Republicans Ought to Do a Lot of Soul Searching': Mike Pence Says His New Book Is About How GOP Should Turn Away From Trumpism

"I wrote the book largely because I wanted people to know that while the the great contest of ideas in America has been between right and left for generations now, that increasingly while that battle between the right and the Republican Party, and the progressive left increasingly more radical progressive left in the Democratic Party goes on, that there's a new fault line within Republican ranks. That I think Republicans face a new time of choosing, whether we're going to stay on the path of the traditional conservative principles that have always defined our party for the last half century, or whether we are going to follow the siren song of populism unmoored to conservative principles."

"And there are loud voices in and out of government, some of which have been able to influence the new Trump administration, in ways that are taking our party and our movement far afield from those traditional conservative underpinnings and, you know, where we've always been the party of a strong defense and we see America as leader of the free world, the arsenal of democracy, there are a rising chorus of isolationist voices in the Republican Party I write about that in my book."

"Where we have always been a party committed to low taxes, including low tariffs and free trade, now, as we witnessed the president impose unilateral tariffs on friend and foe alike until the Supreme Court stepped in and used the constitution to turn him back. And most poignantly to me is while we've been a pro-life party and the party of the sanctity of life throughout most of my adult lifetime, and now we have voices from the administration on down that are marginalizing the right to life in our"

Mike Pence said he wrote What Conservatives Believe to persuade Republicans to avoid the direction set by Donald Trump. He described a growing fault line within Republican ranks between traditional conservative principles and populism. He cited voices inside and outside government that he said influenced the Trump administration and moved the party away from its underpinnings. He emphasized that Republicans have historically supported strong defense and American leadership, low taxes, low tariffs, and free trade. He also pointed to unilateral tariffs and said the Supreme Court intervened. He added that the party has long been pro-life, but he said administration voices are marginalizing the right to life.

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