Former 'deputy' Mike Pence will face Mr. Trump for the presidential nomination

Washington [US], June 1: Former US Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his presidential campaign next week, directly competing with former President Donald Trump.
Reuters news agency on June 1 reported that former US Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his presidential campaign next week. This means Mr. Pence will directly compete with former US President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination to participate in the race to the White House.
Specifically, Reuters sources said Mr. Pence will kick off the campaign on June 6, exactly on his 64th birthday, with a video and a speech in the state of Iowa.
According to Mr. Pence's team, announcing the Iowa campaign was crucial because he plans to appeal to conservative Christian and Protestant voters, who make up a significant portion of the electorate. state Republican trio. Mr. Pence is known as a conservative politician and staunchly opposed to abortion rights, AP reported.
Mr. Pence served in Congress and was governor of Indiana before being selected by Mr. Trump as vice president in 2016. However, relations between the two former leaders fractured after Mr. Pence refused to support the move. Trump wants to overturn the 2020 election results.
Trump's supporters at the time not only stormed the Capitol to stop the process of recognizing Joe Biden's victory, but also stormed into his home and attacked Pence's family.
After the incident, Mr. Pence said that Mr. Trump's "reckless words" caused problems for his family and threatened those present on Capitol Hill. "History will hold [him] Donald Trump accountable," Pence said.
Since then, Mr. Pence has spent the past two and a half years strategically separating himself from Mr. Trump to lay the groundwork for his campaign. While repeatedly praising the achievements of the "Trump-Pence administration," he also emphasized the differences between the two, in both policy and style.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper