Former Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that he is “very encouraged” by President-elect Trump's picks for his administration's first Cabinet members.
Trump's former vice president, Pence, said he was “very encouraged by the president-elect's early appointment.” At the dispatch summit.
The former vice president also appointed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as Secretary of State, Tom Homan, former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Rep. Michael Walz (R-Fla.) as Secretary of State. He also mentioned that it was reported and announced that he would be selecting someone. The “border czar” and the national security adviser each said, “These are all conservative men and women who I believe will serve our country and the next president well.”
Pence has had a tense relationship with Trump since shortly after the 2020 presidential election. For nearly two years, the former vice president has publicly stated on January 6, 2021, that he did not have the authority to deny the results of the 2020 election, despite pressure from President Trump.
Pence did not endorse the president-elect in his recent bid for the White House.
“I'm extremely proud of our administration's record,” Pence said in March. It was an outstanding achievement.” “That said, I made it clear during the presidential campaign that there are significant differences between me and President Trump on a variety of issues.”
President Trump is said to have said, “So what?” On January 6, 2021, during the Capitol riot, the outgoing president responded to an aide's warning that the vice president had been taken to a secure location, according to a filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith. thing.
The Hill has reached out to Border 911, the organization of which Homan is chairman and CEO, Trump and Rubio's press secretaries, and Walz's office for comment.
