Mike Pence says the Trump administration has ‘departed’ from conservative principles

Former Vice President Mike Pence said the second administration of President Donald Trump has “departed” from traditional conservative principles in the president’s second term.

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s second administration has “departed” from traditional conservative principles.

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Pence, who served as Trump’s vice president from 2017 to 2021, told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that the administration is no longer committed to “the conservative agenda that has defined the Republican Party since the days of Ronald Reagan, and before that an agenda of American leadership, limited government, free market economics, the right to life.”

He added that “on a number of those issues, the president’s been good” in the past.