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‘Pretty disrespectful’: rightwing radio host scolds Pence for not saying he’d pardon Trump

Mike Pence meets with supporters in Greensboro, North Carolina on 10 June 2023.
Mike Pence meets with supporters in Greensboro, North Carolina on 10 June 2023. Photograph: Josh Brown/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Mike Pence is “fine with Donald Trump being put in prison” which is “pretty disrespectful” given he was Trump’s vice-president, a rightwing radio host told Pence in a testy exchange.

Pence was Trump’s vice-president when Trump sent a mob to the US Capitol on January 6, in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 election. Trump did little to call off the mob when it placed Pence in danger, some chanting for him to be hanged.

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