Donald Trump on Tuesday glossed over the endorsement snub of his former vice president, Mike Pence.
Donald Trump on Tuesday glossed over the endorsement snub of his former vice president, Mike Pence.
“I couldn’t care less,” Trump, 77, told reporters after casting his vote in Florida’s primary.
“We need patriots. We need strong people in our country. Our country is going downhill very fast, very rapidly,” the ex-president went on. “We need strong people in this country. We don’t need weak people.”
Last week, Pence, 64, publicly ruled out the possibility of endorsing his old boss’s re-election bid, admonishing Trump’s behavior related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021.
“The reason that I cannot in good conscience endorse Donald Trump this year also has to do with the fact that he is walking away, not just from keeping faith with the Constitution on [Jan. 6, 2021], but also with a commitment to fiscal responsibility,” Pence told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
“A commitment to the sanctity of life, a commitment to American leadership in the world,” Pence added.
