Trump-Republicans Should Fear Mike Pence — As a Libertarian Presidential Candidate
By avoiding the dead-end Republican primary, he could become a viable third-party candidate
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly hinted that he will run again for President. He ended this month’s influential Conservative Political Action Conference saying, “Who knows, I may even decide to beat them for a third time.” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is most often mentioned as emerging as Trump’s primary opponent. Fifty-one percent of the nationwide Republican base view him favorably — up from 43 percent in mid-May.
But the real threat to a future Trump-dominated Republican Party comes from his former Vice President Mike Pence, not DeSantis. That’s because Pence might just have enough sense to realize that he will not get the Republican nomination. By avoiding the dead-end Republican primary, he could become a viable third-party candidate. One that could slice off a significant number of Republican and conservative independent voters in the general election to eliminate Trump’s chance of a victory. He may lose the election, but a new or revitalized non-Trumper Republican Party might just result.
Tara Setmayer, former GOP congressional communications director, summed up conventional logic…
