RACE. HE VISITED IOWA EARLIER THIS MONTH. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAS YET TO ANNOUNCE WHETHER HE IS JOINING THE RACE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. BUT THIS WEEK HE IS BACK HERE IN IOWA. AND WHILE HE’S NOT ANNOUNCING HE MAY HAVE A DECISION ON PENCE, SPOKE ONLY TO KCCI CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER AMANDA ROOKER TODAY ABOUT HIS 2024 PLANS. LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE LAST MONTH, YOU SAID THAT ANY SERIOUS CONTENDER NEEDS TO GET INTO THE RACE BY THE END OF JUNE. HAVE YOU MADE A DECISION ON EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE, HAVE YOU MADE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU’LL RUN FOR PRESIDENT? WELL, WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE TODAY IN IOWA, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE’VE HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT. I’M HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT LONG TO SEE US RETURN TO THE POLICIES THAT WE WERE ADVANCING THAT HAD THE AMERICAN ECONOMY GROWING STRENGTH IN OUR MILITARY, SECURED OUR BORDER, STOOD BY OUR LIBERTIES AND OUR VALUES. BUT I ALSO HEAR A REAL DESIRE FOR FOR NEW LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP THAT WOULD MAYBE RESTORE A THRESHOLD OF CIVILITY IN PUBLIC LIFE. AND I’M ALWAYS HUMBLED THAT PEOPLE ASSOCIATE MY APPROACH TO POLITICS WITH THAT. SO WE’RE WE’RE LISTENING AND I PROMISE YOU THAT BEFORE FOR THE 4TH OF JULY IS HERE, THAT YOU’LL KNOW WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE HERE IN IOWA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO IT COULD BE PAST THE END OF JUNE. NOW, I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE THAT’S SERIOUS ABOUT PURSUING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT SHOULD MAKE THEIR INTENTIONS KNOWN BEFORE THE END OF JUNE. BUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU’RE STILL FIGURING OUT? WHAT IS IT PRAYER? IS IT A CALLING? IS IT ARE THERE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT YOU STILL NEED TO FIGURE OUT BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION? WELL, I WOULD TELL YOU, I THINK I THINK WE HAVE A CLEAR SENSE OF OUR CALLING. AND WHILE WE’RE NOT WE’RE NOT WE’RE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS TIME.