The decision by Mike Pence to end his presidential campaign Saturday was a bow to what had finally become inevitable. He was struggling to raise money, win support from the party’s base, and manage the torments from the man who had made him nationally famous, Donald Trump.
The decision by Mike Pence to end his presidential campaign Saturday was a bow to what had finally become inevitable. He was struggling to raise money, win support from the party’s base and manage the torments from the man who had made him nationally famous, Donald Trump. But the root of his campaign’s collapse — and, very possibly, his political career — goes back to 2016, when Pence accepted Trump’s offer to be his running mate. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times “He go