MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is pressuring Vice President Mike Pence on his false statement that Russian interference did not impact the election results, and the heat is so intense that Pence’s office is refusing to answer.
Here is how it all went down:
Pence said:
Pence: "Irrespective of efforts that were made in 2016 by foreign powers, it is the universal conclusion of our intelligence communities that none of those efforts had any impact on the outcome of the 2016 election" #Axios360
— Axios (@axios) February 14, 2018
Maddow responded:
Exactly right. Pompeo had to issue a public correction through the CIA when he made the same false assertion. I think it's unavoidable that The Vice President will have to do the same thing here. https://t.co/oMzDFQk5nH
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 14, 2018
Following up on this: office of the @VP is just refusing to return calls or make any comment on it. For now, his false statement still stands. https://t.co/Ix1glDt46G
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 15, 2018
The @VP has made several other false statements about Russia — e.g. no one from campaign had contact with Russians, Flynn didn't discuss sanctions with Russia, etc. On those, he said he was lied to. On this, though, he's just simply not telling the truth. Why not clear it up? https://t.co/unCfYm7Wr4
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 15, 2018
Rachel Maddow has extensively covered Mike Pence’s Russia lies
Maddow has discussed the connection between Mike Flynn and Mike Pence. Maddow has called out Pence’s flimsy Russia lies, and how the Russia scandal has Pence in really big trouble. There isn’t anyone else in cable news who has locked in on Mike Pence’s role in this scandal like Rachel Maddow has. The Vice President is not a Russia scandal escape hatch for Republicans. Pence is also in deep on this thing, and he has direct connections to people who have already pled guilty in the Mueller investigation.
Rachel Maddow is keeping the pressure on, and it has gotten so bad that Pence’s office is avoiding her calls.
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