Mike Pence Criticizes Trump and GOP Rivals for Abandoning Conservative Principles

Former US Vice President Mike Pence has criticised his former boss Donald Trump, and populist Republicans more broadly, for leaving the Republican Party to go "wherever the political winds blow." Pence's comments come ahead of his Wednesday speech at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, in which he will argue that Trump and populist Republicans have abandoned core conservative values. Pence will also argue that the Republican Party is at a crossroads, and must decide whether to embrace Trump's populist policies or "limited government and traditional values". While Trump remains the frontrunner in the Republican presidential nomination race, Pence has only a 3% share of the vote, according to the latest polling.