Former Vice President Mike Pence’s new book What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience is timely given the deep divisions on the Right over the meaning of conservatism. It is as much an answer to the Progressive Left as it is the Populist Right.

Since leaving office, Pence has been the subject of much derision, with most of it coming from former allies on the Right. The reason centers around Pence’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021. His post on X announcing the new book was met with a flood of replies labeling him “Judas” and “a traitor,” among other things. These reactions are not new. Every time Pence posts something on social media, he faces a barrage of such comments.