EXCLUSIVE: Mike_Pence on 2024 plans: 'We won't let anybody else make that decision for us'
CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania — In a wide-ranging interview, former Vice President Mike Pence, ahead of his second grassroots event of the day for a Republican candidate in the Keystone State, discussed the importance of party building, how Republicans can hold the majority for longer than two cycles if they do win, how he’d vote for Sen. Lindsey Graham's 15-week abortion ban, and what the status is on his decision to run for president in 2024.
The opportunity to do party events and the opportunity to support Republican candidates for governor around the country is all part of the equation for how we win back, not just majorities, but really win the future for Republican values. Examiner: If the Republicans are lucky enough to win, what is your advice to them in terms of not get their head filled with thinking everybody loves them and instead listen to why people sent them there? We continue having these wave election cycles where a party gains power and Washington keeps misreading why they were given that opportunity.
But beyond that, I think it's going to be imperative for Republicans on one issue after another, taking on inflation at a 40-year high, taking on a self-made energy crisis and the war on energy. I mean taking on the challenges of a crime wave, taking on the worst border crisis in the history of this country, and putting policies on President Biden's desk irrespective of whether or not he's going to sign or veto the bills.
My own state, Indiana, passed strong pro-life legislation. States around the country are stepping forward. And I think you're going to see progress in many states around the country, and you're going to see a debate in every state.