Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke highly of former President Donald Trump during a meeting with Republican lawmakers.
“He spoke very favorably about his relationship with President Trump,” Rep. Jim Banks said of the meeting. “I got the sense they speak often and maintain the same personal friendship and relationship now that they have for four years.”
Banks, who chairs the Republican Study Committee, said that a group of members met with Pence on Tuesday in his transition office in Northern Virginia.
They discussed the future of the Republican Party, as well as Pence becoming more visible to the public in coming months after turning down an invitation to speak at CPAC.
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“He’ll be launching an organization defending the successful Trump-Pence record of the last four years,” Banks said of Pence.
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“He talked about how in 2009, the new Democrat President, Democrat House, Democrat Senate — how similar that moment was to this moment,” Banks said. “A massive spending deal Democrats pushed in 2009 that overreached, every single [House] Republican voted against in 2009. That sure looks like the $1.9 trillion bill that’s on the floor this week.”
“The more Democrats overreach, the more likely we are going to have a 2010 type midterm to win back the majority. He sort of senses the similarity in that moment to this moment.”
Pence’s favorable comments toward Trump come after he split with the former on certifying Biden’s Electoral College victory.
