Pence Disagrees with Hurd -- After the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner last Friday, former Vice President Mike Pence, who was tepidly received in his address, told reporters he disagrees with fellow candidate Will Hurd's assessment that Donald J. Trump is running again simply to stay out of prison. The crowd booed Hurd, a former representative from Texas, when he said this in his address.

Pence asserts that Trump decided to run again just after leaving office, according to Semafor. Whatever his reason for running a third time, the former president along with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were the only candidates to get standing ovations from the Iowa GOP crowd.

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