The D.C. Brief.

Pence became the first major candidate to exit the GOP chase of the deeply uncivil Trump. It took him a beat longer than a lot of folks, but former Vice President Mike Pence got there eventually--and, maybe significantly, early enough to force his fellow Republicans to take a clear-eyed look at their party and its trajectory. Pence suspended his money-challenged presidential campaign and took a not-so-veiled swipe at his former boss, President Donald Trump: "I urge all my fellow Republicans here, give our country a Republican standard bearer that will, as Lincoln said, appeal to the better angels of our nature.". [Extracted from the article]