Pence's right-hand man had a private conversation with the Secret Service about a possible security threat — created by Donald Trump. (via MaddowBlog)
Among the many lingering images from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was seeing then-Vice President Mike Pence flee with his security detail as a group of rabid Donald Trump supporters appeared to hunt him. The “Hang Mike Pence” chants during the insurrectionist riot can’t be unheard.
This was not a situation in which Pence’s chief of staff routinely flagged security concerns for the then-vice president’s detail. In fact, the Times’ report, which hasn’t been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, added that it happened exactly once: Jan. 5, 2021. The article added: We all know, of course, what happened, but reading a report like this brings the details into focus: The sitting vice president’s right-hand man had a private conversation with the Secret Service about a possible security threat — created by the sitting president.
History offers examples of presidents and vice presidents who didn’t necessarily get along, but there’s no parallel for anything like this in the American tradition.
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