Thursday’s CBS Mornings aired a portion of Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan’s upcoming interview with former Vice President Mike Pence and, predictably, they reacted with disgust and scorn at Pence by falsely claiming he wasn’t “full-throated” in condemning former President Trump’s actions on January 6 that put Pence and his family in danger.
In other words, the table seethed over the notion that Pence wasn’t going to join Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger as Democrats.
Brennan’s apprehension was clear from the beginning she lectured Pence: “You had such at eyewitness view, sir, for four years. You have the credibility to say to the American public whether there is a risk or not of him being commander in chief.”
Pence stated that it “was a tragic day,” that Trump’s “words and actions in and around January 6th were reckless,” and his actions “endangered my family and endangered people that were in the Capitol and was indefensible.”
Nonetheless, Brennan still scoffed as if Pence had said the complete opposite: “The idea of relitigating the 2020 election continues to circulate, as you know that, amongst members of your party. Do you think that continuing to push these claims as the former President does is a direct threat?”
Pence reiterated his belief that “[t]he 2020 election was not stolen” and the actions of those after the states certified their votes resulted in “terrible violence.” In the second portion, Brennan wondered whether Pence would go before the liberal media’s beloved January 6 Committee.
Pence joined the rest of the GOP in condemning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) handpicked charade as “antithetical to the whole idea of the committee system” and he’d “clos[e] the door on” testifying even though he “never stood in the way of” aides “cooperating…and testifying.”
Back live, co-host, Democratic donor, and Obama family friend Gayle King came off like the obsequious liberal that she is by claiming she was “fascinated” that Pence was not “willing to” give “a full-throated condemnation of Donald Trump.”
“This was your — this was your running mate, your partner, and he’s encouraging people basically to kill you. He could have been killed that day. I really do believe that,” she added.
Let that serve as further proof that King doesn’t belong anywhere near hosting duties or seen as a serious journalist or, at minimum, should be a sign her hearing should be examined.
Brennan went along with King’s partisan groveling, lamenting she tried “ten different ways to make exactly that point” he was supposedly insufficiently showing concern for his wife and daughter.
Brennan also came to the defense of the leftist cadre’s sacred cow, claiming “January 6th Committee does have two Republicans on it. Republican leaders chose not to appoint more.”
Earth to Brennan: All committee members were hand-picked by Pelosi with the left refusing to agree to accept Republican conditions for the scope of the committee.
King and Brennan then lamented Pence didn’t sound the way they wanted to was because he’s still a Republican (and thus not a Democrat). King insisted Pence should have said he was “very angry” about January 6 and found Trump’s action’s “dangerous.”
Once again, perhaps King should otolaryngologist or rewatch Pence’s comments (or what he told ABC’s David Muir in his first TV interview on the book).
Brennan continued to scoff, lamenting Pence “still says to this day ‘I am angry, but’ and it took him two years to say this.”
She too questioned his concern for his wife and daughter as King interjected in agreement (click “expand”):
BRENNAN: But I made that point. I was like — I think most parents would say if my child was in the midst of this —
NATE BURLESON: Mmm.
KING: Yes.
BRENNAN: — how could you not be full of rage? He said, I had to move on and deal with the functioning of the country. But this is going to be a challenge for him and for other Republicans seeking the nomination —
KING: Mmhmm.
BRENNAN: — potentially in 2024[.]
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To see the relevant transcript from November 17, click “expand.”
CBS Mornings
November 17, 2022
7:13 a.m. Eastern[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: One-on-One With Mike Pence; Former VP on New Book, January 6th and Relationship with Trump]
GAYLE KING: Former Vice President Mike Pence is slamming former President Trump for his actions on January 6th. In particular, a reckless tweet sent at a time when Pence was hiding from the mob as they chanted that they wanted to hang him. Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan spoke to Pence about his former boss and why Mike Pence still won’t testify about what happened that day.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You had such at eyewitness view, sir, for four years.
MIKE PENCE: I did.
BRENNAN: You have the credibility to say to the American public whether there is a risk or not of him being commander in chief.
