{"id":1962763,"date":"2023-07-02T15:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T19:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-seemingly-pours-cold-water-on-anti-trump-wapo-report-but-is-he-really-being-two-faced\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T15:18:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T19:18:39","slug":"pence-seemingly-pours-cold-water-on-anti-trump-wapo-report-but-is-he-really-being-two-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-seemingly-pours-cold-water-on-anti-trump-wapo-report-but-is-he-really-being-two-faced\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence&#8217;s response to anti-Trump WaPo report: Genuine or two-faced?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpence-seemingly-pours-cold-water-on-anti-trump-wapo-report-but-is-he-really-being-two-faced%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Is Pence Really Being Two-Faced?<\/h2>\n<p>While the GOP primaries are far from over, former President Donald Trump has clearly separated himself from the pack as a heavy favorite to walk away with the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>But as Trump\u2019s chances of securing that nomination grow bigger, so too does that proverbial target on his back.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point, early Saturday, The Washington Post put out an exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/07\/01\/trump-2020-election-arizona-governor-doug-ducey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> attacking the former president for trying to \u201cpressure\u201d then-Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to \u201coverturn the state\u2019s presidential election results.\u201d (Which side is it again that just can\u2019t seem to let 2020 go?)<\/p>\n<p>While the article frames itself as some journalistic \u201cgotcha,\u201d it really just comes off as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-seemingly-pours-cold-water-on-anti-trump-wapo-report-but-is-he-really-being-two-faced\/\" title=\"Pence's response to anti-Trump WaPo report: Genuine or two-faced?\">latest unhinged attack piece<\/a> on the former president and little else.<\/p>\n<p>To the mild surprise of some, former Vice President Mike Pence seemingly threw cold water on that report when he appeared on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation\u201d program with Margaret Brennan on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Pence and Trump have had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pence-throws-trump-bus-cant-defend-alleged-crows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">something of a falling out<\/a> since the end of that particular administration, and that Pence is ostensibly a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/despite-massive-2m-book-deal-2024-gop-candidate-still-nearly-20k-student-loans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 GOP primary rival<\/a> to Trump, there was little reason for the former vice president to come to Trump\u2019s aid after this accusatory report.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wrong-mike-pence-reveals-libertarian-stance-transgender-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pence<\/a> seemed to deny the crux of the report when he spoke to Brennan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Asked about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost?\">@washingtonpost<\/a> report that Trump urged <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_Pence?\">@Mike_Pence<\/a> to \u201cprod\u201d then AZ Gov Ducey to overturn 2020 election, Pence tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margbrennan?\">@margbrennan<\/a> he called Ducey &#038; other Govs to get an update on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-does-not-remember-any-pressure-from-trump-to-urge-governors-to-find-2020-election-fraud\/\" title=\"Pence denies Trump's pressure to push governors on election fraud.\">election result reviews<\/a> but doesn\u2019t recall \u201cany pressure\u201d from Trump to influence\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eh0JW1iBVo\">pic.twitter.com\/eh0JW1iBVo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1675469210347028482?\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIs that [Washington Post] reporting accurate?\u201d Brennan asked Pence. \u201cAnd what did you tell Gov. Ducey at the time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think the record reflects that I did check in with not only Governor Ducey, but other governors in states that were gong through the legal process of reviewing their election results,\u201d Pence responded. \u201cBut there was no pressure involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMargaret, I was calling to get an update. I passed along that information to the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it. By Pence\u2019s own words, \u201cthere was no pressure.\u201d Case closed, right?<\/p>\n<p>Well, not quite.<\/p>\n<p>Because if you peel the onion back just a little more, something here stinks, and it\u2019s not the onion.<\/p>\n<p>Take careful note of what exactly Pence is denying and what the Post is reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Because one possible interpretation of Pence\u2019s remarks could be that they\u2019re less a defense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/childrens-choir-stopped-stopped-singing-national-anthem-capitol-rolls-trump-rally-time-able-finish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> and more an exoneration of the former vice president himself.<\/p>\n<p>Pence\u2019s remarks on Sunday really only pertain to himself. He made it clear that \u201cthere was no pressure\u201d \u2014 from him.<\/p>\n<p>And if you look at that Post report, you\u2019ll see that the outlet almost frames it as if Pence was some noble bastion of defense from Trump\u2019s palpable anger at the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump also repeatedly asked Vice President Mike Pence to call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arizona-gov-doug-ducey-signs-trio-bills-protecting-unborn-vulnerable-children-becoming-victims-leftist-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ducey<\/a> and prod him to find the evidence to substantiate Trump\u2019s claims of fraud, according to two of these people,\u201d the Post reported. \u201cPence called Ducey several times to discuss the election, they said, though he did not follow Trump\u2019s directions to pressure the governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the slant of the Post\u2019s piece wasn\u2019t bad enough, there\u2019s also the issue of sourcing.<\/p>\n<p>This entire scathing report (admittedly, if this report is 100 percent accurate, it\u2019s certainly not the best look for the former president) is sourced on on a mere \u201cthree people familiar with the call\u201d between Trump and Ducey.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and of those three people, just two of them could even corroborate that Trump pressured Pence to \u201cprod\u201d Ducey on the election results.<\/p>\n<p>Look, there\u2019s no telling who these two unnamed sources could be, but given the parties involved, it\u2019s more than fair to say these two sources are connected to one of Trump, Pence, or Ducey.<\/p>\n<p>The story makes Trump look pretty bad, so barring sabotage, that makes it unlikely Team Trump leaked this story to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>And of Pence and Ducey, neither of whom are really popular with Team Trump, only one of them is actively competing with Trump for a GOP presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Look, by all indications, Mike Pence is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-most-conservative-sport-5-ufc-stars-who-dont-hide-their-right-wing-opinions\/\" title=\"\u2018The Most Conservative Sport\u2019: 5 UFC Stars Who Don\u2019t Hide Their Right-Wing Opinions\">genuinely good man<\/a> of faith. There is absolutely no evidence that this whole debacle is as duplicitous and two-faced as it seems.<\/p>\n<p>However, we do know that politics brings out the worst in people. That much is inarguable as evidenced by nearly 250 years of American politics (or even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-dignity-video-hunter-biden-plea-deal-shows-just-corrupt-wh-really\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the last 250 days<\/a> of American politics.)<\/p>\n<p>And as long as Pence insists on merely saying that <em>he<\/em> did not \u201cprod\u201d or \u201cpressure\u201d governors \u2014 and not explicitly saying that Trump issued no such directive \u2014 he is leaving that window of doubt open just a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pence-seemingly-pours-cold-water-anti-trump-wapo-report-really-two-faced\/\">Pence Seemingly Pours Cold Water on Anti-Trump WaPo Report &#8230; But Is He Really Being Two-Faced?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the GOP primaries continue, Donald Trump has emerged as the frontrunner for the nomination. However, as his chances increase, so does the threat against him. 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