{"id":89073,"date":"2023-08-05T23:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T23:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=89073"},"modified":"2023-08-05T23:16:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T23:16:51","slug":"trump-pence-has-gone-to-the-dark-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=89073","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Pence has \u2018gone to the Dark Side\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump hit back at Mike Pence on Saturday, saying his former running mate and GOP presidential race rival has \u201cgone to the Dark Side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s renewed criticism of the former vice president came as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/05\/trump-supporters-mike-pence-new-hampshire-00109952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pence has sharpened his attacks<\/a> on his former boss over the events surrounding the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and charges Trump faces over the mishandling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWOW, it\u2019s finally happened!\u201d Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Saturday. \u201cLiddle\u2019 Mike Pence, a man who was about to be ousted as Governor Indiana until I came along and made him V.P., has gone to the Dark Side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never told a newly embolded \u2026 Pence to put me above the Constitution, or that Mike was \u2018too honest.\u2019 He\u2019s delusional, and now he wants to show he\u2019s a tough guy,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>The Pence campaign began selling merchandise emblazoned with the \u201cToo Honest\u201d phrase in reference to the Jan. 6 indictment unsealed against Trump this week, in which prosecutors say the then-president called out his vice president with the words over his refusal to reject electoral votes during the 2020 election certification process.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors on Friday night <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/04\/feds-alert-judge-to-trumps-if-you-go-after-me-im-coming-after-you-post-00109944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called a judge\u2019s attention<\/a> to another social media post from Trump in which they say the former president appeared to declare that he\u2019s \u201ccoming after\u201d those he sees as responsible for his legal challenges, raising the specter that he might use evidence to target witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go after me, I\u2019m coming after you!\u201d Trump wrote in all caps.<\/p>\n<p>Pence defended certifying the 2020 election for Joe Biden in response to jeers and insults from a crowd of Trump supporters outside a campaign event in New Hampshire on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy\u2019d you sell out the people?\u201d a man called out as Pence arrived for a town hall in Londonderry. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you uphold the Constitution?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI upheld the Constitution,\u201d Pence said in response. \u201cRead it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence further criticized Trump this week \u2014 without saying his name \u2014 over his repeated attempts to overturn the election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States,\u201d Pence said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Pence emphasized the gravity of mishandling classified materials at a national security event in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to be deadly serious about handling classified materials in this country,\u201d Pence said. \u201cI owned up to it,\u201d the former vice president said of his own \u201cinadvertent\u201d handling of documents found at his home in the wake of searches of Trump\u2019s properties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/05\/trump-pence-has-gone-to-the-dark-side-00109960\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics Donald Trump hit back at Mike Pence on Saturday, saying his former running mate and GOP presidential race rival has \u201cgone to the Dark Side.\u201d Trump&#8217;s renewed criticism&hellip; 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