Why Trump dumped Pence — and what it means for 2024

The Week

My Washington Examiner colleague David Drucker has the scoop on Donald Trump and Mike Pence. In an interview published on Wednesday, Trump said that he wouldn't pick Pence as his running mate if he ran for president again.

This is not surprising. Trump was upset that Pence did not go along with his unconstitutional plan to overturn the election results. Pence is pushing back against Trump on this question. Unlike some others, Pence doesn't seem to be referring to his old boss on 2024.

Trump didn't say that the people wouldn't accept another go-round. Trump argued that the actions of the vice president in certifying the election discredited him with the Republican base.

That is bad news for the GOP. Biden's record has not been well received by the electorate, so Republicans should want the election to be about Biden. Trump wants it to be about 2020 and he hopes that both he and Pence will lead the GOP primary field.

Maybe that's an opening for someone like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or even Vice President Mike Pence. Is there anything that has happened since 2015 that makes you want to bet on that outcome? The ability to sense what motivates the base is not one of the weaknesses of Trump. 2020 could be used as a dividing line between respectable Republicans like Sen. Romney, who in this telling adulation from The New York Times, and Republicans Who Will Fight. Fighting needs to be defined more broadly than Repeatedly punching oneself in the face to no obvious effect.

Biden won the election in 2020 because he was able to frame the election as a referendum on Trump, not a choice between the two of them. The Democrats have the best chance this time around.

In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Trump said he didn't think people would accept the ticket that won the election.
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