Trump losing the confidence of his first veep in Mike Pence could be a bellwether moment.
"It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year," Pence said on Fox News' "The Story."
The snub was in character of a newly emboldened Pence whose undying support for Trump frayed in the lead-up to Jan. 6, 2021, when the president publicly swung at him for failing to send back electoral slates to state legislatures and hold off the certification of the election win to then President-Elect Joe Biden.
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A mob, that had assembled for the "Stop The Steal" rally, ended up causing a melee at the Capitol leading to seven people dying.
"[We have] our differences on my constitutional duties that I exercised on January 6 [2021]," Pence added.
Amanda Carpenter, who served as a senior staffer to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), appeared on MSNBC to discuss the impact of Pence in a calculated way, deciding to deliver the vote of no-confidence in his former running mate and boss in former President Donald Trump for a second term.
"I agree he has a lot to answer for because I think he could have done more to stop the events of January 6, instead of enabling them; but today he didn't put out a tweet. He didn't out a statement. He went on Fox News, on live TV and said it. I think he means it."
Any thinking that Pence would stay on the sidelines as Trump defends himself in a slew of civil and criminal cases that could turn the tide of the upcoming election was put to rest with his comments.
"He woke up today and decided 'I can't do it anymore. Today is a day I am walking away!' And he is not just walking away from Donald Trump... and in today he said 'No!' and that is a huge big deal."
Pence pointed out that Trump and Pence have policy differences.
For instance, Trump switched up a policy against the Chinese-controlled social media app TikTok.
"Last week [was] his reversal on getting tough on China, and supporting our administration's effort to force a sale of ByteDance [and] TikTok," he said.
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