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Pence questions Trump’s conservative credentials and ‘hostility to constitutional order’
Key takeaways
- In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Pence notes a shift in Trump s tone and rhetoric that now focuses on widespread reform in the form of populist policies.
- He said Trump s attempt to get him to overturn the 2020 presidential election was one of the first signs of the leader s newfound populism merging with progressivism and its hostility to constitutional order.
- It strikes at us not from the Democratic Party but from within our own ranks, sparking a battle for the soul of the Republican Party …, the former vice president wrote of the second Trump administration.
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In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Pence notes a shift in Trump s tone and rhetoric that now focuses on widespread reform in the form of populist policies.
He said Trump s attempt to get him to overturn the 2020 presidential election was one of the first signs of the leader s newfound populism merging with progressivism and its hostility to constitutional order.
Populism is progressivism in disguise. It strikes at us not from the Democratic Party but from within our own ranks, sparking a battle for the soul of the Republican Party …, the former vice president wrote of the second Trump administration.
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