Former Vice President Mike Pence has criticized President Donald Trump‘s departure from conservative principles, expressing concern over the shift towards populist policies.
Pence voiced his disapproval of Trump’s ideological shift in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. He identified Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election results as an early sign of his “newfound populism merging with progressivism and its hostility to constitutional order.”
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The former Vice President noted that Trump, during his campaign for re-election in 2024, moved away from conservatism. He cited Trump’s remarks, where he declared, “You know, people say, ‘You're conservative.' I'm not conservative. You know what I am? I'm a man of common sense.”
In CBS News’ “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” on Sunday, Pence admitted that the Republican party has “lost” its way under Trump, but he also took a shot at the Democrats, stating they “have lost their minds.” He attributed the potential for Republicans to retain the Senate and possibly the House to the “extremism on the Democratic side.”
