Vice President Mike Pence accused Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee of engaging in what appeared to be a heated questioning and commentary targetting Attorney General William Barr. He criticized House Judiciary Dems over Barr's hearing.
Talking to The Story host Martha MacCallum, Pence said the panel's majority, led by Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y, was interested in hearing more than they wanted to listen. The vice president noted that Bill Barr leads the American Justice Department with great integrity, bringing a lifetime commitment to the rule of law.
He referred to the little bit he was able to watch to conclude that the Democrats were bent on hearing themselves talk more rather than hearing the attorney general of the country. Pence specifically called out Nadler's allegation during the hearing about the Federal Protective Service sending agents to Portland, Ore, to suppress violent rioting only because Donald Trump wanted footage for his campaign ads.
Pence pointed out that since July 1, the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) has reported that 188 federal law enforcement officials have had injuries while trying to quell violent protests at the hands of protesters, who he says used explosives, lasers, rocks, and kerosene to cause physical harms to those officials. He reminded that the president is bent on ensuring there are law and order in the streets, Fox News reported.
The vice president also accused presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and the radical Democrats of wanting to defund the police, adding that the Trump administration, on the other hand, will continue funding law enforcement and standing up for law and order, which began in Portland. He also responded to Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz's allegations during the hearing that Trump and Barr are making up false conspiracy theories about the drawbacks of large-scale mail-in voting.
The integrity of the vote is paramount," Pence told MacCallum. The right to vote is an important aspect of democracy, and absentee balloting is a long-established tradition, he went on to explain. Referring to Democrat-led states, Pence said there is an attempt to universally distribute ballots without the accountability that comes with absentee balloting.
Pence said that when the lack of accountability is paired with states like California that permits vote bundling or vote harvesting, it is evident that widespread fraud is possible. He said the Trump administration will continue to protect the "one person, one vote" principle of the country's election system.
As far as reopening schools for in-person instruction this fall is concerned, Pence said the country needs to move in a measured way while realizing that in-person learning important for a child's education. Pence noted that he is married to a school teacher, who is gearing up to go to the classroom in the fall, adding that they need to get the children back to school.