Pence moves to claim culture war lane before DeSantis gets there
politico.comFormer Vice President Mike Pence talks to reporters after speaking at a parents rights rally, on Feb. 15, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo By Juan Perez Jr.
and Adam Wren 02/15/2023 09:45 PM EST Link CopiedFormer Vice President Mike Pence wants to make something clear: No 2024 Republican presidential candidate will outflank him on the gender, sexuality and education controversies that animate the right.He’s staking a claim as an original, if sunnier, culture warrior — a bona fide alternative to Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis or former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. And Pence sought to reaffirm that status Wednesday during appearances in Minnesota and Iowa that denounced schoolhouse gender-affirming policies and lessons on race.“The truth is, it wasn’t our choice to start the left’s culture war.
But now we have no choice but to win it for the sake of our children and grandchildren,” Pence told a crowd in Minneapolis, shortly after federal appellate court judges in nearby St.
