Vice President Pence took center stage on Sunday morning’s news shows, embracing his role as President Trump’s most ardent and unflinching supporter amid mounting outrage from Democrats over Trump’s call for the Justice Department to investigate an op-ed describing a “resistance” movement within his administration. “What makes Vice President Pence unusual is that he is repeating Trumpian exaggerations and Trumpian lies.”He added: “Does the vice president’s loyalty to this administration have to extend to servility?”Vice President Pence speaks to airmen during a visit to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 2018. Asked whether anyone on his own staff had anything to do with the New York Times op-ed, Pence initially said, “I wouldn’t know. “I thought you were speaking about the administration staff,” Pence told Brennan. While Pence has drawn criticism for his approach to defending Trump, some see a political upside for the vice president.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2018 14:50 UTC