Mike Pence Suspends Campaign For President
Former Vice President Mike Pence suspended his 2024 presidential campaign Saturday, at the annual Republican Jewish Coalition convention in Las Vegas.
With his campaign running low on money and even lower in the polls, Pence saw that the Republican Party is moving in a different direction than the longtime Indiana conservative.
"I came here to say it’s become clear to me this is not my time. So after much deliberation I have decided to suspend my campaign for president effective today," he said onstage. "I have no regrets. The only thing that would have been harder than coming up short would have been if we never tried at all."
The campaign was doomed since Pence announced his bid for the White House in July, but its nearing end became abundantly clear at the end of the third fundraising quarter. Pence's third-quarter fundraising totals revealed his campaign was $620,000 in debt, with only $1.2 million cash on hand. That report made clear Pence would be unable to continue to compete with several better-performing Republican rivals.
Pence stopped did not go as far to endorse another candidate in the still crowded GOP primary, but seemed to take a shot at his the primary’s frontrunner and his former boss Donald Trump.
"I urge all my fellow Republicans here, give our country a Republican standard bearer that will, as Lincoln said, appeal to the better angels of our nature," Pence said, adding it should also be someone who leads the country with "civility."
Pence’s announcement of the end of his candidacy marks the biggest moment of his campaign, and likely the end of his career in a Republican party with complete devotion to Donald Trump.
