‘Republican Sleeping Dragon’ Pence, Trump’s first official appearance absent

Former US Vice President Mike Pence [이미지출처=EPA연합뉴스]

[아시아경제 조현의 기자] Former US Vice President Mike Pence declined the invitation to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in Orlando, Florida on the 25th-28th.

According to Fox News on the 21st (local time), CPAC is the first place where former President Donald Trump will appear on the official statue after retirement. On the 28th, former President Trump is said to have revealed his plans for the future of the Republican Party and strongly criticized President Biden’s immigration policy.

Former President Pence was also invited to speak at the conference, but declined, Fox News quoted a source. Regarded as a representative “Trump loyalist,” he broke up at the end of his term, turning his back on former President Trump, who had been driving dissatisfaction after the election.

Former Vice President Pence, one of the sleeping dragons of the Republican Party, is starting his challenge for the president while living in Indiana, his home ground. According to major foreign media, he started preparing to launch his own organization for fundraising, etc., while joining the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, as a special invited researcher.

Local media believe that former Vice President Pence will refrain from exposure to the media as much as possible for the time being and will not publicly comment on future actions. The US Congressional media The Hill reported that “(he) plans to refrain from exposing the media for at least six months after retirement.”

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