Mike Pence announces presidential campaign

Former vice president Mike Pence has filed paperwork to run for president in the 2024 election.

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00:00Former Vice President Mike Pence is officially running for president.

00:03The Republican who has likened himself to a Reagan conservative

00:06filed the paperwork declaring his run on Monday.

00:09Pence served as President Donald Trump's VP from 2017 to 2021,

00:14Indiana's governor from 2013 to 2017,

00:17and served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years.

00:21Following Trump's unsuccessful re-election bid in 2020

00:24and the subsequent false allegations of election fraud,

00:27Pence began to distance himself from his former running mate.

00:30President Trump is wrong.

00:32The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone.

00:37During his political career,

00:38Pence has taken definitive stances on a number of hot-button issues.

00:42He's a staunch abortion rights opponent,

00:44opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions,

00:46exclusively supports abstinence-only sex education,

00:50and is against defunding the police.

00:52The presidential primaries will take place across the country in February 2024.

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