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This is not particularly combustible stuff. What he did or didnt do on January 6, 2021 is at best so vague as to be completely meaningless. At worst, it dodges around the central contradiction at the heart of all campaigns against Trump: the unwillingness of his competitors to plainly state that he lost in 2020 and doesnt deserve another shot. Still, DeSantiss surrogates at least try to get in some licks and hit at Trumps vulnerabilities, from his wish to terminate the Constitution, to the fact that he was recently found guilty in a defamation case related to alleged sexual abuse. Its not a great start, in other words, but its a start.

Alas, the Never Back Down PAC then backed down: Dont expect to hear it again, reported the news start-up Semafor of the organizations willingness to throw some spicy barbs in Trumps direction. The tweet generated some heated internal pushback at Never Back Down, while multiple prominent conservative commentators piled on publicly.

That post was a massive mistake, one DeSantis ally told Semafor. It sounded like it came from CNN, and I think people inside realized that that was a massive mistake, and I hope it wont be repeated again.

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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-IA, announced Monday that former Vice President Mike Pence will join her annual Roast and Ride as her second special guest. "Wherever Joni Ernst asks me to be, I will be," Pence said in a statement. "As proud parents of a Marine pilot, Karen and I understand the importance of giving back to organizations like Cedar Rapids own Freedom Foundation, an incredible veterans support charity. I am honored that Joni has once again asked me to join her annual Roast and Ride and look forward to being back with the people of Iowa soon."Pence is weighing a presidential run and is expected to make an official announcement in June.Ernst announced last week that presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will also attend her Roast and Ride. Ernst says she has invited all 2024 Republican presidential candidates and hopefuls. "We'll have so many of those presidential hopefuls there," Ernst said. "It's a great opportunity for Iowans to hear directly from those candidates but also a great opportunity for the presidential hopefuls to interact with Iowans and hear directly from them what is most important when they're looking for a presidential candidate."This year's Roast and Ride will take place on Saturday, June 3. It starts with a morning motorcycle ride at 10:30 at Big Barn Harley Davidson in Des Moines. The Roast and Rally will go from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Animal Learning Center in Des Moines.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-IA, announced Monday that former Vice President Mike Pence will join her annual Roast and Ride as her second special guest.

"Wherever Joni Ernst asks me to be, I will be," Pence said in a statement. "As proud parents of a Marine pilot, Karen and I understand the importance of giving back to organizations like Cedar Rapids own Freedom Foundation, an incredible veterans support charity. I am honored that Joni has once again asked me to join her annual Roast and Ride and look forward to being back with the people of Iowa soon."

Pence is weighing a presidential run and is expected to make an official announcement in June.

Ernst announced last week that presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will also attend her Roast and Ride. Ernst says she has invited all 2024 Republican presidential candidates and hopefuls.

"We'll have so many of those presidential hopefuls there," Ernst said. "It's a great opportunity for Iowans to hear directly from those candidates but also a great opportunity for the presidential hopefuls to interact with Iowans and hear directly from them what is most important when they're looking for a presidential candidate."

This year's Roast and Ride will take place on Saturday, June 3. It starts with a morning motorcycle ride at 10:30 at Big Barn Harley Davidson in Des Moines.

The Roast and Rally will go from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Animal Learning Center in Des Moines.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence answered questions from New Hampshire voters Tuesday in a taping of "Conversation with the Candidate."Pence has not yet announced a run for president, but Granite State voters wanted to know if he does run, how he plans to get past the Republicans currently leading in polls that show him in single digits."I'm not a candidate right now. We'll keep you posted here in New Hampshire, I promise," Pence said. "But the fact that ever since I left office, there's always been a certain percentage of Republicans that have mentioned us for the highest office in the land is deeply humbling to me."Pence told voters he favors an all-of-the-above energy policy."We ought to encourage innovation, encourage energy diversification," he said. "But we shouldn't be making American families and American businesses pay a price that countries around the world are not paying."On the issue of abortion, Pence said he now backs national restrictions."The Supreme Court returned the question of abortion, which is a deeply, profoundly important issue in the heart of our nation, to the states and to the American people," Pence said. "If I'm ever called back into public service in our nation's capital, I'll also look for ways to advance the sanctity of life at the national level."Voters in the crowd said they found Pence to be more personable than they expected. "I think it's something you don't see like many candidates you don't see it from afar," said Patrick Connelly, of Chester. "He certainly knows how to work a room.""Conversation with the Candidate" can be seen on WMUR at 7 p.m. on Friday, followed by another half-hour on WMUR.com and the WMUR app.

Former Vice President Mike Pence answered questions from New Hampshire voters Tuesday in a taping of "Conversation with the Candidate."

Pence has not yet announced a run for president, but Granite State voters wanted to know if he does run, how he plans to get past the Republicans currently leading in polls that show him in single digits.

