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As Trump warns Pence to walk his line, it's worth just going back to 2016 & the fact Pence knew what he'd have to defend.
While under consideration for VP slot, I asked him about Trump's attacks on his friend Ted Cruz.
Pence responded: "Rubbing is racing." https://twitter.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1346489996405039110
While under consideration for VP slot, I asked him about Trump's attacks on his friend Ted Cruz.
Pence responded: "Rubbing is racing." https://twitter.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1346489996405039110
The day after the RNC, as Trump rehashed his conspiracy theory that Rafael Cruz was an associate of Lee Harvey Oswald, Pence stood to Trump's left as his running mate said:
“Ted never denied it was his father."
“Ted never denied it was his father."
At same 2016 presser, Trump openly chuckled:
"The party has come together...you got to understand I ran as an outsider. I didn't want anybody. Now I have guys like Mike Pence. This isn't supposed to happen. If I don't win, I'm going to blame Mike, right?"
https://twitter.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1346874062564429824?s=20
"The party has come together...you got to understand I ran as an outsider. I didn't want anybody. Now I have guys like Mike Pence. This isn't supposed to happen. If I don't win, I'm going to blame Mike, right?"
https://twitter.com/VaughnHillyard/status/1346874062564429824?s=20
Trump made waves in 2016 when he said Putin is a better leader than President Obama.
Pence played along.
"I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in his country," Pence said.
Pence played along.
"I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in his country," Pence said.
In 2016, Trump railed against Pence's fellow Midwestern governor, Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Pence said nothing.
Pence said nothing.
Pence in 2016 sidestepped Trump’s openness during the campaign to changing the Geneva Convention to allow for the use of torture tactics.
In 2016 when Trump lashed out at Pence's friend Paul Ryan, Pence defended Trump who “doesn’t go tiptoeing around those thousands of rules of political correctness."
In 2016, Pence defended Trump's penchant for name calling & insults, often referring to Trump's New York roots & difference in "style."
He once said Trump made comment in “the heat of the moment.”
He once said Trump made comment in “the heat of the moment.”
When @SykesCharlie asked Pence in August 2016 about Trump calling Sykes "dopey," Pence didn't call out Trump but responded: "Well, Charlie, I’ve been a fan of yours for many, many years. I appreciate your common sense, conservative voice across the airwaves.”
When Pence was asked by @SykesCharlie if Trump should apologize to the Gold Star parents of Army Capt. Humayun Khan, Pence responded: "I think he’s made it clear that Captain Khan is an American hero."
There was the Reverend Faith Green Timmons in Flint, Michigan, who Trump called a "nervous mess."
Pence continued on without defending the pastor.
Pence continued on without defending the pastor.
Trump attacked others before his 2016 election & Pence stood by.
Trump attacked Hillary Clinton as a “nasty woman.”
Pence said nothing.
Trump attacked Hillary Clinton as a “nasty woman.”
Pence said nothing.
After President-elect Trump tweeted in Jan. 2017: “Congressman John Lewis should finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S.
Pence responded: "I think Donald Trump has the right to defend himself."
Pence responded: "I think Donald Trump has the right to defend himself."
And in 2016/2017, Pence never rejected Trump's propagating that the election was rigged & that 3 to 5 million voted illegally. He even chaired the group tasked with looking into how to avoid tampered elections.
After four years in the White House of defending President Trump, Pence side steps Trump's demands to help overturn the 2020 presidential election:
