Giving president trump sort of an off-ramp, a way to explain how everything evolved on january 6th, to basically say it wasn t me, it was the advice i was getting? yeah, look, marc short is trying to normalize what was unconstitutional behavior and frankly an authoritarian coup that failed. the voice of mike pence and marc short now are welcome because they are stating truth. but few people in this country had greater access to stopping what occurred between the election in november and the inauguration of joe biden than mike pence and marc short. so i think history will recall that they did very little when they had an opportunity. but their voices are welcome. but now, go under oath and testify openly in front of the american people on the january 6th committee. that includes you, vice president mike pence. that is tbd, we ll see what happens there. meantime, this week, as you guys know, it was all about the national archives giving the january 6th committee those documents. thos
Something more here? do you think it might have implications for the january 6th investigation? i think he probably can be doing both things on a parallel track. she s certainly trying to exonerate himself in the mind of the public if not in the mind of the special committee for any involvement he may or may not have had in january 6th. but i think he s also trying to maintain some reasonable space in the mind of the republican primary voter. i don t think he has the firepower. i believe my colleagues would agree, they re probably closer to republican inside politics than i, but i don t think he has the firepower to overcome donald trump. however, in an era where joe biden is 75 plus, still seeking the presidency, mike pence is not a super old man. so he could possibly be seen as a reasonable christian conservative for a post donald trump gop. if he doesn t win, the field is wide open for 28. i see mike pence not going darkly into the night, trying to keep himself relevant and in th
Name for republicans in name only. what s getting the most pushback, the strongest pushback from republicans, the rnc calling january 6th legitimate political discourse. that s coming from some unusual suspects. one of them is don young, a long-serving republican from the red state of alaska. he put up a statement, he said, we must not legitimize those actions which resulted in loss of life. we must learn from that horrible event so history does not repeat itself, unquote. his colleague, senator lisa murkowski of alaska, also spoke out against this. that s her statement, her tweet, on the screen. she said, january 6th was an effort to overturn a lawful election resulting in violence and destruction at the capitol. she also said, we must not legitimize those actions which resulted in loss of life. murkowski is taking a political risk by speaking out here because she is up for reelection this year in the ruby red state of alaska.
Public eye for a political future. pence s former chief of staff marc short said the white house was operating on bad advice on january 6th. let s listen to what he said on meet the press. had he gotten legal advice that said, you can t decide which electoral votes are yes or no, but you can adjourn this session and delay things, had he gotten legal advice to do that, was the vice president considering it? no, chuck. okay. i think unfortunately the president had many bad advisers who were basically snake oil salesmen, giving him really random and novel ideas as to what the vice president could do. but our office researched that and recognized are you chalking this up to bad advisers or was the former president seeking the bad advice? i think i don t know the answer to that question. i think that, honestly, he did get a lot of bad advice. but i think it was not something the vice president from the very beginning, he counseled the president, i don t think i have that