News World !!! Pence speech marks his latest clash with Trump

Former Vice President Mike Pence will sound very much like a White House hopeful looking to lead his party beyond former President Donald Trump when he touts his "freedom agenda" for the Republican Party in a speech in Washington on Monday evening.

Pence will deliver remarks about a proposed conservative agenda at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank, just one day before Trump makes his first visit to the nation's capital since leaving office in January 2021.

"The Freedom Agenda provides a clear roadmap for conservative leaders looking to connect deeply with the American people on their top priorities," Pence plans to say, according to prepared remarks obtained by CNN. "It is built upon the belief that Americans want to create more economic opportunity, restore American leadership on the world stage, and are proud of traditional American culture and want to preserve it."

His prepared remarks touch on the importance of building a "lasting majority" and the need for "unified conservative action" as opposed to looking backward.

"Some people may choose to focus on the past," Pence's planned remarks read. "But I believe conservatives must focus on the future."

Pence's address will happen roughly 24 hours before Trump will deliver keynote remarks at the America First Policy Institute's summit, a two-day event in Washington featuring elected Republicans and alumni of the Trump administration to discuss ideas for an "America first agenda."

It also comes after weeks of public hearings held by the House committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, which have revealed details about Trump's failed efforts to pressure Pence to delay the counting of electoral votes.

And while the timing of this week's speeches appears to be accidental, their pairing fits into a theme Pence and his political team have been quietly pushing for months as the Indiana Republican gets ready for a potential run for the White House: While Trump continues to talk up his false claims about the 2020 election, his former running mate is helping boost Republican political prospects in 2022 and beyond.

The proposed agenda, which Pence's policy group, Advancing American Freedom, released in April, attempts to synthesize right-wing populist ideas with the traditional conservatism from which Pence emerged as a political figure. That reflects Pence's own efforts to forge a path ahead that acknowledges the Trump-era GOP coalition while turning the page on what many Republican leaders see as the former President's divisive and dangerous impulses.

The Pence speech at Heritage is the latest example in the past week of Pence presenting himself to various factions in the GOP as an alternative heir apparent to Trump in 2024.

In Washington last Wednesday, Pence received a warm welcome from members of the Republican Study Committee, the conservative House caucus he once chaired, suggesting he still has cachet among elected members of his party, even within a House GOP conference that remains steadfastly loyal to Trump.

And on Friday, Pence found himself campaigning in Arizona on the same day as Trump, who held a rally near Phoenix to boost Kari Lake, the former TV news anchor who centered her campaign around the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. But Pence attended two events with Arizona's outgoing GOP governor, Doug Ducey, whom Trump has criticized relentlessly for failing to act to change the outcome of the 2020 election in his state.

Both Pence and Ducey are supporting Karrin Taylor Robson ahead of the August 2 primary. The race between Lake and Taylor Robson remains close, and his endorsement is a bit of a risk for the cautious Pence.

"I'm grateful to the vice president for stepping out, for picking the true conservative in this race, and for helping amplify to all Arizonans that she is the superior choice in the governor's primary," Ducey told CNN last week in an interview. "Mike Pence brings the imprimatur of a true conservative to this race."

While Trump has spent a great chunk of his post-presidency trying to settle scores with Republicans who crossed him, Pence has nurtured relationships with leaders in the party. His two-plus decades in elected Republican politics has helped, including his time as governor of Indiana, which Ducey cites as an asset when Pence comes in to help candidates running in 2022.

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"When he served as governor of Indiana, he was a great colleague and collaborator with other governors. And as vice president, he continue[d] to be. So when Mike Pence speaks out on this race, it brings all of that and more," Ducey said.