Barely two weeks after leaving office,
the former US vice president Mike Pence has switched his attention to “attracting new hearts and minds to the conservative cause” as the host of a podcast directed at American youth.
Mr Pence will become the first Ronald Reagan presidential scholar at the Young America’s Foundation (YAF), a group set up in the 1960s to promote conservative values among a generation of high school and college students and those just embarking on their working lives.
Hosting a podcast will be familiar territory for Mr Pence, who was a prominent conservative radio voice in the Midwest for several years before his election to Congress in 2000.
Billing himself as “Rush Limbaugh on decaf,” a milder version of the firebrand right-wing radio personality beloved by Donald Trump's supporters, Mr Pence hosted discussions on conservative and religious themes.
“The Vice-President will certainly be focused on the conservative accomplishments of the last four years and projecting those accomplishments and lessons learned forward,” a Pence spokesperson said of the podcast, according to
Politico.
The website said Mr Pence, 61, will relish the opportunity to reestablish his own political identity after four years effectively in the shadow of Mr Trump, with whom he reportedly parted on strained terms in the aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots and his certification of Joe Biden’s general election victory.
Earlier this week, Mr Pence announced he was joining the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, as a distinguished visiting fellow concentrating on public policy.
ninjahood
was all about hanging out with highschool girls at age 30*+. Knew where all the teen hotspots were at. Even admitted to paying cellphone bills to hit. We all know how this goes down
at "order some pizzas" like this is some high school group project.
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