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Mike Pence shared a stern warning for his former boss on Sunday while promoting his latest book on America's major TV networks.
In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker, former Vice President Pence shared that the reason for his writing of the book was, 'because there’s a new threat to that historic conservatism in the Republican Party ... from the populist right.'
Pence railed against the set of right-wing priorities which have found a foothold in the GOP in the Trump era, lamenting the embrace of policies such as 'broad-based tariffs, nationalization of businesses, [and] price controls.'
In a separate Sunday interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS' Face the Nation, Pence noted that In fact, Trump has 'said himself he's not a conservative, he's never really claimed to be.'
When asked about Trump's current Vice President, JD Vance, Pence noted that he is 'less clear' about Vance's views.
'But I'm very clear, as I wrote in my book, that there is this new tension within the Republican party that will take those pieces of the agenda, the populist right agenda that President Trump has embraced, and try and make that the new direction of the Republican party,' Pence explained.
'I think that'd be bad for the Republican party. I think it'd be worse for the country that needs a vigorous, strong conservative party committed to freedom, committed to free markets, committed to traditional values,' Pence added.
The former vice president also criticized the current Trump administration for not ending the nationwide access to the abortion pill which was made possible by the Biden administration.
Abortion opponents have previously said they have no plans to let Trump avoid the issue for the remainder of his term.
Marc Wheat, general counsel at former Pence´s political advocacy group Advancing American Freedom, has said that his group will increase pressure on the administration.
Those efforts will include urging the FDA to speedily release documents about mifepristone that it owes the group through a lawsuit.
"President Trump thinks that pro-life is a loser," Wheat said eariler this month.
"He might see that the pro-lifers may not turn out in the numbers that he needs."
Even as Trump and the Republican-led Congress face mounting pressure from the right to restrict access to medication abortion, Republicans around the country are far from united in taking that position.
