It’s no coincidence that former Vice President Mike Pence’s first speech since the end of Donald Trump’s administration comes on the same day that President Biden marks his first 100 days in office.
Speaking Thursday evening in South Carolina – a crucial early voting state in the presidential nominating calendar – in an address that will spark more 2024 speculation, the former vice president is expected to contrast the achievements of the Trump-Pence administration with the new president’s record so far in the Oval Office.
Advisers to the former vice president tell Fox News that Pence will turn up the volume on his criticism of what he’ll term Biden’s radical policies as the president moves further to the left, and he’ll showcase a “positive” conservative policy vision that can help fellow Republicans win back the House and Senate in the 2022 midterm elections. Pence aides say the former vice president will also reflect on his faith and values as he addresses the Palmetto Family Council, a conservative Christian nonprofit based in Columbia, South Carolina.
Former Vice President Mike Pence takes part in a 'fireside chat' with pastors.
“I think he feels that it’s the tradition to be respectful of a new administration for a period of time and allow them to get their footings,” Marc Short, a close Pence aide and adviser who served as the then-vice president’s chief of staff the past two years, told Fox News.
But Short said that “100 days seems an appropriate time” for Pence to start speaking out and taking aim at the Biden agenda.
“I think his remarks will be very policy-focused,” Short previewed. “I think that President Biden has during his first 100 days has spoken rhetorically like a moderate, but I think the policies are the most radical we’ve seen in a generation. I think Vice President Pence will outline where those policies are a threat for many, including the pro-family groups like Palmetto.
“I think he feels that it’s the tradition to be respectful of a new administration for a period of time and allow them to get their footings,” Marc Short, a close Pence aide and adviser who served as the then-vice president’s chief of staff the past two years, told Fox News.
But Short said that “100 days seems an appropriate time” for Pence to start speaking out and taking aim at the Biden agenda.
“I think his remarks will be very policy-focused,” Short previewed. “I think that President Biden has during his first 100 days has spoken rhetorically like a moderate, but I think the policies are the most radical we’ve seen in a generation. I think Vice President Pence will outline where those policies are a threat for many, including the pro-family groups like Palmetto.”