Mike Pence

Is Kamala Harris Really the Least Popular VP in a Half-Century?

The right has seized on the argument, which is based on shoddy interpretation of polls and ignores the fact that net favorability ratings for current officials are much more affected by partisan polarization than for their predecessors decades ago. 

Vice Presidential Loyalty and Independence

by Ron Faucheux

As the Trump era comes to an end, Vice President Pence is paddling his own boat. Where he goes is now up to him––and him alone.

Pence Under Pressure To Follow Vote Certification Procedure But Also Please Trump

Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer joins Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd to discuss the difficult position that Vice President Mike Pence is in ahead of the formal Electoral College vote certification in Congress.

Demon vs. Monster: The Vice-Presidential Debate and an Historian’s Harassment

by Hank Reichman

Experience suggests that when institutions issue these kinds of condemnatory statements the harassers are only encouraged to push harder, says Hank Reichman, Chair of the American Association of Univrersity Professors Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.

Two Visions of Higher Education Illuminate the Chasm between Harris and Pence

by Marybeth Gasman and Adam Laats

The Vice Presidential candidates' university affiliations--Harris's attendance at Howard and membership in a prominent Black sorority, and Pence's political affinity for Liberty University--show that both HBCUs and Evangelical colleges are important and politically significant parts of the American higher education system.

Stars and Stripes and Blasphemy

by L.D. Burnett

What we heard from Mike Pence was a white evangelical Christian swapping out the Savior for the United States flag.  

Pence's outrageous op-ed holds deeper meaning

by Jeremi Suri

Vice President Mike Pence published a powerful, but deceptive article in Friday's Wall Street Journal. 

Historians on The Political Misuses of King's Legacy

Year after year, notable figures and institutions attempt to recast Martin Luther King Jr. as champion of causes that don't align with his legacy.

Julian Zelizer blasts Pence for comparing Donald Trump to MLK

Zelizer said the Trump administration is "antithetical to absolutely everthing" King fought for. 

Pence's shocking use of Martin Luther King's words

by Julian Zelizer

As we've seen, nothing about this administration resembles King's ideals.

Jonathan Zimmerman says Donald Trump should be given a pardon in exchange for resigning

"Mike Pence should make Donald Trump an offer he can't refuse: Full pardon if he resigns the presidency and ends our national nightmare."

Back in the 1990s Mike Pence made a moral case for removing a president from office

He argued that morality and integrity to the office of the presidency were vital.

Remember When Pence Praised Trump to His Face 14 Times in Under 3 Minutes?

by Joel K. Goldstein

Four decades after it was reinvented by Carter and Mondale, the Office of the Vice Presidency is sinking in status.

Mike Pence Is No Jerry Ford

by Ronald L. Feinman

If Trump goes, we won’t be able to say our long national nightmare is over.

What Awaits Us If Pence Replaces Trump?

by Michael A. Genovese

A theocracy.

Vice President Pence Cited a Fake Thomas Jefferson Quote

Quoting Pence: "Thomas Jefferson said, ‘Government that governs least governs best.’" Thomas Jefferson didn't actually say that.

Mike Pence on Confederate Statues: I'm "Someone Who Believes in More Monuments"

He told Fox & Friends "what we have to walk away from is a desire by some to erase parts of our history just in the name of some contemporary political cause."

Mike Pence’s Big Decision

by Richard Moe

Where does his ultimate loyalty lie?

NYT uncovers the story of Pence’s Irish grandfather

When Mr. Pence was a toddler, overshadowed by talkative older brothers, his grandfather taught him to recite “Humpty Dumpty” in Gaelic.

Why Indiana Is Feeling Plucky Again!

by Jeff Tenuth

With Pence’s ascension, it’s back where the action is – and that’s where it was for a long long time.