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Mike Pence continues to walk a political tightrope as he mulls a decision to challenge for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.

The problem for the former vice-president is that he needs to distance himself from his old boss Donald Trump's obsession with his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden, yet figure a way to still appeal to Trump's loyal and powerful base.