Jon Karl Confronts Pence With Stunning Audio of Trump Defending 'Hang Mike Pence!'
Former Vice President Mike Pence was interviewed by John Karl on ABC News, who played audio of Donald Trump justifying rioters chanting “Hang Mike Pence!”
KARL: I mean, he’s effectively justifying, or excusing, the actions of people who were calling for you to be hanged!
PENCE: There is no excuse for the violence that took place at the Capitol on January 6th, and I’ll never diminish it as long as I live, but, look…The president’s wrong. He was wrong that day, and I actually hoped he would come around in time, ton. That he would see the cadre of legal advisers he had him with had led him astray, and he hasn’t done so. i think it’s one of the reasons why this country just wants a fresh start.
KARL: Does justifying those murderous chants, does that effectively disqualify him from being commander-in-chief again?
PENCE: I think that’s a judgment for the American people to make.
KARL: What’s your judgment about it?
PENCE: I’m confident they’ll make it. Look, I’ll be honest with you. I was angry that day, and while I believe in forgiveness, I have been working hard at that for awhile. The president let me down that day. He let the country down that day, but thanks to the courage of law enforcement, the riot was quelled. We reconvened the conference the very same day, and that very same day of tragedy became a day of freedom and I’ll be proud of our small part in that, but to be honest with you the emotions of that day, the emotions since, I just haven’t had time for it. To me, there’s just too many issues that we’re facing in this country today under the failed policies of this administration that — I don’t have a lot of time for looking backwards.
KARL: Could you ever support him again for president?
PENCE: I think that’s yet to be seen, Jon.
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I think he's afraid that the MAGAts will hunt him down and kill him. Remember after the Jan. 6 coup attempt, Pence went into hiding? I think he was out of the country for several months. He says he was at a religious retreat, but it sure looked like he was hiding.
Some of those crazy MAGAts have gunz.
He wants it so bad he can taste it, and he's deep enough in denial to think he has a shot. No, it doesn't make any sense, but I think that's the truth of the matter. I think he's wanted to be potus for a long time, and that's why he agreed to be Trump's running mate and went along with everything Trump wanted (up until Trump almost got him killed on J6).
As to why he wants to be potus, I honestly think it's about religion and a desire to turn America into the "Christian nation" he and other fundies think it's supposed to be. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to learn that he thinks he's been "called by God" for that purpose.
He definitely knows how crazy the MAGA cultists are, but one of the things he's in denial about is how much they personally despise him for refusing to help Trump overturn the 2020 election. If he thinks God wants him to be potus (and I believe he does), that means he thinks it's practically a done deal. 
I THINK THAT'S TO BE SEEN???????
in other words, IF the big orange dotard wins the nomination, the answer is wholeheartedly YES!!!!!
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