viral video Shared by X They claim it shows that former Republican Vice President Mike Pence is endorsing the Harris-Waltz ticket in the 2024 presidential election.
— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) October 14, 2024
Verdict: False
This claim is false as the video lacks context. In the original video, Pence says he could never vote for Harris Waltz for president. Pence made the comments in August 2024 during an event at The Gathering with conservative talk radio host Erick Erickson.
Fact check:
A recent Morning Consult poll shows 2024 Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris with a “4 point lead.” Forbes summary article. Similarly, the latest NBC News poll shows Harris and 2024 Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump tied at 48%, the same Forbes article shows.
The X-video, which has been viewed more than 200,000 times at the time of writing, claims that Pence is endorsing Harris-Waltz’s vote in the 2024 presidential election.
“Please vote [Democratic Vice President] Kamala Harris as President of the United States, or [Democratic Minnesota Gov.] “My running mate is Tim Walz, period, paragraph,” Pence appears to say in the video.
“And I think it’s important that we understand exactly what’s going on from the other side. But at the same time, we as conservatives and between myself and my former vice presidential candidate… I think we also need to think about who we are. [former President Donald Trump]I cannot support President Trump’s continued assertion that he should have set aside his oath to support and defend the Constitution and take actions that would subvert it. [2020] A general election will be held in January 2021. I cannot support the practice that is entrenched in some parts of our party to abandon our allies on the world stage. “Ignoring our national debt, which reached $35 trillion last week alone, is untenable,” Pence continued.
This claim is false as the video lacks context. in original videoPence said he could never vote for Harris-Waltz for president. Pence made the comments during The Gathering with Ericsson event in August 2024. Similarly, ABC News Articles for August 2024 A repeat of Pence’s comments at the event indicates that he does not support Harris-Waltz’s presidential ticket.
In addition, snoop claimed on October 14 that the video was edited and debunked this claim. Additionally, Pence does not appear to have publicly commented on this claim through verified information. socializing media account. (Related: Did President Trump post this statement about Jack Smith?)
Check Your Fact has reached out to Pence for comment.
