formally announce his candidacy on Wednesday ahead of a CNN presidential town hall that evening.

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The former vice president’s entrance into the race sets up an unpredictable battle between the former president who helped incite an insurrection in his bid to cling to power and his once-loyal vice president who played a role in stopping that effort to thwart democracy.

Is there actually such thing as a Mike Pence supporter?

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) June 5, 2023

Per Insider Paper:

Republican former vice president Mike Pence launched Monday his hotly-anticipated challenge to one-time boss Donald Trump for the party’s 2024 White House nomination, setting up the unusual scenario of two running mates becoming rivals.

Pence, a 63-year-old evangelical Christian, filed his nomination papers with the Federal Election Commission ahead of an official declaration to be made by video Wednesday in the early voting state of Iowa — joining an already crowded primary field.

He spent his 2017-21 tenure as vice president honing his reputation as a loyal deputy who brought the religious right into the tent and who was willing to defend the president against any accusation.