Donald Trump (AFP)
Donald Trump justified threats by his supporters to hang former vice president Mike Pence, which prompted some strong reactions.
The twice-impeached one-term president made the remarks in a recording shared by ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl, who interviewed Trump for his new book, "Betrayal," and legal experts, historians and journalists were aghast.
Truly shocking is how unsurprising this is. #Trump has never been concerned about violence & stoking it for his own self gain is his how he roles: \u201cExclusive audio: Trump defends threats to "hang" #Pence.https://bit.ly/30cFXaq— Maya Wiley (@Maya Wiley) 1636722928
There is no bottom to Trump\u2019s depravity.https://www.axios.com/trump-hang-mike-pence-january-6-audio-4f147245-becf-4766-ac60-7acece6862be.html\u00a0\u2026— Ahmed Baba (@Ahmed Baba) 1636723006
Donald Trump in a taped defended, quite extensively, supporters who threatened to "hang" Mike Pence. In case you forgot who he was.https://www.axios.com/trump-hang-mike-pence-january-6-audio-4f147245-becf-4766-ac60-7acece6862be.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare\u00a0\u2026— Citizens for Ethics (@Citizens for Ethics) 1636723126
Very cool of Jon Karl to sit on audio of Trump defending the \u201chang Mike Pence\u201d chants for 8 months so he can sell some copies of his book. #journalismism— Parker Molloy (@Parker Molloy) 1636725399
Former Pres. Trump\u2014in a taped interview with \u2066@jonkarl\u2069 of \u2066@ABC\u2069 that was shared with \u2066@axios\u2069\u2014defended, quite extensively, supporters who threatened to "hang" former VP Mike Pence.\n\n\u2066@mikeallen\u2069https://www.axios.com/trump-hang-mike-pence-january-6-audio-4f147245-becf-4766-ac60-7acece6862be.html\u00a0\u2026— Alex Salvi (@Alex Salvi) 1636719344
Trump confirms to @jonkarl that he had updates on Mike Pence's actions/status at a time when a Trump-incited was hunting him down, chanting, "hang Mike Pence." This could be very very problematic for Trump.\n\nhttps://www.axios.com/trump-hang-mike-pence-january-6-audio-4f147245-becf-4766-ac60-7acece6862be.html\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/uLzcfhcDyt— emptywheel (@emptywheel) 1636716720
Because, not despite. They love this shit.— Dan Savage (@Dan Savage) 1636718594
Pretty much nothing to argue about anymore. Trump wanted to hang Mike Pence.https://twitter.com/jimvandehei/status/1459115483987419138\u00a0\u2026— Armando (@Armando) 1636716522
If you or I said this about a VP, or an office seeker, or perhaps about just another ordinary citizen, we\u2019d get a visit from the @fbi or the Secret Service or at least a subpoena from the @January6thCmte\n\nSOMEBODY DO THEIR FUCKING JOB AND INTERROGATE TRUMPhttps://www.axios.com/trump-hang-mike-pence-january-6-audio-4f147245-becf-4766-ac60-7acece6862be.html\u00a0\u2026— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1636722363
I was on air @cnn @newday minutes after the story broke & even after all these years of Trump's excesses had to express my shock\n\nKarl: "They were saying 'hang Mike Pence'"\n\nTrump: "Because its common sense...."\n\nCommon sense to hang his own Vice President! That's psychopathic.https://twitter.com/steven_metz/status/1459129530321354779\u00a0\u2026— Norm Eisen (@Norm Eisen) 1636721775
