Former Vice President of the US, Mike Pence now has stepped-back from his earlier decision of testifying before the scandalous January 6 committee which aims at brining criminal charges against Donald Trump for inciting the 2021 attacks on the Capitol.
Recently, Liz Cheney, who has faced historic defeat in the Wyoming primary told news outlets that Mike Pence was considering to appear before the January 6 panel to testify against Donald Trump. Even Mike Pence himself had told media that he was considering appear before the Democrat-led committee investigating the January 6 2021 Capitol breach.
But lately, in an interview with The Washington Times, Mike Pence, possibly after realizing that his previous statement of appearing before the January 6 committee would screw-up his political future spoke with more cautious tone and described the committee as “very partisan”.
“If the committee wanted to extend a formal invitation, I would consider it, but we would reflect very carefully on my obligations to preserve the separation of powers and the constitutional framework that I served in”, he said.
Pence, who was a Republican governor of Indiana before becoming vice president, told The Washington Times that he has “real concerns about the partisan nature of the January 6 committee”.
“By essentially rendering this as a partisan committee that’s operating on a very partisan basis—and at times leaking information and leaking testimony—I think in many respects it has squandered an opportunity to really thoughtfully examine what took place that day and where the failings were”, he said.
According to The Epoch Times analysis, Mike Pence’s comments about the panel come as analysts speculate, he is attempting to mount a run for president in 2024, potentially putting him further at odds with Trump.
Last month, Pence and Trump held separate rallies in Arizona, with Pence endorsing GOP gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson, who was defeated by the Trump-backed Kari Lake during the primary.
The former vice president also drew criticism on social media for saying Republicans shouldn’t be so critical of the FBI for its unprecedented raid of Trump’s home about two weeks ago.
“The Republican Party is the party of law and order”, Pence stated, according to The Associated Press. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level”.
Mike Pence did shoot on his foot
Commenting on recent statements of Mike Pence and his advice to Republicans of refraining from criticizing FBI for their dubious raid at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, political analysts said, in today’s American politics, Mike Pence is “insignificant” and “irrelevant”. They said, by opposing Donald Trump, Mike Pence might have shoot on his foot and would ultimately follow the path of Liz Cheney and other Trump critics.
They said, “Biden has put the US in severe crisis, which may only further intensify as he [Biden] does not seem to be realizing his blunders. Moreover, following humiliating retreat from Afghanistan and involving in Ukraine war, Joe Biden is showing signs of expanding America’s war directly against China by playing the Taiwan card. If Biden remains in the office and if Democrats get majority in the House and Senate during the upcoming midterm elections, America certainly will be dragged into bloody war against Russia and China, which may ultimately bring an extremely painful result thus pushing Americans into much deeper crisis and massive sufferings”.
