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You might think that anyone angling for a slot on Donald Trump’s ticket might be a tad concerned about what happened to the last guy who had the job. You know, the guy who found himself running for his life on Jan. 6, 2021, as the frothing Trump fans who stormed the U.S. Capitol searched for him, gleefully chanting, “Hang Mike Pence!”
But at least one wannabe vice presidential pick isn’t losing any sleep over it: Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins whether Trump’s treatment of Pence—and his support for the rioters who wanted to kill Pence—concerned him, Vance simply denied that Pence ever had anything to worry about in the first place.
“Kaitlyn, I’m extremely skeptical that Mike Pence’s life was ever in danger,” Vance said. “I think politics and politics people like to really exaggerate things from time to time.”
This would surely be a relief for Pence, who has been under the apparently mistaken impression that things were actually bad that day, and it was Trump’s fault.
“[H]is reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day, and I know history will hold Donald Trump accountable,” Pence said last year.
Members of Pence’s Secret Service detail were even concerned for their own safety, according to testimony during the House select committee’s investigation of Jan. 6.
