Exclusive audio: Trump defends threats to "hang" Pence

[GMDino]

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Quote:Former President Trump — in a taped interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News that was shared with Axios — defended, quite extensively, supporters who threatened to "hang" former Vice President Mike Pence.


Why it matters: Well, it is unprecedented for a former president to openly say it was OK to threaten the life of his vice president.

• Oh, the two men are on track to run against each other for the GOP nomination in 2024.
  

Zoom out: This is a slice of a 90-minute interview — conducted at Mar-a-Lago on March 18 — for Karl's book, "Betrayal," out on Tuesday.

• More news-breaking audio from the interview will air Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
  

Go deeper: We will let the Q&A tell the story.
Jonathan Karl: "Were you worried about him during that siege? Were you worried about his safety?"

• Trump: "No, I thought he was well-protected, and I had heard that he was in good shape. No. Because I had heard he was in very good shape. But, but, no, I think — "
  

Karl: "Because you heard those chants — that was terrible. I mean — "

• Trump: "He could have — well, the people were very angry."
  

Karl: "They were saying 'hang Mike Pence.'"

• Trump: "Because it's common sense, Jon. It's common sense that you're supposed to protect. How can you — if you know a vote is fraudulent, right? — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress? How can you do that? And I'm telling you: 50/50, it's right down the middle for the top constitutional scholars when I speak to them. Anybody I spoke to — almost all of them at least pretty much agree, and some very much agree with me — because he's passing on a vote that he knows is fraudulent. How can you pass a vote that you know is fraudulent? Now, when I spoke to him, I really talked about all of the fraudulent things that happened during the election. I didn't talk about the main point, which is the legislatures did not approve — five states. The legislatures did not approve all of those changes that made the difference between a very easy win for me in the states, or a loss that was very close, because the losses were all very close."
  

[jj22]

Pence gets what he deserves for continuing to kiss Trumps ***. Go to love politics.

[*Nately120*]

Trump is a full blown cartoon super villain with the bumbling henchmen to boot.

[Tiger Teeth]

Nothing new here. The actual audio was broadcast nationwide and live. He made no attempt to hide what he was doing. Last desperate act of a man frightened of prison, and hungry for power. He would have sent them after Ivanka if he thought that would have worked.

[*jason*]

God it's hard to understand Donald Trump in written text.

[BigPapaKain]

Something something mental decline something something voting with feelings something something.

[Arturo Bandini]

(11-12-2021, 02:51 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Trump is a full blown cartoon super villain with the bumbling henchmen to boot.

His best people definitely have a Gotham vibe.