Pence plays down 2020 political ambition

Vice President Pence, sought to tamp down speculation that he is preparing for his own 2020 White House bid, characterizing the notion as "both laughable and absurd."

"My entire team will continue to focus all our efforts to advance the President's agenda and see him re-elected in 2020," Pence 🔈 in the statement in which he praised President Trump's work on job creation, rebuilding the military and fighting terrorism.

The statement came in the wake of a New York Times story that detailed early steps that Pence and other Republicans purportedly are taking that are consistent with preparing for a 2020 campaign, even though Trump has given no indication that he doesn't plan to run.

"The American people know that I could not be more honored to be working side by side with a president who is making America great again," Pence said, asserting that the media has been trying to divide the Trump administration.

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