Pence criticizes Trump for calling Putin a genius
Hutchinson: “Republicans should not lose to felons”
[앤캐니=AP/뉴시스]Former Vice President Mike Pence announces his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in Ankeny, Iowa, on the 7th (local time). 2023.6.8
[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Moon Ye-seong = Republican candidates who announced a run for the presidential election next year, including former Vice President Mike Pence, intensively attacked former President Donald Trump, who is dominating.
According to CNN and others on the 8th (local time), former Vice President Mike Pence criticized former President Trump at a CNN town hall event he attended immediately after announcing his candidacy the day before.
“I know the difference between a genius and a war criminal,” Pence said, citing the fact that Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “genius” when he invaded Ukraine last year.
“(I) know who must win the war in Ukraine,” he said, emphasizing that “the people fighting for freedom and sovereignty in Ukraine.”
Former Vice President Pence emphasized that “the American people do not look back, they look forward”, saying, “As times change, so must leadership.”
He also added, “I don’t think my longtime running mate (Trump) will be the Republican presidential nominee.”
In particular, he emphasized, “Anyone who puts himself above the Constitution should never be President of the United States. And anyone who asks others to put themselves above the Constitution should never be President again.”
Another Republican candidate, former Arkansas governor Assa Hutchinson, also argued that Trump should step down from the candidacy.
Referring to the special counsel’s investigation of former President Trump as a suspect in the alleged leak of classified White House documents, former Gov. he paraphrased.
“Trump is currently the subject of a criminal investigation, and he must step back and put national interests first,” he added.
This is not the first time former Gov. Hutchinson has called for Trump to drop the candidacy. He had also called for Trump to step down from his candidacy last March.
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