'Pence dented whatever presidential prospects he might have had last week when he criticized fellow Republicans for denouncing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago raid.'
Former Vice President Mike Pence dented whatever presidential prospects he might have had last week when he criticized fellow Republicans for denouncing the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago raid.Speaking at a political event in New Hampshire, Mr. Pence said that Republicans could hold the Justice Department and the F.B.I. accountable for their decisions “without attacking the rank-and-file law enforcement personnel.
True, Pence has never been one to go with the partisan flow — usually to his credit. In January 2021, Pence refused to yield to pressure from President Trump and from the mob raging inside the Capitol, and would not reject the Electoral College vote. In that moment, Pence remained true to his reputation as a man who would put principle above politics, and who valued the stability of the republic over the outcome of a particular battle.back in 2015, when, as the governor of Indiana, he agreed to modify his state’s newly-enacted religious freedom law to clarify that businesses could not discriminate against LGBTQ people.
Many of the accusations against the police are simply based on hoaxes — such as the claim that police in Atlanta, Georgia, committed “murder” in killing Rayshard Brooks after he stole and fired an officer’s Taser.