Mike Pence defends Constitution after getting Profile in Courage Award

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "I hope in some small way my presence here tonight is a reminder that whatever differences we may have as Americans, the Constitution is the common ground on which we stand.
52% : Referencing what he called "these divided times, in these anxious days," he acknowledged that he probably had differences with the Democrats in the room but also with his own Republican Party "on spending, tariffs and my belief that America is the leader of the free world and must stand with Ukraine until the Russian invasion is repelled and a just and lasting peace is secured.
47% : " His comments came hours after an interview with Trump aired in which he was asked whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens both deserve due process as laid out in the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.
44% : I don't know," Trump said when pressed in an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker.
37% : He's delivered speeches urging the president to stand with longtime foreign allies and posted an article he penned more than a decade ago on the limits of presidential power after Trump claimed that, "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law."
31% : "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify," Trump wrote at the time on X, formerly Twitter, as rioters moved through the Capitol and Pence was in hiding with his family, aides and security detail inside the building.
29% : Pence never mentioned Trump during his 10-minute speech but made several references to the Trump administration.
27% : Trump was noncommittal.
22% : " Trump pressured Pence to reject election results from swing states where the Republican president falsely claimed the vote was marred by fraud.
14% : When a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, some chanted that they wanted to "hang Mike Pence."

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