Republicans mulling run for president not waiting on Trump

Prominent Republicans looking to launch their own political campaigns are not waiting for Donald Trump to announce his own candidacy ahead of the 2024 election.

Rich Edson is a senior national correspondent for Fox News Channel. 

"We will turn to that very question come the end of this year, the beginning of next year," said Pompeo. "We will pray, we will work."Former Vice President Mike Pence, another anticipated 2024 contender, was notably absent from this year’s conference. A source close to Pence said he was at an energy roundtable in Ohio and pointed out that he recently joined the Faith and Freedom Coalition in North Carolina.  Coalition founder Ralph Reed said Pence is still very close to the organization.

Pence heard some boos at last year’s conference after his break with Trump.  Reed maintains there were a handful of vocal jeers then and that most of those booing were not coalition members, largely those who "just registered and showed up and protested him.""He's a dear friend of the Faith and Freedom Coalition," Reed said of Pence. "He's spoken at multiple Faith and Freedom events in states all over the country. He's always welcome here. He was invited this year. He'll be invited back next year and he'll be invited back every year."