11. “Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Vice Presidential Selection Introduction,” C-SPAN video, 49:03, July 16, 2016, www.c-span.org/video/?412804-1/donald-trump-announces-governor-mike-pence-running-mate.
12. “Chris Christie Reacts to Losing Vice Presidential Nomination,” YouTube video, 0:42, posted by “NJ.com,” July 17, 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwhxzxkUYFg.
13. “Coll: U.S. Needs Diplomacy to Complement Military in Afghanistan,” Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, February 5, 2018, www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/coll-u-s-needs-diplomacy-to-complement-military-in-afghanistan-1154504771792?playlist=associated.
14. Tom LoBianco, “Former intel chief says WH worried over re-elect ‘narrative,’” CNN, December 2, 2015, www.cnn.com/2015/12/01/politics/michael-flynn-obama-isis/.
15. “Top Trump Adviser Defends Payment for Russian Speaking Engagement,” Yahoo News, July 18, 2016, www.yahoo.com/news/trump-supporter-defends-payment-russian-175611942.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma.
16. Andrew Kaczynski, “Michael Flynn in August: Islamism a ‘Vicious Cancer’ in Body of all Muslims That ‘Has to Be Excised,’” CNN, November 22, 2016, www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/kfile-michael-flynn-august-speech/index.html.
17. Blade Staff, “VP Candidate Pence Gives Campaign Speech in Rossford,” Toledo Blade, October 7, 2016, www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2016/10/07/Vice-presidential-candidate-Mike-Pence-makes-campaign-appearance-in-Rossford.html.
18. Daniel Victor, “‘Access Hollywood’ Reminds Trump: ‘The Tape Is Very Real,’” New York Times, November 28, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/us/politics/donald-trump-tape.html; Ryan Sit, “Mike Pence’s Wife Thinks Donald Trump Is ‘Reprehensible’ And ‘Totally Vile,’” Newsweek, December 5, 2017, www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-karen-pence-vile-reprehensible-donald-trump-access-hollywood-sexual-735181.
19. Pence interview with “CBS This Morning,” October 14, 2016. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjGN7orhc8c&feature=youtu.be&t=3m49s.
20. Authors’ interview with Phil Sharp.
10: Russians, What Russians?
1. John Wagner, “Chris Christie: ‘I Wouldn’t Let General Flynn in the White House, Let Alone Give Him a Job,’” Washington Post, May 22, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/22/chris-christie-i-wouldnt-let-general-flynn-in-the-white-house-let-alone-give-him-a-job/?utm_term=.07ab442103e7.
2. Eli Watkins, “Chris Christie: ‘I Warned Trump About Flynn,’” CNN, May 22, 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/chris-christie-mike-flynn/index.html.
3. Dan Priest, “Trump Adviser Michael T. Flynn on His Dinner with Putin and Why Russia Today Is Just Like CNN,” Washington Post, August 15, 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/15/trump-adviser-michael-t-flynn-on-his-dinner-with-putin-and-why-russia-today-is-just-like-cnn/?utm_term=.9fd8c585ed92.
4. Tamara Keith, “Mike Pence Says Trump Never Said That. Well, He Did,” NPR, October 5, 2016, www.npr.org/2016/10/05/496691508/mike-pence-says-trump-never-said-that-well-he-did.
5. Matthew Haag and Maya Salam, “Gunman in ‘Pizzagate’ Shooting Is Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison,” New York Times, June 22, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/pizzagate-attack-sentence.html.
6. Michael McFaul, “Let’s Get the Facts Right on Foreign Involvement in Our Elections,” Washington Post, December 10, 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/12/10/lets-get-the-facts-right-on-foreign-involvement-in-our-elections/?utm_term=.54cf357b2fe1.
7. Russell Berman, “A President Without an Administration,” Atlantic, January 3, 2017, www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/trump-transition-cabinet-behind-schedule/511928/.
8. “Statement by the President on Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment,” White House Obama Presidency Archives, December 29, 2016, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/29/statement-president-actions-response-russian-malicious-cyber-activity.
