.MaddowBlog: Asked about rioters' 'hang Mike Pence' chant on Jan. 6, it would've been easy for former President Trump to say the right thing, but he just couldn't help himself.
Former President Donald Trump defended rioters' chants of "hang Mike Pence" during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, saying it was understandable because they were angry the election hadn't been overturned, according to audio released Friday of an interview with the former president in March. The audio came from an interview with ABC News' Jonathan Karl conducted at Mar-a-Lago in March for an upcoming book, "Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show.
It would've been easy for Trump to express at least some degree of discomfort with rioters chanting"Hang Mike Pence" during an attack on his own country's Capitol. Pence was, after all, his handpicked vice president who'd shown him nothing but unflinching loyalty since Day One. Common sense — and common decency — suggests Trump could've at least said it was wrong for rioters to say they wanted to assassinate the man who was one heartbeat from the presidency.
Karl made it easy for the Republican to say the right thing. Trump simply wasn't able to help himself.,"Well, it is unprecedented for a former president to openly say it was OK to threaten the life of his vice president."
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