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Mike Pence says he will not endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024

The former vice president, who served under Trump but has been critical of the former president after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in which Pence was targeted, said Friday that Trump’s agenda doesn’t align with his view of conservatism

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Updated March 15, 2024 at 6:04 p.m. EDT|Published March 15, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. EDT
Former vice president Mike Pence at the second Republican presidential primary debate in Simi Valley, Calif., on Sept. 27. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
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Former vice president Mike Pence said Friday that he will not endorse Donald Trump, the president with whom he served, just days after Trump won enough delegates to secure the Republican Party’s 2024 nomination.

Pence served under Trump but has been critical of the former president after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol in which Pence was targeted by a mob of pro-Trump supporters who wanted to stop certification of Joe Biden’s electoral victory. Withholding his endorsement in a remarkable break with tradition, Pence rebuked his former boss in strong terms Friday, saying Trump’s agenda doesn’t align with his view of conservatism.