republican base where moik pence's future lies. this is somebody who defended donald trump publicly over and over and over again in extraordinary moments and then fulfilled the basic function of his job, which was to essentially just rubber stamp a free and fair election and is called a traitor for doing so. unless there is a sea change, unless the republicans whip back to a place where people like mitt romney and mitch mcconnell in his more private moments want them to be, it is hard to see where mike pence fits into that equation. >> there is no wiggle room. there has to be complete fidelity to trump. you know who wasn't booed that the conference? governor ron desantis of florida. he has never wavered. you have to wonder what he would have done if he was in the former vice president's position. >> we know what other republicans in the house would have done. this is congressman louie gohmert spewing some pretty