Mike Pence suggested that Donald Trump effectively disqualified himself on Jan. 6. He then indicated that he doesn't actually believe his own standard. As stevebenen writes, if Pence doesn't take his principles seriously, why should voters?
When it comes to the Republican Party’s presidential field and the Jan. 6 attack, former Vice President Mike Pence has a unique perspective. He was, after all, not only pressured to participate in an illegal scheme on that day, the Indiana Republican was also hunted by radicals who’d been dispatched by his boss, and who intended to do him harm.
This was not altogether expected. Pence is no doubt aware of the fact that much of the GOP’s radicalized base not only continues to believe the “Big Lie” about the 2020 election, it also blames him personally for not going along with Donald Trump’s scheme to seize illegitimate power. Just as interesting, if not more so, was the standard the new Republican contender was willing to set.
In other words, the former vice president effectively established a disqualifying standard: Though he didn’t explicitly reference Trump in the framework, Pence’s words were unambiguous. What the former president did means he “should never be president again.”The problem, instead, is that Pence doesn’t fully believe his own standard.
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