{"id":1989196,"date":"2023-08-02T20:18:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swamp-creature-pence-doubles-down-on-opposition-to-trump-and-crackpot-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T20:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:19:55","slug":"swamp-creature-pence-doubles-down-on-opposition-to-trump-and-crackpot-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swamp-creature-pence-doubles-down-on-opposition-to-trump-and-crackpot-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Swamp Creature&#8217;: Pence Stands Firm Against Trump and &#8216;Crackpot Lawyers&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fswamp-creature-pence-doubles-down-on-opposition-to-trump-and-crackpot-lawyers%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=1989196&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>Former Vice President Mike Pence Doubles Down on Opposition\u2064 to Trump and &#8216;Crackpot Lawyers&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200b a fiery \u200cinterview on Wednesday, former \u2063Vice President Mike Pence didn&#8217;t hold back\u2063 his criticism \u2062of former \u2062President Donald Trump. This comes just a day \u200bafter Trump was hit with four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perry-verdict-shows-urgency-to-confront-blue-city-prosecutors\/\" title=\"Perry Verdict Displays Urgency To Face Blue City's's Attorneys\">felony charges related<\/a> to the \u200ccontroversial 2020\u2062 election.<\/p>\n<p>Special \u200bcounsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-indictment-pattern-emerges-jack-smith-announces-third-set-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack \u2062Smith<\/a> \u2063charged Trump with conspiracy to defraud the United States,\u200d conspiracy against the \u200brights\u2062 of citizens, \u200band obstruction \u200cof and attempt to \u2064obstruct an official\u2063 proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-page\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-new-indictment-exposes-mike-pences-secret-notes-conversations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indictment<\/a> revealed notes taken by \u200bPence during his conversations with\u2064 Trump \u2063after the election and leading up \u200cto the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion.<\/p>\n<p>When the \u2063indictment was announced, Pence took \u2063to \u2062Twitter\u2064 to \u200dside\u200d with the Justice Department and launch an attack on\u2063 Trump.<\/p>\n<p>During a \u2062recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greg-gutfeld-fire-fox-news-insiders-place-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, Pence further intensified \u2062his \u200ccriticism.<\/p>\n<p>Host Martha MacCallum \u2064claimed\u2062 that Trump had asked Pence to &#8220;pause&#8221; the certification of the election results in 2020. However, Pence vehemently denied this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear \u2064on this\u200b point, it wasn&#8217;t just to ask\u200d for\u2064 a \u200b&#8217;pause,'&#8221; Pence asserted. \u2062&#8221;The president\u200c specifically asked me, \u2064and his gaggle of \u2062crackpot lawyers asked me, to literally reject\u200d votes, which would have resulted in the issue being\u200b turned over to the House of Representatives, and chaos would have ensued.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Should Mike Pence drop out of the 2024 \u200drace?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should Mike \u200dPence drop out of\u2063 the 2024 race?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\t\tCompleting this\u2064 poll \u200bentitles you to The \u2062Western\u2064 Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms\u200c of\u2063 Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% \u200c(11 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: \u200b0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-unleashes-pence-calls-creepy-sinister-upcoming-biography-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pence<\/a> responded to critics of his decision not to reject electors on Jan. 6 by \u2062urging them to read Smith&#8217;s indictment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The American people deserve to know that\u200b President Trump and his advisers \u200ddidn&#8217;t just ask me to pause,\u2062 they asked \u2064me to reject votes, return \u200dvotes, essentially to overturn the election,&#8221; Pence explained.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PENCE: &#8220;The President specifically\u2064 asked me and his gaggle \u200dof crackpot lawyers asked\u200d me to\u200b literally reject votes&#8230;&#8221;\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/93iQLi2LE8\">pic.twitter.com\/93iQLi2LE8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1686837844801728512?\">August\u2064 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pence emphasized that\u200b he rejected Trump&#8217;s\u2062 request without hesitation, fulfilling his duty.<\/p>\n<p>However, some\u2062 viewers accused the former\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> of being a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">swamp creature<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pence is a swamp \u2064creature.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MatthewJshow (@MatthewJshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewJshow\/status\/1686838568163946496?\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump\u2063 wasted no time in responding\u200b to\u2062 Pence&#8217;s remarks on Truth Social, firing back at his former \u200cally.<\/p>\n<p>Pence&#8217;s presidential campaign for 2024 has\u200d been struggling, with polls showing him in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swamp-creature-pence-doubles-down-on-opposition-to-trump-and-crackpot-lawyers\/\" title=\"'Swamp Creature': Pence Stands Firm Against Trump and 'Crackpot Lawyers'\">low single\u2063 digits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/swamp-creature-pence-doubles-opposition-trump-crackpot-lawyers\/\">&#8216;Swamp \u200cCreature&#8217;: Pence Doubles Down on Opposition to Trump and &#8216;Crackpot Lawyers&#8217;<\/a> appeared \u200dfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former VP Mike Pence criticized ex-President Donald Trump in an interview, following Trump&#8217;s indictment on four election-related felonies. 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