[LISTEN] Trump Defends the “Hang Mike Pence” Chants in Shocking Interview
Donald Trump and Mike Pence’s relationship was more of an arranged marriage than a friendship. The ambitious Pence got to be Vice President and Trump shored up his Evangelical support.
Still, Trump expected Pence to overturn the election for him. When he chose not to, Trump ginned up his supporters against his Vice President. And during a recent interview with Jon Karl, the former president defended his supporters tha wanted to attack his VP.
Karl said to the former president, “They were saying ‘hang Mike Pence.’”
Trump answered:
“Because it’s common sense, Jon. It’s common sense that you’re supposed to protect. How can you — if you know a vote is fraudulent, right? — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress? How can you do that? And I’m telling you: 50/50, it’s right down the middle for the top constitutional scholars when I speak to them. Anybody I spoke to — almost all of them at least pretty much agree, and some very much agree with me — because he’s passing on a vote that he knows is fraudulent. How can you pass a vote that you know is fraudulent? Now, when I spoke to him, I really talked about all of the fraudulent things that happened during the election. I didn’t talk about the main point, which is the legislatures did not approve — five states. The legislatures did not approve all of those changes that made the difference between a very easy win for me in the states, or a loss that was very close, because the losses were all very close.”
Listen to the clip below:
When I interviewed Trump for "Betrayal" and asked him about his supporters chanting "Hang Mike Pence", he didn't condemn them, he defended them. Here's a clip from the interview. More audio from the genuinely shocking interview will air Sunday on @ThisWeekABC pic.twitter.com/MlnhTgw8Cu
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) November 12, 2021
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