Former Vice President Pence warned in a new essay that the conservative movement is being threatened by what he describes as "populist fervor" and the "transformation into the anti-woke movement."

"An existential identity crisis now grips the American right," Pence wrote in the essay, which was co-authored by a founder of the Heritage Foundation conservative think tank. "A political movement once united by a commitment to limited government, moral order, and a robust defense of American ideals now appears fractured, its purpose clouded by populist grievances and ideological drift."

"The question for today's conservatives is clear: Will we remain a party of enduring principles, or will we succumb to populism unmoored from conservative ideals?" he added.

Pence, whose relationship with President Trump

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