The distinction between Trump and Pence
Fox News host Trey Gowdy explains what former President Trump and previous Vice President Pence’s attainable combat for the Republican nomination for president represents at the ‘Special Report’ All-Star panel.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence isn’t any stranger to Iowa and New Hampshire, the 2 states that kick off the presidential nominating calendar.
Pence, who’s reported to be significantly mulling a 2024 White House bid, has already made 3 journeys to every state because the finish of former President Donald Trump’s management over a yr and a part in the past.
But this week, Pence will flip up the amount on hypothesis he’s proceeding the method of laying the groundwork for a White House run with back-to-back appearances within the states and visits to 2 iconic settings which can be regarded as must-stops for attainable and exact presidential applicants — “Politics and Eggs” on the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and the Iowa State Fair.
Pence has been crisscrossing the rustic for the previous yr and a part, serving to fellow Republicans operating within the 2022 elections. And with lower than 3 months to head till the midterms, when the GOP objectives to win again congressional majorities and construct on their already sturdy regulate of state governments, Pence is selecting up what’s already been an vigorous tempo.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence, all the way through a go back and forth to New Hampshire, greets shoppers at Simply Delicious Bakery in Bedford, N.H., on Dec. 8, 2021
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Those stops have incorporated Iowa, New Hampshire, in addition to South Carolina and Nevada, which hang the 3rd and fourth contests within the GOP’s presidential nominating calendar. The 4 states are referred to as the carve-out, or early vote casting, states in the principle and caucus calendar.
“He’s got friends everywhere, including Iowa and New Hampshire,” a supply as regards to the previous vp advised Fox News. And the supply said that “when you go to those states, you get a lot more media coverage.”
Pence could have a jam-packed Wednesday in New Hampshire, beginning together with his look at “Politics and Eggs” at Saint Anselm College. It’s the 3rd version of “Politics and Eggs” this yr to characteristic a conceivable Republican presidential contender, following appearances within the spring via former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a 2016 White House candidate, and term-limited Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
“It definitely takes the race for the White House to a higher level,” New Hampshire Institute of Politics government director Neil Levesque advised Fox News. “It’s a complete sellout event and that shows the level of interest in the former vice president.”
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After his look at Saint Anselm College, Pence will hang a small industry discussion board in Goffstown prior to going the place White House hopefuls don’t commute with a lot frequency — north of the notches to workforce up and lend a hand Republican state senate applicants in New Hampshire’s North Country, and later to headline a meeting of GOP management from the state’s 3 northern counties which can be being held on the famed Mount Washington Resort.
Two days later — on Friday — Pence will probably be in Iowa for a two-day swing that features a forestall on the state honest.

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks on the Family Leader’s annual management summit, in Des Moines, Iowa on July 16 2021.
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“In Iowa, all political eyes are on the state — every person running for office this year in Iowa is at the state fair,” the supply famous. And together with New Hampshire’s “Politics and Eggs,” the supply emphasised that “it’s just one of those great places to go to get lots of attention for the folks you’re trying to support.”
While in Iowa, Pence may even headline a fundraiser for longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley, who’s operating for re-election this yr, and marketing campaign with Iowa state Sen. Zach Nunn, the GOP nominee within the state’s lone Democratic-held congressional district and function the principle appeal at a Bremer County GOP fundraiser.
Cotton headed to New Hampshire
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, some other attainable 2024 Republican presidential contender, will beat Pence to New Hampshire via an afternoon.
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Cotton, a two-term senator and an Army veteran who served in struggle within the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, on Tuesday will headline the New Hampshire GOP’s annual golfing match, which is being held on the picturesque Wentworth via the Sea golfing membership in Rye. He’ll additionally headline a fundraiser in Manchester for Hillsborough County Sheriff Chris Connelly in addition to a reception for the Salem GOP.

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas sits down for an interview with Fox News on the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, in Goffstown, N.H. on Dec. 3, 2021
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As with Pence, Cotton’s made a lot of journeys during the last yr and a part to the 4 early vote casting states.
Hogan stops via Iowa State Fair
Term-limited Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday changed into the primary of the conceivable GOP White House hopefuls to forestall via the Iowa State Fair.
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Hogan flipped beef chops on the Pork Tent, together with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, whilst on the state honest. He additionally paid tribute to legislation enforcement on the Heroes Tent, and previous within the day he held a legislation endorsement roundtable dialogue with Rep. Randy Feenstra in Boone, Iowa.
Hogan advised Fox News remaining month all the way through a barnstorming go back and forth thru New Hampshire that he’s going to doubtlessly release a 2024 Republican presidential marketing campaign if he sees “there’s a possible road to victory, that there’s a lane and I have an opportunity.”
And at the eve of his go back and forth to Iowa, he reiterated that “I want to be a voice of reason and I want to be someone in the Republican Party and the nation that’s talking about the issues people care about. I have been a national leader on some of these issues. I’ve had some success in a very tough environment in the bluest state in the country getting some of this done.”
Cruz, Noem, Ricketts, DeSantis, and Scott
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who’s reported to be mulling some other White House run, and Govs. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Pete Ricketts of Nebraska — whom political prognosticators view as attainable presidential contenders — have been in Nevada on Saturday, attending the yearly Basque Fry that’s hosted via former state legal professional normal Adam Laxalt, the 2022 Republican Senate nominee.
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Another conceivable GOP contender in 2024 — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — this weekend is kicking off a five-day marketing campaign swing on behalf of Trump-backed Republican Senate, House and gubernatorial nominees. DeSantis’ first stops are Sunday in Arizona and neighboring New Mexico.
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the one Black Republican within the Senate and a emerging big name within the GOP who’s operating for re-election this yr, continues to downplay hypothesis that he will have nationwide ambitions in 2024.
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But Scott appears to be expanding his nationwide profile.
Scott not too long ago spent over $60,000 to run virtual commercials around the nation that attention the senator as a “Proud Black Republican. Proud Patriot. Proud Defender of the American Dream.”