Trump disavows Mike Pence after his statement

Former President Donald J. Trump yesterday ended any friendship he might still have had with former Vice-President Mike Pence. He left a scathing response to a statement Pence made on the day of the latest indictment of Trump. That indictment essentially covers statements Trump made on, and leading up to, January 6, 2021.

Pence talks; Trump talks back

On the day of the indictment (August 1, 2023), Trump drew mostly supportive statements from Members of Congress. Mike Pence made a statement that was anything but supportive. Simon Ateba of Today News Africa reproduced the statement in full.

CNAV found that statement self-serving, and still does. Note that Pence made it before having read the indictment, as he himself admitted. The former President did not respond immediately, but waited until yesterday at 5:20 p.m. EDT.

WOW, it’s finally happened! Liddle’ Mike Pence, a man who was about to be ousted as Governor Indiana until I came along and made him V.P., has gone to the Dark Side. I never told a newly emboldened (not based on his 2% poll numbers!) Pence to put me above the Constitution, or that Mike was “too honest.” He’s delusional, and now he wants to show he’s a tough guy. I once read a major magazine article on Mike. It said he was not a very good person. I was surprised, but the article was right. Sad!

Actually, Dave Hodges, of the Common Sense Show, predicted that Pence would betray Trump before their first term ended. That betrayal took place on January 6, when Pence insisted on treating his role as purely ceremonial, and not investigative as it must be if he is to certify any kind of election.

One Truth Social user, replying to Trump, recalled Pence’ interview with Tucker Carlson. In that interview he seemed to say the suffering of Americans was “not my concern.” Victory (if one can grant that it is still achievable) in Ukraine seemed to concern him more.

Notably, Pence continues to accuse his former boss of setting himself above the Constitution, in fund-raising emails. (CNAV subscribes to many of these, to monitor them for evidence of their senders’ true feelings on various matters.) Those same fundraising emails indicate that his funds might be running short.

Pence continues to poll only in single digits in the Republican Presidential primary field. He dropped a hint he might pardon Trump, but Trump’s supporters repose little confidence in that.