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Pence to visit South Carolina as GOP presidential contenders plan trips to key primary states
Former Vice President Mike Pence is about to go to Charleston, South Carolina, subsequent week to satisfy with native legislation enforcement officers, marking the most recent journey by attainable GOP presidential contenders to key main states.
Pence is scheduled to reach in South Carolina on Monday and meet with a roundtable of legislation enforcement officers earlier than making a second cease at a “meet and greet” with enterprise leaders in Myrtle Seashore, in line with his political motion committee. The go to is Pence’s ninth journey to the Palmetto State since leaving workplace in 2021 and comes as he mulls a return to the White Home — this time as its main occupant.
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Throughout his assembly with legislation enforcement officers, Pence is anticipated to debate police reform laws being proposed on Capitol Hill within the wake of the dying of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, who was killed by Memphis police final month. Pence will “push again on the restored ‘Defund the Police’ motion that is sweeping throughout the nation,” one in every of his aides informed CBS Information.
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Pence’s go to comes simply days earlier than former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is about to go to South Carolina on Feb. 15, when she is anticipated to announce her presidential bid. After that, Haley will journey to New Hampshire and Iowa, two different essential main states.
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), one other attainable GOP presidential contender, can also be anticipated to carry an occasion in South Carolina in mid-February as a part of his “Religion in America” nationwide listening tour. After that, the South Carolina senator is anticipated to journey to Iowa for the subsequent cease on the tour.
The booked calendar of occasions indicators ramped-up efforts by high-profile Republicans who’re reportedly contemplating a White Home bid in 2024. Former President Donald Trump is the one main Republican to announce his candidacy to this point, however a number of others are anticipated to observe swimsuit within the coming months — setting the stage for what is anticipated to be a crowded main.