Johnathan Capehart, Elise Jordan (MSNBC screenshot)
Following a debate on MSNBC's "The Weekend" on whether former Vice President Mike Pence deserves to be the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his actions on Jan. 6th, co-host Jonathan Capehart stated he was more interested in how Donald Trump will react.
Pence will receive the award for “putting his life and career on the line” when he oversaw the certification of the 2020 presidential election results despite threats and pressure from Trump combined with an assault on the Capitol that forced lawmakers from both parties to flee.
Noting the award will be presented at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Sunday night in Boston, co-host Elise Jordan defended Pence, explaining, "I think the award is a good move just because it shows grace for anything –– what happened in the past, I'm not going to say I agreed with everything Mike Pence did as vice president certainly –– but the human capacity for change and how it is powerful when people step up and they do their job, which sometimes it is simply doing their job and not taking orders, and he could have taken orders and it could have been disastrous."
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"Come on, Elise Oprah," co-host Eugene Daniels protested before laughing.
That was when Capehart jumped in, "You know, but you know the best –– come on –– I'm just going to speak for myself. But the thing I'm most looking forward to is the reaction of ––."
"Of who?" Daniels interrupted.
"President Trump! Because it's totally going to be..." Capehart responded as he mimed Trump's head exploding.
"True Social is going to be lighting up," Jordan interjected.
"Lit, as the kids would say," Capehart agreed.
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