![]() ![]() One simple way to “restore confidence in equal treatment under the law” would be to … treat people equally under the law. ![]() Look no further than his answer to the “rule of law” question. Now he is on a mission to salvage his tarnished brand. His general existence as a presidential candidate is pointless enough: He is loathed by a large portion of the Republican voting population for his refusal to aid Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn a lawful election a throwback to an earlier era of puritanical GOP culture politics, he is also a charismaless void who has accomplished little other than being so ineffective as governor of Indiana that he was one of the few people in the country who had nothing to lose when Trump came looking for a running mate in 2016. “Sir, I just want to clarify what you’re saying is if they believe he committed a crime, they should not go forward with an indictment? You just talked before about committing to the rule of law.” /8tk5XBZOxe “We’ve got to find a way to move our country forward and restore confidence in equal treatment under the law in this country. “I would just hope there would be a way for them to move forward without the dramatic and drastic and divisive step of indicting a former president of the United States,” Pence said. ![]() Pushed by Bash to square his overtures to the “rule of law” with his belief that Trump should not be indicted for breaking the law, Pence squirmed. I hope the DOJ thinks better of it and resolves these issues without an indictment. I mean, we’re the emblem of democracy, we’re the symbol of justice in the world, and the serious matter-which has already happened once in New York-of indicting a former president of the United States sends a terrible message to the world. And let me also say, I think it would also send a terrible message to the wider world. And this kind of action by the Department of Justice would only fuel further division in the country. Now more than ever, we ought to be finding ways we could actually come together. ![]()
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