In 2024, it's Trump vs. Pence - dueling rallies held in Arizona

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
23 Jul 2022 11:06

Trump's former right-hand man and newest rival is running for election.

Donald Trump and Mike Pence, 2020. (Bloomberg)

Donald Trump and his vice president Mike Pence held dueling rallies on Friday in Arizona for an upcoming Republican party election which will project a prediction for the 2024 elections, in which Trump will be running.

This comes a day after a hearing on the US Capitol riots saw a White House security official admit that members of Pence's Secret Service detail feared for their lives as rioters stormed the building.

Trump has slammed Pence for his "failure" to block the certification of the 2020 election results. They are both running for the presidency in 2024. Trump's aides have been responsible for the rioting - however, Pence stressed that the overturn attempt would be illegal.

On January 6, 2021, Trump wrote on Twitter that Pence "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country."

On Thursday, administration officials testified that the tweet put fuel on the fire and turned the public against Pence.

On Friday, former top Trump adviser Steve Bannon was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the January 6 panel. On the same day, former Trump administration Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was held on charges of acting in "dishonesty" about sending a letter to Georgia state officials with false statements and interfering with justice after the 2020 election. Clark was the person whom former US President Donald Trump sought to appoint as attorney general to overturn the 2020 elections.