Former President Donald Trump appeared to rule out former Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate should he opt to mount a third bid for the White House in 2024. "I don’t think the people would accept it," Trump told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday of the pair running together again.
Trump cited friction stemming from the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, in which he lost to President Joe Biden yet repeated a false claim that the election had been stolen from him, and suggested their differences are too stark to overcome heading into 2024, according to the conservative news website. "Mike and I had a great relationship except for the very important factor that took place at the end.
We had a very good relationship," Trump told the website. "I haven’t spoken to him in a long time."FILE - US Vice President Mike Pence speaks as US President Donald Trump looks on before signing an executive order on immigration in the Oval Office of the White House on June 20, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Ima During the congressional certification of Biden’s win, Trump falsely suggested that Pence — who was presiding over the count as vice president — could have overturned the results.
But vice presidents play only a ceremonial role in the counting of Electoral College votes. Experts say any attempt to interfere in the count would have represented an extraordinary violation of the law and an assault on the democratic process — sparking a Constitutional crisis.The electoral count on Jan.