The Republican Party’s quadrennial convention is underway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this week, but once journalist covering the event observed that one high-profile Republican is “conspicuously” absent: Former Vice President Mike Pence. In a Tuesday article for Mother Jones, reporter Tim Murphy wrote that former President Donald Trump’s second-in-command not attending this year’s Republican National Convention (RNC) didn’t go unnoticed by other attendees, either. While he was waiting for Trump’s official announcement of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his 2024 running mate, Murphy asked several dele…