Having campaigned on old-school conservatism, the “too honest” former veep may now dominate the ranks of anti-Trump candidates.
, Pence has become the extremely unlikely hero of the narrative surrounding the election-coup indictment:
Up until the 2020 election, the then-vice-president had performed his task as an almost comically obsequious figure, slathering his boss in over the top praise as if he were a captive noble in the court of Genghis Khan. But Pence’s refusal to abide Trump’s authoritarian criminality after the election forms the narrative center of Smith’s indictment. At one point, Trump scolds Pence, “you’re too honest.
From the point of view of what Pence apparently wanted to accomplish as a presidential candidate, this is the most horrifying development imaginable. He has sought to take partial credit for the alleged accomplishments of the Trump-Pence administration without much discussing its bizarre culmination on January 6. Thewith which he launched his candidacy in June did not so much as mention the Capitol riot or even Trump, for that matter.
Unfortunately for the would-be president from Indiana, the MAGA faithful did not for a moment forget his “betrayal” of Trump on January 6, and in the early stages of the 2024 contest, Pence has been in the unenviable position of being both
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