Don’t read anything into President Trump’s countless compliments of WikiLeaks during the 2016 election, Vice President Mike Pence told CNN in an interview Friday.
Trump mentioning WikiLeaks dozens of times in the final month of the 2016 election doesn’t mean Trump “endorsed” the group’s activities, according to Pence.
“The President, when he was a candidate, welcomed seeing WikiLeaks and the information they got from Hillary Clinton. Has that changed?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Pence.
“Well I think the President always, as you in the media do, always welcomes information. But that was in no way an endorsement,” Pence said.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London Thursday. The U.S. charged Assange with one count of trying to hack a classified U.S. government computer. Prosecutors are seeking to extradite Assange to the U.S.
Watch Pence’s comments:
Pence: Trump saying he loves WikiLeaks over and over again wasn't an "endorsement" of the group pic.twitter.com/kZYzoH0TOA
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I really want to know why manafort pushed this contemptible hayseed to trump for vp
“Well I think the President always, as you in the media do, always welcomes information. But that was in no way an endorsement,” Pence said.
My guess is that Pence, like Barr, is a calm bland liar. Pence is better at it than Barr, I remember the sincere gaslighting he gave the country during the VP debate. Their unthreatening demeanor makes them far more dangerous.
Even my dog doesn’t lick his balls as much as MyPants licks Shithead’s. And my dog licks his balls a lot.