GEARING UP

Mike Pence Is Quietly Building What Appears to Be Presidential Campaign Team

His staff is already at about two dozen, according to POLITICO, and he’s still looking for more.

Former Vice President Mike Pence seems to be inching toward a 2024 presidential campaign bid against ex-President Donald Trump. He has put together a team of about two dozen staff and consultants already, according to anonymous sources who spoke to POLITICO. The team includes his ex-chief of staff Marc Short, ex-press secretary Devin O’Malley and GOP aide Chip Saltsman, an ex-presidential campaign manager and senior political adviser. Ali Kjergaard, a spokesperson for Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, who has been approved for a presidency at the University of Florida, is to be communications director for Advancing American Freedom, a non-profit organization affiliated with Pence, POLITICO reported, adding that two other communications officials and possible fundraising aides would join the team.