Former Vice President Mike Pence sees an opening for the right to “rediscover” what it means to be a conservative — saying Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are part of movements “contrary” to conservatism, and offering critiques of the Heritage Foundation.

Pence on Monday announced a book coming next year called “What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience.” A release bills the book as the 21st-Century version of Barry Goldwater's foundational "Conscience of a Conservative.”

In a phone interview on Monday, Pence told me his concern with the direction of the Republican party has only grown in the two years since he ended his 2024 presidential primary campaign. Republicans, he said, are “embracing more isolationist views, particularly with r

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