Mike Pence slams Trump and his GOP 'imitators' for lurching away from conservatism
Pence, in address in a key presidential primary state, to warn GOP against 'siren song of populism' that leads away from 'timeless conservative principles'
By Paul Steinhauser , Brooke Singman Fox News
Published September 6, 2023 5:00am EDT
ROCHESTER, N.H. – Former Vice President Mike Pence argues that former President Donald Trump "and some of his imitators in the Republican primary" are walking away from core conservative values.
It's a charge the former vice president made in an interview with Fox News Digital on the eve of a highly-billed speech Pence will deliver on Wednesday titled "Populism vs. Conservatism: Republicans' Time for Choosing."
Pence will give his address at Saint Anselm College's New Hampshire Institute of Politics, a must-stop for White House hopefuls in the state that holds the first primary and second overall contest in the GOP presidential nominating calendar.
"I think we have a very clear choice that’s emerging, not just between candidates but between a philosophy of governance, and Republicans are facing a Republican time for choosing," Pence emphasized during his Fox News interview at a campaign stop in New Hampshire.
"Time for choosing" is a clear nod to the late President Ronald Reagan, who famously used the line in a 1964 speech in support of conservative Barry Goldwater's presidential bid. That address has long been seen as a key moment in Reagan's transformation from Hollywood actor to politician, and eventually president and conservative icon.
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