"I'm not a candidate right now. We'll keep you posted here in New Hampshire, I promise," Pence said. "But the fact that ever since I left office, there's always been a certain percentage of Republicans that have mentioned us for the highest office in the land is deeply humbling to me."

Pence told voters he favors an all-of-the-above energy policy.

"We ought to encourage innovation, encourage energy diversification," he said. "But we shouldn't be making American families and American businesses pay a price that countries around the world are not paying."

On the issue of abortion, Pence said he now backs national restrictions.

"The Supreme Court returned the question of abortion, which is a deeply, profoundly important issue in the heart of our nation, to the states and to the American people," Pence said. "If I'm ever called back into public service in our nation's capital, I'll also look for ways to advance the sanctity of life at the national level."

Voters in the crowd said they found Pence to be more personable than they expected.

"I think it's something you don't see like many candidates you don't see it from afar," said Patrick Connelly, of Chester. "He certainly knows how to work a room."

"Conversation with the Candidate" can be seen on WMUR at 7 p.m. on Friday, followed by another half-hour on WMUR.com and the WMUR app.

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DES MOINES, Iowa

Iowa US Senator Joni Ernst announced Monday former Vice President Mike Pence will be at her Roast and Ride event this June.

"The roast and ride is the one opportunity we have see them all (GOP candidates) on that center stage talking to those Iowa voters and like I said inspiring them to participate in the 2024 caucuses," Sen. Ernst said.

The annual event will be held June 3 and will consist of a motorcycle ride and a Roast and Ride rally.

Im excited to welcome Mike Pence to Roast and Ride this year! As a fellow motorcycle fan, Mike will also be joining me on my Ride to benefit Iowa's Freedom Foundation, said Joni Ernst. Even though Joe Biden and the national Democrats ditched Iowa, Republicans are maintaining our FIRST in the nation status. My annual Roast and Ride is THE event to be at in 2023! Its the perfect opportunity to engage directly with Iowans from all corners of the state.

Pence is the second special guest to be announced following former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.

Wherever Joni Ernst asks me to be, I will be. As proud parents of a Marine pilot, Karen and I understand the importance of giving back to organizations like Cedar Rapids own Freedom Foundation, an incredible veterans support charity," said Vice President Mike Pence. "I am honored that Joni has once again asked me to join her annual Roast and Ride and look forward to being back with the people of Iowa soon!

Sen. Ernst said she has invited all 2024 GOP presidential candidates and hopefuls. In an interview Monday with Iowa's News Now, Sen. Ernst said she will be announcing other special guests in the next few days.

The Roast and Ride will likely be the first time Iowans will get to see most, if not all of the GOP candidates in the same place.

Sen. Ernst says this allows Iowans a chance to get to know the candidates, see how they interact with one another, and hear their political points of view.

With caucus season right around the corner, the event also gives candidates a chance to recruit and build their volunteer base in Iowa.

"It's not just a matter of winning votes but getting people that are going to be willing to volunteer for you and go out and try to encourage others in their precinct to vote for you too," Hagle said.

The annual event began in 2015 and since then, high profile GOP leaders have attended the event from Former President Donald Trump to former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad.

Each year, Sen. Ernst donates proceeds from the event to a Veterans organization. This year she has chosen the Freedom Foundation in Cedar Rapids.

You can find more information on the event and get tickets here.

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The former chief of staff to Mike Pence clapped back at Donald Trump newest snipes at his former vice president over January 6th.

As Trump used his town hall event with CNN to push more election denialism and praise his rioting supporters from January 6th, he faced questions about the mob of his supporters who wanted to Hang Mike Pence after the ex-veep refused Trumps unconstitutional demand to help him overthrow the 2020 election.

I dont think he was in any danger, Trump claimed to CNNs Kaitlan Collins, and he refused to give any apology to Pence because he did something wrong. He should have put the votes back to the slate legislators and I think we would have had a different outcome.

Trumps repeated justifications of the lynch mob are no surprise by now, but whatever his dismissals of the violence on January 6th, the fact remains Pence was only 40 feet away from the mob that was demanding his blood when his security staff evacuated him from the Capitol Building. To that point, CNN asked Marc Short for his thoughts about that, and the former Pence chief of staff ominously warned of what couldve happened if Pences escort had to open fire on the mob to protect him.

I was by the vice presidents side when the United States Secret Service three times asked him to evacuate the Capitol, and as you know, the vice president refused to leave because he said that thats not the image he wanted the world to see. The hallmark of democracy, where a vice president would have to flee that setting.What the president thinks is probably not consistent with what the United States Secret Service thought, which was by the vice presidents side at that time. And after conversations I had with the Secret Service they commented that, Look, we were just inches away from actually having to open fire on that crowd, which would have led to a massacre in the Capitol. And so, whether or not the vice president certainly was protected, but there could have been a lot of more carnage that day and I think we were very close to that.

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