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WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday stepped up its criticism of former President Donald Trump's decision to host Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and white supremacist Nick Fuentes for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. “This is something that’s important that we speak very clear about and we speak very, very forcefully about. “Bigotry, hate, and antisemitism have absolutely no place in America — including at Mar-A-Lago,” deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement Saturday. After news of the dinner became public, Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign went into damage control mode. Asked Saturday about Trump's dinner, President Joe Biden told reporters, "You don't want to hear what I think."

☆ Mike Pence wouldn't give a straight answer when asked if he thought Trump is a 'good man'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence didn't give a straight answer when asked if he still thinks Trump is a good man. Pence was asked about a 2016 RNC speech, where he called Trump a "good man." NPR's Steve Inskeep asked Pence on Monday about a 2016 speech the latter made when accepting the nomination for the vice presidency. Inskeep brought up how, in that speech, Pence called Trump a "good man." Some Trump supporters erected makeshift gallows and chanted "hang Mike Pence" during the Capitol riot — actions that Trump privately expressed support for, the January 6 panel revealed.

☆ Pence, who was the target of Capitol insurrectionists on Jan. 6, skirts questions on whether Trump is fit to serve again in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former VP Mike Pence continues to dodge questions on whether he thinks Donald Trump is fit for office. Trump announced his 2024 presidential bid last week but got a muted GOP response with few endorsements. Pence is said to be considering a 2024 run himself, though he has not yet committed. "President Trump has now announced his intention to seek reelection." Trump launched his 2024 bid for the presidency last week and received a lackluster response from the GOP.

☆ Pence says he won't testify before the Jan. 6 panel because it would set a 'terrible precedent' for Congress to ask a vice president to remark on deliberations held at the White House
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mike Pence said he was "closing the door" on testifying before the House January 6 committee. On the CBS News show "Face the Nation," Pence argued that Congress had "no right" to his testimony. "We have a separation of powers under the Constitution of the United States. And I believe it would establish a terrible precedent for the Congress to summon a Vice President of the United States to speak about deliberations that took place at the White House." The former vice president then reaffirmed that he was "closing the door" on appearing before the panel.

☆ Pence says he was 'surprised' that Republicans didn't win more seats in the midterm elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence said he was "surprised" that Republicans didn't win more seats in the 2022 midterms. While on the CBS program "Face the Nation," Pence said citizens want the GOP to focus on the future. During an interview on the CBS program "Face the Nation," Pence told host Margaret Brennan that while he wanted to see larger Republican margins in Congress, a "win is a win." "A win is a win, but I would have liked to see more Republicans elected to Congress. I would have liked to have seen a Republican majority in the Senate."

☆ Pence says former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows 'did not serve the president well'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence on NBC News said he was "disappointed" in ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' tenure. He said "it was clear" that Meadows swayed Trump against the White House coronavirus briefings. The former vice president felt that the briefings served the public well earlier in the pandemic. What General John Kelly did when he became White House chief of staff, and what frankly all the best White House chiefs of staff have done throughout history, is make sure that the only people that get into the Oval Office are people that have the credibility to be there. Meadows served as White House chief of staff from March 2020, during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, until January 2021.

☆ Pence says after the 2020 election, Trump replaced his 'capable' attorneys with a 'gaggle of lawyers who brought in conspiracy theories'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump dismissed his "capable" lawyers after the 2020 election in favor of attorneys pushing conspiracies, Mike Pence said. Pence said attorneys told Trump that the VP had the authority to overturn the election. In an NBC News interview, Pence declined to say whether Trump committed criminal acts following the election. He had, beginning in mid-November, dismissed some of the extraordinary and capable attorneys that were serving in the White House and serving in the campaign and replaced them with a gaggle of lawyers who brought in conspiracy theories and made promises that they never kept," Pence said. Former President Donald Trump's team distanced itself from Sidney Powell in November 2020.

☆ Pence on Trump and January 6: 'No one is above the law'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Isabelle Schmeler | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence, who huddled in the bowels of the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021 as angry Trump supporters searched for him, tells “Meet the Press” that “no one is above the law” when asked about former President Donald Trump. But the former vice president, who Trump publicly blamed for not halting a peaceful transfer of power, also warned the Biden administration about over-reaching in their attempts to hold Trump to account. “I don’t know if it is criminal to listen to bad advice from the lawyers,” Pence told “Meet the Press” Moderator Chuck Todd in an interview on Thursday. But I would hope the Justice Department would give careful consideration before they take any additional steps in this matter,” Pence said. Pence says he has not hesitated to criticize the former president when he thinks he was wrong, though stops short of calling him unfit for office.

Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a new interview that he won't provide testimony to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, drawing criticism from the panel's leaders, who called his decision "disappointing." In his answer, the former vice president criticized the makeup of the committee, which has two Republican lawmakers, Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois. But his recent statements about the Select Committee are not accurate,” they added. Pence's former chief of staff, Marc Short, testified before the House committee in January. In recent remarks, the former vice president has taken aim at Trump while promoting his memoir, which was released his week.

☆ January 6 panel claps back at Mike Pence for refusing to testify and calling them 'partisan,' saying he's 'misrepresenting' their work while promoting his memoir
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he would not testify for the January 6 committee. Pence has spoken out against Trump's actions during the riot, but called the committee "partisan." The committee rejected his comments and noted the House GOP rejected a bipartisan commission. "But his recent statements about the Select Committee are not accurate." "It saddens me," Pence said of the rioters who chanted "hang Mike Pence" in the halls of the Capitol on January 6.

☆ Pence says 'I think we'll have better choices' than Trump in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence said voters will "have better choices" for a presidential candidate than Donald Trump, who announced his third bid for the office on Tuesday night from his Mar-a-Lago resort. "I think we’ll have better choices in the future," Pence told ABC's David Muir. Pence's latest comments come after months of distancing himself from Trump over his actions on Jan. 6. Asked at a Georgetown University event in October if he would support Trump if he becomes the GOP nominee for president, Pence said, “Well, there might be somebody else I’d prefer more." He appeared to edge closer to confirming plans for a 2024 run during a New Hampshire Institute of Politics “Politics & Eggs” event in August.

☆ Pence says he was 'disappointed' in Trump for firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via tweet: book
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Pence said he was "disappointed" in Trump for firing Rex Tillerson as secretary of state via tweet. In his new memoir, "So Help Me God," the former vice president lauded Tillerson as a "class act." Trump launched a 2024 presidential run on Tuesday, and Pence is also exploring a White House bid. Whatever differences he had with the president, the secretary of state was a class act." Trump — who on Tuesday announced that he would run for president again in 2024 — replaced Tillerson with Mike Pompeo, a former congressman and ex-CIA director.

☆ Sonos CEO sees upbeat holiday season as supply snarls ease
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Eva Mathews | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sonos is seeing strong demand for its $349 entry-level sound bar Ray and the wireless loudspeaker Sub Mini priced at $429, Spence said. Still, the company added only 1.4 million net new households in the period, compared with 1.8 million a year earlier. "China is important in terms of our overall supply chain, but we are also in Malaysia and Vietnam. So, we have also recreated a more resilient supply chain," Spence said. Sonos is also under pressure from a strong dollar, which is expected to shave off $79 million from sales in 2023.

☆ Pence says he will not testify before U.S. House Jan. 6 panel
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said he would not testify before the House of Representatives panel probing Jan. 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol because Congress "has no right to my testimony." Pence, in an interview with CBS News, said: "We have a separation of powers under the Constitution of the United States and I believe it would establish a terrible precedent for the Congress to summon a vice president of the United States to speak about deliberations that took place at the White House." Reporting by Eric Beech; editing by Dan WhitcombOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Christopher Gregory/Getty ImagesDonald McGahn, Trump campaign counsel: I was at the top. Trump's 2016 campaign aides said they paid about 50 people, including part-time actors, to appear as supporters for his 2016 campaign announcement. Corey Lewandowski, Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski: I called my wife just as we were getting onto the plane. Stuff that would be from Mars on any other campaign was perfectly normal for the Trump campaign. Mark J. Terrill/AP photo Show less Trump at the Republican National Convention while Cruz speaks on July 20, 2016.

☆ Pence blasts Trump's 'reckless' statements on Jan. 6: They 'endangered me and my family'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The former vice president said in an interview with David Muir of ABC's "World News Tonight" that Trump’s tweet “angered” him. “I mean, the president’s words were reckless and his actions were reckless,” Pence told Muir in an excerpt of the interview released Sunday. He added, “The president’s words that day at the rally endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building,” according to ABC News. In his tweet that afternoon, Trump said Pence "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution." In the interview, Pence said that after Trump's tweet, "I turned to my daughter, who was standing nearby, and I said, 'It doesn’t take courage to break the law.

☆ Pence blasts Trump over January 6 in harshest comments yet: 'He endangered me and my family'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence blasted Trump's words and actions on January 6, 2021, in a new interview. Pence was "angered" when Trump targeted him in a tweet while Pence was barricaded in the Capitol. He said Trump endangered him and his family with his statements that day. In another excerpt cited by ABC News, Pence said: "The president's words were reckless and his actions were reckless." He continued by saying that Trump's comments at the rally before the riot started "endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building."

