{"id":110041,"date":"2017-08-06T23:49:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T03:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=110041"},"modified":"2025-01-09T02:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T07:29:26","slug":"pence-slams-report-on-possible-2020-presidential-groundwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/06\/pence-slams-report-on-possible-2020-presidential-groundwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence slams report on possible 2020 presidential groundwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110055\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/32820376265_feb55b7992_k-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-110055\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/32820376265_feb55b7992_k-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vice-President Mike Pence (Photo by IIP Photo Archive\/Flickr, Public Domian)\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/32820376265_feb55b7992_k-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/32820376265_feb55b7992_k-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/32820376265_feb55b7992_k-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/32820376265_feb55b7992_k-1.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice-President Mike Pence (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/iip-photo-archive\/32820376265\/in\/photolist-S1e1qi-RpNZs7-UbMdfM-WStSmv-X8bWfx-UbMdvg-SdrWgf-RSYjMf-UK4ivr-WEG7gZ-UoqbKH-RazSk1-R837XU-SGiagB-StPmGF-R81x6C-UbMcP6-Xhf3hN-X3sW5R-UNxbXd-Uh3JtS-UNssSE-UEvru6-X5RfY6-SsLmaR-SGjp1Z-SCEqTw-WJ6SVJ-SCFnMj-WJ6SHQ-X3sWwx-Xo8Y5e-WJ6S5W-WM4bNq-StnAiF-Uokvac-TZhBcY-SdrZR1-RSYis1-UExqd4-SsLk1M-Sm5cRy-TzELE3-UNukXU-WDRiT3-SqCo6J-X2TaTm-UFKEf6-WM4bkm-XdYB8C\">Photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/iip-photo-archive\/\">IIP Photo Archive\/Flickr<\/a>, Public Domian)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">BRIDGEWATER, N.J. \u2014 Vice-President Mike Pence has pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 2020 if President Donald Trump does not run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">In a statement released by the White House, Pence said Sunday&#8217;s story in The New York Times \u201cis disgraceful and offensive to me, my family, and our entire team.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy hydroxychloroquine online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islington-chiropractic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/hydroxychloroquine.html\">https:\/\/www.islington-chiropractic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/hydroxychloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d He added that \u201cthe allegations in this article are categorically false.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">The formal rebuttal of a news report by the vice-president was an unusual move. In it, Pence also said his team will \u201cfocus all our efforts to advance the president&#8217;s agenda and see him re-elected in 2020.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">The report details efforts of several Republicans looking ahead to 2020, calling it a \u201cshadow campaign.\u201d It notes Pence&#8217;s political schedule and active fundraising, though it also says unnamed advisers have signalled that he&#8217;d only run if Trump doesn&#8217;t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">The article noted Pence has set up a fundraising committee. Called the Great America Committee, it can accept checks of up to $5,000 from individual donors. Pence raised about  million at a Washington fundraiser last month, attended by dozens of lawmakers and featuring remarks from White House adviser Ivanka Trump.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy desyrel online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islington-chiropractic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/desyrel.html\">https:\/\/www.islington-chiropractic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/desyrel.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">Trump has not suggested he won&#8217;t seek a second term.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cozaar online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islington-chiropractic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cozaar.html\">https:\/\/www.islington-chiropractic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cozaar.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> But his first six months in office have been turbulent, marked by staff infighting, legislative struggles and a series of investigations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway also dismissed the report and said Pence is readying to run in 2020 \u201cfor re-election as vice-president.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">\u201cVice-President Pence is a very loyal, very dutiful, but also incredibly effective vice-president, and active vice-president, with this president,\u201d said Conway on ABC&#8217;s \u201cThis Week.\u201d \u201cHe is a peer to the president in the West Wing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;color: black\">New York Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha said in an emailed statement: \u201cWe are confident in the accuracy of our reporting and will let the story speak for itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRIDGEWATER, N.J. \u2014 Vice-President Mike Pence has pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,483,17],"tags":[11770,9869,15421,20509],"class_list":["post-110041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-politics","category-news-w","tag-11770","tag-donald-trump","tag-mike-pence","tag-presidential-bid","mauthors-catherine-lucey","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281423,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110041\/revisions\/281423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}