Former Pence chief of staff Marc Short said former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence have had many conversations since he left office last month.
Short told Fox News on the evening of the 18th, “Despite their differences, the reality is they’ve had many conversations. The president thanked the vice president for his service and told him that he (Pence) was doing a good job; they’ve even communicated since then, even including this week.”
On Jan. 6, Vice President Pence took the position before a joint session of Congress that he did not have the authority to veto the results of the disputed Electoral College vote. At about the same Time, Trump said in a speech about two miles from the Capitol, “I hope Mike does the right thing. The constitutional lawyer had said it was ‘absolutely right’ for Pence to step in.”
Short told Fox News that Trump and Pence have accomplished a lot working together, and “they should be proud of that.” “But it’s clear that on Jan. 6, (they) had a different view of the vice president’s role, and I regret that I think the president was misled by some of his advisers.”
Asked if the two have mended their relationship with each other, Short said he believes the Republican Party can come together.
“President Trump has brought millions of voters to the Republican Party. I think that his agenda is very good for our country. I think that agenda is something that we need to pursue.” Short said.
Short also emphasized that Trump is adopting a very meaningful policy toward China.
After the Jan. 6 violence at the Capitol, Trump and Pence met for the first time in the Oval Office on Jan. 11, where they agreed that the man who broke the law and stormed the Capitol did not represent Trump’s 75 million “America First” supporters and pledged to continue working on behalf of the country for the remaining nine days of his term.
On Jan. 17, Pence tweeted that he was “proud” that the Trump Administration had not gotten the United States into any new wars in the past four years.
Trump returned to his Sea Lake estate in Florida on Jan. 20, and on Jan. 25 announced the creation of a formal “Office of the Former President” in Florida to serve as an external medium for public response, organizing events and issuing statements.
Pence returned to his Home state of Indiana on Jan. 20 and announced on Feb. 3 a new post-White House “transition” office in the Washington, D.C., area that will serve him and his wife, Karen Pence – the former second lady of the United States – in managing communications, events, and public statements. -the former Second Lady of the United States, will manage communications, scheduling requests, public statements and official events.
Pence and his wife currently live in northern Virginia and plan to move back to Indiana in the summer.
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