☆ Pence says Trump chided him for being 'too honest' when he insisted he couldn't overturn the 2020 election results on January 6
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former VP Mike Pence detailed Trump's efforts to get him to overturn the 2020 election results on Jan 6. He says Trump chided him for being "too honest" in his assessment of the legality of rejecting the electoral votes. Pence is set to release his forthcoming memoir the same day that Trump may announce a 2024 bid. Pence wrote about several instances in which he differed with Trump in the period between the 2020 presidential election and into January 2021. "Without a senator's support, I would have been required to dismiss House objections without debate, something I didn't want to do," wrote Pence."

☆ With GOP Ukraine skeptics poised to gain in Congress, lawmakers look to lock in billions in military aid
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Dan De Luce | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julie-Tsirkin-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Congress last month approved $12 billion in military and economic aid to Ukraine, but the package being contemplated would be dramatically larger, the sources said. The amount would be enough “to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year,” a Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. Congress has allocated a total of $65 billion in funding to Ukraine since Russia attacked the country in February. “They don’t want to deal with it next year,” said Vajdich, a former Republican congressional staffer. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a staunch supporter of military aid to Ukraine, said last month that he had discussed the issue with McCarthy and that he agreed other countries need to do more to assist Ukraine.

☆ Pence says of a Trump run in 2024: 'There might be somebody else I'd prefer more'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Summer Concepcion | Summer Concepcion Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday appeared to hold back from supporting Donald Trump if the former president were to run again in 2024 and become the Republican nominee. “Well, there might be somebody else I’d prefer more,” Pence said at a Georgetown University event late Wednesday when asked if he would support Trump if he is the GOP nominee for president. “I heard this week that President Trump said I had the right to overturn the election. President Trump is wrong,” Pence said in a speech to the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization, in Orlando, Florida, earlier this year. Pence pushed back, reportedly telling Trump that he did not have the authority to carry out his request.

☆ Mike Pence said there's no room for Putin 'apologists' in the Republican Party as he criticized Russia's 'unconscionable war' in Ukraine: AP
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mike Pence spoke out against Putin "apologists" and the growing populism in the GOP on Wednesday. Several Republicans have either supported Putin or dismissed the war he's waged against Ukraine. Pence also criticized the group of Republicans who have defended Russia's war in Ukraine or dismissed it by arguing the US should stay out of foreign affairs. "As Russia continues its unconscionable war of aggression to Ukraine, I believe that conservatives must make it clear that Putin must stop and Putin will pay," he added. "There can be no room in the conservative movement for apologists to Putin.

☆ Mike Pence dodged a question on whether he would vote for Trump in 2024: 'There might be somebody else I'd prefer more'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pence dodged a question about whether he would vote for Trump again in 2024. He was asked by a student if he would vote for Trump if his ex-boss became the 2024 Republican nominee for president. Pence paused for a moment before smiling and saying: "Well, there might be somebody else I'd prefer more." The Post spoke to Pence's advisers, who said the former vice president has turned down several invitations to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. A spokesman for Pence did not immediately respond to Insider's question on Pence's intention to run for president in 2024.

☆ Pence calls for the US to continue to support Ukraine 'until peace is restored' after Kevin McCarthy suggests GOP will slow aid
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence declared that Republicans should not abandon Ukraine as it continues to fight Russia. Pence's said American support must remain "until Russia relents and until peace is restored." And we must continue to provide the generosity, compassion, and prayers of the American people until Russia relents and until peace is restored." Pence even echoed an FDR phrase that President Joe Biden has also used, calling the US an "arsenal of democracy" amid Russia's war. Depending on how key midterm races shake out, the GOP could add even more Ukraine-skeptic lawmakers to their ranks.

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's the 'last person that the RNC or the national party wants' to be Trump's 2024 running mate
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene said she and Trump have discussed her being his 2024 running mate. Greene told New York Times reporter Robert Draper that she "would be honored" to serve as Trump's running mate. "I think the last person that the RNC or the national party wants is me as his running mate," she told Draper in an excerpt of his forthcoming book, "Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind." Pence has declared that Trump was "wrong" to suggest he had the ability to overturn the election. "Frankly, there is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president," Pence said in a February 2022 speech before the Federalist Society.

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the committee's plans told NBC News Thursday. On his way to the hearing, Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters the panel had not yet ruled out a subpoena for Trump. He said at the start of the hearing that the committee would take a vote "based on new evidence." Thursday's hearing would once again place Trump at the center of plans to overturn the election, ultimately leading to the violence on Jan. 6, committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said in her opening statement. Several sitting and former presidents and vice presidents have also testified before congressional committees, including Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and Gerald R. Ford.

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