PENCE: Well, Margaret, look, January 6th was a tragic day. I’ve been very clear, as I am in my book, that the President’s words and actions in and around January 6th were reckless. The tweet that he issued the day that I was in the loading dock before — below the United States Senate endangered my family and endangered people that were in the Capitol and was indefensible.
BRENNAN: The idea of relitigating the 2020 election continues to circulate, as you know that, amongst members of your party. Do you think that continuing to push these claims as the former President does is a direct threat?
PENCE: The 2020 election was not stolen. We have a process in this country where states conduct elections, questions of irregularities or fraud are then adjudicated in the courts. The states then certify electoral votes. And as we did on January 6th, in the wake of that terrible violence, the role of the Congress is to open and count those votes and to certify the election. We did that, and Joe Biden was elected President of the United States of America.
BRENNAN: I want to ask you, though, do you intend to ever sit and answer questions written in person for the January 6th committee?
PENCE: I served for 12 years in the Congress. It’s inconceivable to me that one party would appoint every member of a committee in Congress. That’s antithetical to the whole idea of the committee system. That being said, I never stood in the way of senior members of my team cooperating with the committee and testifying. But Congress has no right to my testimony.
BRENNAN: You’re closing the door on that entirely?
PENCE: I’m closing the door on that.
KING: Margaret Brennan joins us now. I’m fascinated by what the Vice President has to say. He still doesn’t seem — um — willing to just totally condemn — a full-throated condemnation of Donald Trump.
BRENNAN: Yeah.
KING: This was your — this was your running mate, your partner, and he’s encouraging people basically to kill you. He could have been killed that day. I really do believe that.
BRENNAN: Well, Gayle, I asked this question to the former Vice President about ten different ways to make exactly that point. Your daughter, your wife, your brother were sheltering.
KING: Yes, yes.
BRENNAN: And someone uniquely positioned to talk about that day, and Mike Pence is very careful here. I want to make sure that we point out that the January 6th Committee does have two Republicans on it. Republican leaders chose not to appoint more.
KING: Mmhmm.
BRENNAN: But in condemning the actions and calling the former President reckless and saying he was part of the problem —
KING: Yes.
BRENNAN: — these are all things he said to me. It’s going up to the line without completely separating from the part of the Republican Party that’s very supportive of the former President. The Trump true believers, we called them on election night.
KING: Is that why you think he’s reluctant? Cause I —
BRENNAN: Yes —
KING: — think everybody would understand —
NATE BURLESON: Yeah.
KING: — if he just said “I am very angry —
BRENNAN: Right.
KING: — this was very dangerous, I am very hurt by this and disappointed in the way I was treated,” because he was very loyal to Donald Trump.
BRENNAN: He was, and he still says to this day “I am angry, but” —
KING: Right.
BURLESON: Yeah.
BRENNAN: — and it took him two years to say this.
BURLESON: Say this.
BRENNAN: So this is going farther and, you know, we have a number of exchanges about that. But I made that point. I was like — I think most parents would say if my child —
KING: Yes.
BRENNAN: — was in the midst of this —
BURLESON: Mmm.
KING: Yes.
BRENNAN: — how could you not be full of rage? He said, I had to move on and deal with the functioning of the country. But this is going to be a challenge for him and for other Republicans seeking the nomination —
KING: Mmhmm.
BRENNAN: — potentially in 2024 where they have to thread this needle of separating from Trump, the man —
BURLESON: Mmm.
BRENNAN: — from Trumpism the movement —
BURLESON: Right.
BRENNAN: — which is a force within the party.
KING: Yeah. It’s fascinating conversation and it includes more than just January 6th. I know we’ll see —
BRENNAN: Yes.
KING: — on Face the Nation on Sunday.
BRENNAN: Thank you.
KING: Margaret, thank you. You can see more of Margaret’s interview with former Vice President Mike Pence including his reaction to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, that’s Sunday on Face the Nation.
(….)
8:01 a.m. Eastern
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Pence One-on-One]
DAVID BEGNAUD: Former Vice President Mike Pence slams Donald Trump for his actions during the Capitol attack.
PENCE: The tweet that he issue the day that I was in the loading dock endangered my family and endangered people that were in the Capitol and was indefensible.
