Donald Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence, two likely Republican candidates in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, attended Republican campaign rallies in Arizona on Friday.
In a remote duel, Pence traveled to the Phoenix state capital to support candidate Karen Taylor Robson, while Trump backed Carrie Lake in Prescott Valley.
Their participation in campaign rallies came a day after the Congressional Investigative Committee revealed the status of the former vice president during the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol building in Washington.
“Arizona finally has a chance to have a strong governor,” Trump wrote on his Social Truth Thursday. Vote for Carrie Lake.
After keeping the crowd waiting for more than two hours on Friday, he began his speech by talking about immigration, the campaign’s main issue in Arizona, a state that shares a long border with Mexico. He then quickly moved on to talking about the 2020 elections, stating, “The elections were rigged and stolen and the country is being systematically destroyed because of them.”
For his part, Pence praised the accomplishments of “the four years of the Trump-Pence administration” ahead of the pro-Karen Taylor-Robson rally, along the way criticizing the former president’s backing candidate, believing she was in the past. supporter of the Democrats.
“Arizona Republicans don’t want a governor who backs Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton,” Pence said. Referring to Trump’s allegations regarding the 2020 election, he said, “If the Republican Party lets the bitterness of the past control it, we will lose.”
Donald Trump, still a strong influence in the Republican Party, is hinting at the idea of running for president in 2024.
On the other hand, Mike Pence is doubling down on his appearances and appearances alongside candidates in local elections and does not rule out running for the Republican Party against former President Trump, emphasizing that he and his wife Karen will go “wherever we are invited.” “
Source: AFP.