{"id":1875494,"date":"2023-03-13T11:12:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T15:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-insider-takes-aim-at-desantis-as-former-vice-president-prepares-2024-run\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T11:20:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T15:20:57","slug":"pence-insider-takes-aim-at-desantis-as-former-vice-president-prepares-2024-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-insider-takes-aim-at-desantis-as-former-vice-president-prepares-2024-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence insider takes aim at DeSantis as former vice president prepares 2024 run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpence-insider-takes-aim-at-desantis-as-former-vice-president-prepares-2024-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1875494&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78479716\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9\">                                                                                                         <\/div>\n<p>                var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ &#8220;div&#8221;: &#8220;Brid_78479716&#8221;, &#8220;obj&#8221;: {&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;16&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;9&#8243;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1260482&#8243;} });                              <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span> person close to former Vice President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-pence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Pence<\/a> is taking aim at Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) as someone who &#8220;nobody really knows&#8221; as the Pence team explores a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024<\/a> presidential run. <\/p>\n<p>Pence has been hinting at a bid for the presidency for months, visiting Iowa and other key states recently, with an anonymous person close to the former vice president <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/03\/12\/pence-trump-gridiron-jan-6-00086732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling<\/a> <i>Politico<\/i> why Pence has more to offer than other candidates. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/gop-releases-targets-2024-house-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TARGETS ACQUIRED: REPUBLICANS RELEASE LIST OF DEMOCRATS THEY ARE HOPING TO TAKE OUT IN 2024<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The person, who the outlet said was not authorized by the budding campaign, claimed DeSantis is seen as a \u201ccombination of Ronald Reagan and Willie Nelson and Bono all wrapped up into one. But he\u2019s everything to everybody right now because nobody really knows him.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The anonymous person added that Pence &#8220;is almost on the flip side of that. Everybody thinks they know him. They think they have an expectation of who he is. And then when they meet them, they\u2019re like, \u2018That\u2019s not what I was thinking. He\u2019s funny. He\u2019s personable. He\u2019s nice.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">                 Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a roundtable discussion on police reform on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in North Charleston, S.C.                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\">                 Meg Kinnard\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>DeSantis is seen as one of the front-runners for the 2024 presidential race, leading in several polls across various key states. He has not announced a 2024 bid but is <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/desantis-eyeing-summertime-presidential-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected to announce a run<\/a> for the White House in late May or early June, once the state&#8217;s legislative session has concluded. <\/p>\n<p>Pence appears to be nearing a 2024 announcement and has taken aim at another 2024 contender, former President Donald Trump. At the Gr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/pence-insider-takes-aim-at-desantis\">Pence insider takes aim at DeSantis as former vice president prepares 2024 run<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person close to former Vice President Mike Pence is taking aim at Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) as someone who &#8220;nobody really knows&#8221; as the Pence team explores a 2024 presidential run. 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