June 18 — Former Vice President Mike Pence

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🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Former Vice President Mike Pence joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to weigh in on the federal indictment of his former boss, former President Donald Trump, and his own campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, former Vice President Mike Pence responds to the federal indictment of Donald Trump.
0:07.4	I don't know why some of my competitors in the Republican primary presume the president
0:12.8	would be found guilty. Look, all we know is what the president has been accused of in the indictment.
0:19.6	If you were President Biden, would you pardon him right now?
0:21.6	I just think this whole matter is incredibly divisive for the country.
0:25.6	As he launches his own run for the White House, he explains where he differs with his former running man.
0:31.6	In 2016, Donald Trump promised to govern as a conservative. But he makes no such promise today.
0:38.3	His criticism and how Trump would lead on the world stage.
0:41.5	My former running mate, seeing war raging in Eastern Europe, is signaling an ambiguous message.
0:48.2	I'm not even able to say who he would prefer to see win the war in Ukraine.
0:52.5	And now he thinks he can build support for his own campaign.
0:55.8	Who is a Pence supporter?
0:57.4	And how does it differentiate right now from a Trump supporter?
1:00.1	I know the people in our movement.
1:02.4	My exclusive interview with Mike Pence making history
1:05.0	as the first former vice president to ever directly challenge
1:08.4	his running mate in a prime.
1:10.7	Joining me for insight and analysis all, NBC News Senior Washington Corp. President to ever directly challenge his running mate in a primary.
1:16.0	Joining me for insight and analysis all, NBC News Senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson,
1:21.6	New York Times Chief White House correspondent Peter Baker, Kimberly Atkins Storr, senior opinion writer for the Boston Globe, and Stephen Hayes, editor of The Dispatch.
1:26.9	Welcome to Sunday.
1:28.9	It's Meet the Press.
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