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Jill Colvin | Associated Press

Mike Pence opens presidential bid with denunciation of Trump over Jan. 6 insurrection and abortion

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Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, arrive to announce his candidacy for president Wednesday near Des Moines, Iowa. Pence accused former President Donald Trump, who is leading in polls, of abandoning the conservative values he ran on, including on abortion. (Getty)

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence opened his bid for the Republican nomination for president Wednesday with a firm denunciation of former President Donald Trump, accusing his two-time running mate of abandoning conservative principles and being guilty of dereliction of duty on Jan. 6, 2021.

On that perilous day, Pence said, as Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol after the president falsely insisted his vice president could overturn the election results, Trump “demanded I choose between him and our Constitution. Now voters will be faced with the same choice.”

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