You can’t have it both ways, Mike. In an interview on CNN, former vice president and current presidential candidate Mike Pence said that the rule of law has to be applicable to everyone, but in the same breath insisted that Trump being indicted for crimes would be “troubling.”
Pence was asked by host Dana Bash for his reaction to reports that Trump had been notified that he is the target of an investigation by the Justice Department over his retention of classified documents.
“Well, let me say the handling of classified materials is a very serious matter,” Pence said, noting that he himself inadvertently kept classified documents at his own home. He was cleared of wrongdoing last week.
“I don’t know the facts of the former president’s case,” he continued. “But what we’ve got to have in this country is equal treatment under the law. And Dana, you may not know, I was very troubled last summer when for the first time in history, there was a search warrant executed at the home of a former president of the United States.”
“Sir, I understand you’re talking about equal treatment. But the question is allegations that an investigation into obstruction, which you clearly did not do. If that is something that investigators see as possible and even enough potentially to indict the former president, do you think that that should go forward?” Bash responded.
“Well, I would hope not,” Pence replied. “I really would, Dana. I mean, there’s several reasons for that. Number one is I think it would be terribly divisive to the country… This kind of action by the Department of Justice I think would only fuel further division in the country. And let me also say I think it would also send a terrible message to the wider world. I mean, we are the emblem of democracy. We’re the symbol of justice in the world. And the serious matter, which has already happened once in New York of indicting a former president in the United States sends a terrible message to the world. I hope the DOJ thinks better of it and resolves these issues without an indictment.”
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There isn’t any contradiction here. The CNN anchor was clearly trying to goad and corner Pence into saying that he wants to see Trump indicted. Pence did not take the bait. The question was if you KNOW Trump is guilty of something should they indict him. The question was if Trump is POSSIBLY guilty of something that many other politicians are also possibly guilty should they keep going after him (but of course not the other ones) Pence responded that doing so would be very damaging to the US and its democracy so they shouldn’t.
Not really contradictory. He is saying, along with all Republicans, that there is a “double standard” when it comes to Trump going back to the original Mueller investigation and that Democrats get away with stuff that Republicans don’t. However, if there is really hard evidence of a crime, than no one is above the law.
The problem is the grevieous double standard, bumbling Joe Biden was found to have committed the same crime, but because he is a liberal leftist not only is there not any indictment there isn’t a serious investigation to see if and to what extent the Bidens broke the law.
And if it’s true “that nobody is above the law” then Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden Also should NOT be above the law. But we all know that, that is not true. The Biden justice department has clearly decided in a very open and public way that the laws of America do not apply to the Biden family PERIOD.
Smeril is right. The problem is the grevieous double standard, bumbling Joe Biden was found to have committed the same crime, but because he is a liberal leftist not only is there not any indictment there isn’t a serious investigation to see if and to what extent the Bidens broke the law.
And if it’s true “that nobody is above the law” then Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden Also should NOT be above the law. But we all know that, that is not true. The Biden justice department has clearly decided in a very open and public way that the laws of America do not apply to the Biden family PERIOD.
Dana Bash is one of the reasons CNN is in the ratings toilet.
Interesting that Mike Pence, at the end of this clip, sort of admitted that he may not be the next President. Unlike the others, he’s being brutally honest. Mike is a God fearing righteous gentile and would make a great President.
not..: equating him with true righteous gentiles is horrific
Pence’s campaign is over. He’ll realize it long before the primaries.