In memoir, former vice-president protests loyalty but hits out over Charlottesville, Russia, both impeachments and more
In his new book, Donald Trump’s vice-president, Mike Pence, protests his loyalty to his former boss but also levels criticisms that will acquire new potency as Trump prepares to announce another presidential run and the Republican party debates whether to stay loyal after disappointment in last week’s midterm elections.
According to Pence, Trump mishandled his response to a march staged by neo-Nazis in Charlottesville in August 2017. It was a costly error that could have been avoided had Pence called him before a fateful press conference in which Trump failed to condemn “the racists and antisemites in Charlottesville by name”, the former vice-president’s book added.
Continue reading…In memoir, former vice-president protests loyalty but hits out over Charlottesville, Russia, both impeachments and moreIn his new book, Donald Trump’s vice-president, Mike Pence, protests his loyalty to his former boss but also levels criticisms that will acquire new potency as Trump prepares to announce another presidential run and the Republican party debates whether to stay loyal after disappointment in last week’s midterm elections.According to Pence, Trump mishandled his response to a march staged by neo-Nazis in Charlottesville in August 2017. It was a costly error that could have been avoided had Pence called him before a fateful press conference in which Trump failed to condemn “the racists and antisemites in Charlottesville by name”, the former vice-president’s book added. Continue reading…