{"id":1941926,"date":"2023-06-01T11:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-and-chris-christie-set-to-enter-2024-presidential-race\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:53:00","slug":"mike-pence-and-chris-christie-set-to-enter-2024-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-and-chris-christie-set-to-enter-2024-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence and Christie to run for president in 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fmike-pence-and-chris-christie-set-to-enter-2024-presidential-race%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=1941926&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--><h2>Former Vice President Mike Pence and Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie Preparing to Launch 2024 Presidential Bids<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0601\/3de97c45-3fd7-4cb6-bcf7-85953cddf4b7\/audio.mp3?length=3962637&#038;duration=330\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are preparing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detroit-police-chief-readying-gop-bid-for-michigan-governor-against-whitmer\/\" title=\"Detroit Police Chief Readying GOP Bid For Michigan Governor Against Whitmer\">launch bids<\/a> for the 2024 Republican presidential slot.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If I decide to get into the race, I will not shrink from that challenge, and I won\u2019t try to play cute with it, because playing cute with it, I think, will lead to a bad result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<footer>&#8211; Chris Christie<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A strategist knowledgeable of Christie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-closes-season-with-inspire-change-ad-football-is-over-but-systemic-racism-goes-on\/\" title=\"NFL Closes Season With \u2018Inspire Change\u2019 Ad: Football Is Over But \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019 Goes On\">plans told<\/a> The Epoch Times on May 31 that Maria Comella will run his upcoming campaign. Comella worked on Christie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/frances-zemmour-boasts-of-trump-call-in-run-up-to-presidential-election\/\" title=\"France's Zemmour Boasts of Trump Call in Run-up to Presidential Election\">2016 presidential bid<\/a>. She was also chief of staff for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>The strategist told The Epoch Times that Mike DuHaime, CEO of MAD Global Strategy Group, will be an adviser to Christie. DuHaime also previously worked for Christie and various other Republican politicians, including as the head of Rudy Giuliani\u2019s 2008 presidential run and in a regional role for former President George W. Bush\u2019s 2004 campaign.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5037193\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/02\/06\/GettyImages-866761794-1200x799.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/02\/06\/GettyImages-866761794-1200x799.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump (L) speaks with Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) after he delivered remarks on combating drug demand and the opioid crisis in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Oct. 26, 2017. (Jim Watson\/AFP via Getty Images)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>A source familiar with Pence\u2019s plans confirmed that the Indiana native will formally announce next week.<\/p>\n<p>The two men are part of a rush of new entrants to the race, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper he\u2019ll soon decide whether to enter the race. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin may also enter the race.<\/p>\n<h3>More Competition for the Anti-Trump Vote<\/h3>\n<p>Pence and Christie join former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, conservative radio host Larry Elder, and a range of other minor candidates, many of whom have been touring Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and other critical early states for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, who threw his hat in the ring last November, is the frontrunner among Republican caucus and primary voters.<\/p>\n<p>An Emerson College <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/iowa-2024-biden-and-trump-start-with-significant-leads-in-party-caucuses\/\">poll<\/a> released May 25 showed the ex-commander-in-chief ahead of DeSantis by 42 points in Iowa among the state\u2019s Republican caucus electorate. Pence, Haley, Scott, and Ramaswamy came in third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>More candidates means more competition for the anti-Trump vote. That ultimately benefits the former president.<\/p>\n<h3>Positions and Strategies<\/h3>\n<p>Ramaswamy and DeSantis have sought to reach relatively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-marjorie-taylor-greene-destroys-nasty-ga-election-official-gabe-sterling-after-his-latest-attack-on-president-trump-and-herself\/\" title=\"BRUTAL! Marjorie Taylor Greene DESTROYS Nasty GA Election Official Gabe Sterling After His Latest Attack on President Trump and Herself\">conservative voters<\/a> and other Americans worried about the size and power of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-woke Ramaswamy in April pledged to \u201cshut down [and] replace\u201d both the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the FBI. Just days ago, DeSantis said he too would back a move to defund the IRS.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5267782\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/16\/id5267782-desantis-e1684198770361-1200x773.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/16\/id5267782-desantis-e1684198770361-1200x773.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to a crowd at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C., on April 19, 2023. (Sean Rayford\/Getty Images)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Christie, by contrast, could seek to position himself as an aggressively anti-Trump centrist.<\/p>\n<p>In an early May appearance on the \u201cHugh Hewitt Show,\u201d the Garden State ex-governor said America needs \u201ca president who will be very deliberate and smart about what comes out of their mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have someone on the [debate] stage who\u2019s going to challenge the president [Trump] frontally, directly,\u201d Christie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I decide to get into the race, I will not shrink from that challenge, and I won\u2019t try to play cute with it, because playing cute with it, I think, will lead to a bad result,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Christie\u2019s possible role as the 2024 anti-Trump candidate garnered the approval of Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristie has the verbal skills and chutzpah that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lacks to attack Trump in ways that could do real damage,\u201d she wrote on Twitter on June 1.<\/p>\n<p>CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp sounded skeptical about the Christie bid on a recent NewsMax panel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn America, we have the freedom to do anything we want. And donors can write him checks, I suppose,\u201d Schlapp said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand his point of view now. He was all for Trump, and now he seems to be always against Trump, and so, what\u2019s his lane?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In his Hewitt interview, Christie disputed the notion that Jan. 6 prosecutions are political.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that somehow this is a political action is just, to me, wrong,\u201d he told Hewitt.<\/p>\n<p>Pence, meanwhile, has played up his bona fides as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-and-chris-christie-set-to-enter-2024-presidential-race\/\" title=\"Pence and Christie to run for president in 2024.\">tradition-minded religious conservative<\/a>, including during a recent appearance at the Russell Kirk Center in Michigan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3902615\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/07\/15\/mike-pence-1200x739.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/07\/15\/mike-pence-1200x739.jpg\" alt=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to a crowd during\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Pence and Chris Christie are reportedly gearing up for the 2024 Republican presidential race. Christie&#8217;s strategist, Maria Comella, who worked on his 2016 campaign, will run his upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":1941927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4506,7905,4500,3669],"class_list":["post-1941926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-4506","tag-christie","tag-pence","tag-president"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}