Tapper: An Event Where a Mob Tried to Lynch You ‘Is Not Something Any Rational Person Would Agree to Disagree On’

‘Of course, our founding fathers did not bestow upon the office of vice president such powers’

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TAPPER: "Pence and his family were whisked away by security. There was a very real fear that day for Mike Pence’s life and the lives of his family members. And yet not only did then-President Trump not reach out to his loyal Vice President that day to make sure that he was okay, Trump praised the mob. An event where a mob tried to lynch you is not something any rational person would agree to agree with anyone on. And for what it's worth, I do consider Mike Pence to be rational. But what’s happening is, that Mike Pence is no longer in a rational world. He’s trying to function and to thrive, frankly, in Donald Trump’s alternative universe. And in this deranged place, not only was the election stolen — it wasn’t — but we learned from multiple reports in the last few days, led by 'The New York Times's Maggie Haberman, Trump actually believes he could be reinstated as president in August because of these unofficial and frankly fraudulent ballot audits going on in places such as Arizona.”

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