Former Vice President Mike Pence honored by Kennedy family in receiving the JFK 'Profile in Courage Award'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : For four years, Pence served as the loyal vice president to Trump during the president's first term in the White House.
58% : Among the slim anti-Trump base of the Republican Party, Pence received praise for his courage during the attack on the Capitol, often receiving thanks at town halls during his campaign for standing up to Trump.
53% : Pence, in accepting the annual award, emphasized that it's a "distinction that I will cherish for the rest of my life." CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING, ANALYSIS AND OPINION ON MIKE PENCE And the former vice president, pointing to his actions on Jan. 6, said to a standing ovation, "I will always believe by God's grace that I did my duty that day.
53% : Pence in June 2023 launched a presidential campaign of his own, joining a large field of challengers to Trump gunning for the 2024 GOP nomination, becoming the first running mate in over 80 years to run against their former boss.
52% : " The now-65-year-old Pence was Indiana's governor when Trump named him his running mate in 2016.
39% : " After dropping his own bid for the White House, Pence declined to endorse Trump, even after Trump clinched the GOP nomination last spring, though he did congratulate his former running mate after his victory last November.
38% : Trump and Pence were seen shaking hands at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral in early January - their first public appearance together in nearly four years.
37% : He has also criticized the president's upending of longstanding American foreign policy and has urged Trump to stand with longtime international allies.
28% : He has also noted a number of times that he and Trump may never "see eye to eye on that day." While Pence, his family and top aides were hastily moved by Secret Service agents as rioters roamed the halls of the Capitol, Trump argued in a social media post that "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify.
22% : TRUMP, PENCE SHAKE HANDS AT CARTER FUNERAL IN FIRST PUBLIC MEETING SINCE LEAVING OFFICE Pence has emerged as a rare vocal Republican critic of Trump so far during the president's second tour of duty in the White House.
20% : The attack on the Capitol took place soon after Trump spoke to a large rally of supporters near the White House about unproven claims that the 2020 election was "rigged" due to massive "voter fraud.

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