CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 15, 2022
WHATEVER YOU THINK OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE – AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR DECADES AND THINK A LOT OF HIM – YOU WILL WANT TO READ HIS NEW BOOK “SO HELP ME GOD.”
NOT ONLY IS IT AN ACCOUNT OF HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS GROWING UP IN INDIANA, IT ALSO GIVES A FIRST HAND INSIDE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THE CAPITOL RIOT ON JANUARY 6, 2021. AND IT REVEALS EVEN MORE ABOUT HIS DEEP FAITH IN CHRIST. EACH CHAPTER BEGINS WITH A VERSE OF SCRIPTURE AND IS FULL OF PRAYER AND HOW HE HONORS HIS WIFE AND FAMILY.
IN ONE OF THE MOST REVEALING MOMENTS, PENCE IS BEING PRESSURED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GO AGASINST HIS AUTHORITY AS VICE PRESIDENT AND THE CONSTITUTION AND REFUSE TO COUNT THE ELECTORAL VOTES AS REQUIRED. HE QUOTES TRUMP AS SAYING, “YOU’RE TOO HONEST.” TALK ABOUT A GREAT CHARACTER REFERENCE.
THROUGHOUT THE BOOK, PENCE DEMONSTRATES HIS LOYALTY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, EVEN WHEN HE DISAGREES WITH HIM, WHICH IS RARE. HE TELLS TRUMP HE CONTINUALLY PRAYS FOR HIM. AT THEIR LAST MEETING BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE HE TELLS HIM AGAIN AND QUOTES TRUMP AS RESPONDING: “DON’T BOTHER.” THAT SAYS A LOT. THE BOOK IS OUT TODAY “SO HELP ME GOD.” I’M CAL THOMAS.
