On the surface, the trip is part of a push to underscore the Trump administration’s
role in brokering a series of diplomatic agreements to normalize relations between
Israel and a handful of Arab countries, including Bahrain. But for Pence, visiting
these countries is also a way to bolster already-strong credentials with the Christian
right, which strongly supports Israel. And it allows Pence ? once again ? to put
distance between himself and Trump’s complaints about the election outcome that are
likely to intensify after Congress affirms Biden’s win.
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It’s a tactic Pence has used to navigate the final days of Trump’s presidency: stay
out of the spotlight and insulate himself from his boss’s baseless election-fraud
crusade, all while still finding ways to burnish his own credentials and technically
toe the party line.

Pence has promoted Trump in his work as head of the government’s coronavirus task
force and while boosting two GOP Senate candidates facing runoff races in Georgia.
But he’s declined to publicize his minimal involvement in the president’s election-fraud
strategy. And while he has privately assisted the Trump campaign when asked ? joining
donor calls and lending his signature to fundraising pleas ? his public comments since
the election have almost all centered on other topics, including hosting an event focused
on the Trump administration's anti-abortion policy at the White House on Wednesday.

In between his task force duties, Pence has traveled twice to Georgia for “Defend the
Majority” rallies in support of GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. He is
scheduled to visit the state again on Thursday for campaign stops in Macon and Columbus.
The two races, slated for Jan. 5, will determine which party controls the Senate.

“He’s still helping out where asked by the [Trump] campaign, but the biggest help
is him being in Georgia,” a senior White House official said of the vice president’s
schedule.