# Mike Pence in 2024-- please tell me it's not happening **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 5, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826 "2020-11-05T10:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/242 "2022-07-25T15:04:30Z")
He still has hopes for 2024: > **[Pence to offer roadmap for conservatives in DC speech ahead of Trump's return...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/politics/mike-pence-roadmap-speech/index.html)** > > Former Vice President Mike Pence will sound very much like a White House hopeful looking to lead his party beyond former President Donald Trump when he touts his "freedom agenda" for the Republican Party in a speech in Washington. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/243 "2022-08-22T13:08:47Z")
Then again: > **[Pence's 2024 hopes loom over potential testimony to Jan. 6 committee | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/22/politics/mike-pence-2024-january-6-committee-analysis/index.html)** > > Key members of the House committee probing the January 6, 2021, insurrection are dialing up pressure on former Vice President Mike Pence -- whom pro-Donald Trump rioters demanded be hanged on that dark day -- to testify to their committee. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/244 "2022-08-22T16:34:55Z")
I don’t understand why Pence testifying wouldn’t result in the same loss of Republican support just experienced by Liz Chaney. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/245 "2022-08-22T16:43:06Z")
Isn’t Pence _already_ seen as a traitor by Trumpists? Perhaps he has little more to lose in that direction, and his only remote chance of a Presidential run lies in doubling down and hoping for a Trump implosion and a return to somewhat more normal parameters in the Republican Party? I mean, I don’t see it happening - but who knows where we might be in 2028? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/246 "2022-08-22T20:31:43Z")
I don’t think a “normal,” democracy-friendly GOP is in the works until and if it starts getting routinely swamped in elections. I think that time is still a decade or more away. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/247 "2022-08-23T01:05:11Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Isn’t Pence _already_ seen as a traitor by Trumpists? …SNIP… Totally a traitor to the Trump cause. No way he will win a single primary, much less get the nomination, if he runs in '24. Even if TFG decides he isn’t running, Pence is done even if he doesn’t yet comprehend that fact. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/248 "2022-11-14T14:46:31Z")
Now he’s an author - still, I’m sure, with his eye on 2024: [In New Book, Pence Tells How He and Trump ‘Went Our Separate Ways’ | RealClearPolitics](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/11/14/in_new_book_pence_tells_how_he_and_trump_went_our_separate_ways_148465.html) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/249 "2022-11-14T17:39:34Z")
Sub-titled “_Pence: Never Trump’s lapdog; Never I say!_” And here I thought fairy tales had to start with “Once upon a time …” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/250 "2022-11-14T17:45:59Z")
Apparently, Pence spun a little fairy tale that claimed that at some point after January 6th, Trump asked about his family and expressed regret with how things turned out. I pretty sure this only happened in Pence’s imagination. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/251 "2022-11-14T17:47:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Now he’s an author - still, I’m sure, with his eye on 2024: [In New Book, Pence Tells How He and Trump ‘Went Our Separate Ways’ | RealClearPolitics](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/11/14/in_new_book_pence_tells_how_he_and_trump_went_our_separate_ways_148465.html) - [![](https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pull-leg-e1568812703797.jpg) ](https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pull-leg-e1568812703797.jpg) Until Trump kicked him in the face a few times. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/252 "2022-11-14T18:01:01Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > I don’t think a “normal,” democracy-friendly GOP is in the works until and if it starts getting routinely swamped in elections. Probably true, and I suspect that this year’s disappointing midterm results (when under normal circumstances they would have had a major red wave) isn’t chastising enough to count. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/253 "2022-11-14T18:10:03Z")
Of course if they succeed in their current full court press to tilt the vote-gathering and vote-counting process far enough to their side that they never lose until after the next Revolution, they won’t have much reason to ever become democracy-friendly before they are swept away entire to the ash-heap of history much as the Soviet Communists and the German Nazis were. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/254 "2022-11-14T19:02:35Z")
That’s funny, does anyone really believe that after the Access Hollywood tape was released, that Trump called Pence to apologize, and to specifically apologize to Karen Pence? The subtitle of the book should be “Fairy Tales That Help Me Sleep At Night”. I bet he’s been telling himself these lies for so long that he believes them. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/255 "2022-11-17T21:47:01Z")
What a coward and a jerk: > **[Jan. 6 panel hits back at Pence over new interview](https://www.aol.com/news/jan-6-panel-hits-back-040420239.html)** > > The House Jan. 6 committee on Wednesday pushed back on former Vice President Mike Pence after he described the panel as “partisan” during an interview with CBS that aired earlier in the day. Rep. B… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/256 "2022-11-23T20:42:59Z")
He’d better carve out some time in his schedule: > **[DOJ prosecutors seek testimony from former Vice President Pence in January 6...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/politics/mike-pence-testimony-justice-department-january-6-investigation/index.html)** > > Justice Department prosecutors have reached out to representatives of former Vice President Mike Pence to seek his testimony in the criminal investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and allies to impede the transfer of power after... ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/257 "2022-12-27T15:27:22Z")
Not the most auspicious kickoff: > **[Mike Pence did not file to run for president, adviser says](https://www.aol.com/news/mike-pence-run-u-president-131630610.html)** > > The filings, appearing on a U.S. federal holiday, prompted some news outlets including Britain's Sky News to report that Pence had filed to run for president, and the link to the website was circulated by several users on Twitter. O'Malley, who was... ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/258 "2022-12-27T18:20:46Z")
Does he or doesn’t he? Only his … hairdresser (?!) knows for sure. It’s Schrodinger’s candidacy. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/259 "2022-12-27T18:33:59Z")
His hairdresser works on the fly. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/260 "2022-12-27T18:40:07Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > His hairdresser works on the fly. - 👏 👏 👏 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826/261 "2023-05-16T13:24:17Z")
ISWYDT. > **[Pro-Pence super PAC launches as former VP nears decision on 2024 campaign](https://www.aol.com/news/pro-pence-super-pac-launches-025115680.html)** > > A new super PAC backing Mike Pence as a 2024 presidential candidate launched Monday, marking a significant step as the former vice president weighs whether to enter the GOP primary in the coming we… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-pence-in-2024-please-tell-me-its-not-happening/924826.md?page=14)