president biden say in his inaugural speech he was going to focus on uniting both parties and america. unfortunately, that is not happened. in my opinion, in fact, the parties in the country are more divided than ever. and i as a mom, as a coach of young children, and as an american i am tired of the fighting. what specific steps would you take as present to bring all parties to the table, and bring americans together to end the divisiveness in this great country. well, thanks for the question. . it s something that s very meaningful, as i share your aspiration for our country. look, i said before, i think democracy depends on heavy doses of civility. and over the last 20 years of my career, we ve always tried to aspire to that ideal. my faith requires me to treat others the way i want to be treated. and while earlier in the career, the first time i ran for office, i didn t live up to that. ten years later, when the opportunity came around, we thought to do just that. and q
good evening and welcome to iowa the 2024 a campaign for the white house is heating up. we are live at grand view university in des moines for cnn s town hall with former vice president mike pence. i am dana bash. tonight, we hear from a grand brand-new candidate in the republican field, former vice president mike pence, he announced his run for the white house earlier today, a move unprecedented in modern political history, a former vice president running against the president he served under. pence enters a race dominated by that former boss, donald trump, and he will be battling a growing number of rivals for the chance to take on joe biden. this evening s event is about the voters and the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. tonight iowa voters will have the opportunity to question the former vice president directly and i will have some questions of my own. this town hall is part of a republican primary process, and so by design in th
Call for different leadership. the american people don t look backwards. we look forward. and i truly do believe, whatever the polls show and one of the pundits are saying, that when the time comes, the people of iowa i want to take a fresh look of all of us that step forward. and don t think my old running mate is going to be the republican nominee for president. i m very confident, very confident, that will be able to support the republican nominee for president of the united states. and i hope it s me. [applause] i want to go, again, to the audience, and i want you to meet sue bathroom, mom. she is a republican from ankeny who owns a dance studio, a board member for the national association of women business owners. sue beth? thank you mister president, for coming to ottawa and listening to iowans. thank you. my question, although i voted republican in the last presidential election, i was very encouraged when i heard