Former Second Lady Karen Pence is traveling around the country, talking about faith and her new book. On Wednesday, she stopped by Yorba Linda to tell personal stories to a deeply attentive audience.
And while Pence’s speech to an intimate audience of around 70 people in the East Room at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library had no mention of her husband’s performance as a presidential candidate, several voters there said her deep-rooted faith and behind-the-scenes stories as a political spouse were more than enough to give former Vice President Mike Pence a second look.
Karen Pence, donning a royal blue two-piece pantsuit, read excerpts from her newly released title “When It’s Your Turn to Serve: Experiencing God’s Grace in His Calling for Your Life,” to attendees in a silent room.
“Walk with me on part of the journey that I traveled,” she read. “The life of a political wife is not as glamorous as you might think. There were times where I simply had to call up a friend and vent. Throughout my childhood and early adult years … my faith grew deeper and deeper. For me, the Lord was the one who was constant, and through it all, I tried to take the road less traveled.”
Mike Pence is polling far below former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Golden State in the race for the White House, according to a recent Public Policy Institute survey of likely California Republican voters. Of those surveyed, just 7% said they would vote for Pence if the primary were held now compared to 48% for Trump and 14% for DeSantis.
At the Nixon Library Wednesday, several attendees thumbed through Karen Pence’s book, released on Sept. 26, before she arrived; others sat quietly, waiting for the former second lady to show up.
She got a standing ovation when she walked into the ballroom shortly after 7 p.m.; she got another when she finished reading.
“I thought the speech was great. It gave you more insight to her as a person, (and)…
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