9. Matthew Nussbaum, “Pence Is Half a World Away from D.C. Drama,” Politico, January 20, 2018, www.politico.com/story/2018/01/20/government-shutdown-mike-pence-middle-east-353310.
10. Michael S. Schmidt, Sharon LaFraniere, and Scott Shane, “Emails Dispute White House Claims That Flynn Acted Independently on Russia,” New York Times, December 2, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/russia-mcfarland-flynn-trump-emails.html.
11. James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership (New York: Flatiron Books, 2018).
12. “Statement by the President of Russia,” President of Russia website, December 30, 2016, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/53678.
13. Peter Eisner and Knut Royce, The Italian Letter: The Forgery That Started the Iraq War (New York: Rodale, 2014), Kindle edition.
14. Alan He, “Mike Pence Walks a Fine Line on Donald Trump’s Tweets Regarding Hacking,” CBS News, January 5, 2017, www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-pence-walks-a-fine-line-on-donald-trumps-tweets-regarding-hacking.
15. James Clapper, Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence (New York: Viking Press, 2018).
16. Ibid., p. 395. After the fact and once retired from government, however, Clapper said the Russians did have a very particular impact.
17. Tony Cook, Chelsea Schneider, and Kaitlin Lange, “With Pence Gone, Fellow Republicans Undo His Work in Indiana,” Indianapolis Star, February 9, 2017.
18. David Ignatius, “Why Did Obama Dawdle on Russia’s Hacking?,” Washington Post, January 12, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-did-obama-dawdle-on-russias-hacking/2017/01/12/75f878a0-d90c-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html?utm_term=.cbbb29ec89bd.
19. The U.S. Intelligence Community reported that it had not been tasked and could not assess the success of Russian efforts to undermine the election result. See the intelligence findings “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections” (Washington, D.C.: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2017), www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf.
20. Greg Miller, Adam Entous, and Ellen Nakashima, “National Security Adviser Flynn Discussed Sanctions with Russian Ambassador, Despite Denials, Officials Say,” Washington Post, February 9, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-adviser-flynn-discussed-sanctions-with-russian-ambassador-despite-denials-officials-say/2017/02/09/f85b29d6-ee11-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?utm_term=.8a2705a09714.
21. For details on transition funding, see Travis Lewis, GSA, letter to Peter Smith, Center for Public Integrity, January 16, 2018, www.documentcloud.org/documents/4361895-Center-for-Pub-Integrity-Statement.html.
22. The Park County, Wyoming, school district near Yellowstone National Park that DeVos referred to did finally vote in 2018 to allow teachers to carry guns, not against grizzlies, but to protect against human intruders, whether the move was a good idea or not. Mead Gruver, “Wyoming District Allows Armed Staff in Area Cited by DeVos,” Associated Press, April 18, 2018, https://apnews.com/cbdb18dd45994ad2b8175f47dbc50a32/Wyoming-district-allows-armed-staff-in-area-cited-by DeVos?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APWestRegion.
11: Shadow President
1. Justin Levitt, “A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast,” Washington Post, August 6, 2014. For perspective on Republican voter fraud claims, see Matt Dunlap, “I Was on Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission. Its Demise Was Inevitable,” Washington Post, January 7, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-was-on-trumps-voter-fraud-commission-its-demise-was-inevitable/2018/01/07/b5c1bec8-f261-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html?utm_term=.768de6c837af; “PA GOP leader admits Voter ID is for Democratic vote suppression,” Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, July 18, 2013, www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/pa-gop-leader-admits-voter-id-is-for-democratic-vote-suppression-37641795643.
2. On the Indiana Voter Registration project, Craig Veroga, interview with the authors, May 31, 2018; Vanessa Williams, “Indiana Voter Registration Group, Employees Charged with Falsifying Applications
,” Washington Post, June 9, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/09/indiana-voter-registration-group-employees-charged-with-falsifying-applications/.
3. Christopher Ingraham, “Federal Judge Upholds Fine Against Kris Kobach for ‘Pattern’ of ‘Misleading the Court’ in Voter-ID Cases,” Washington Post, July 26, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/26/federal-judge-upholds-fine-against-kris-kobach-for-pattern-of-misleading-the-court-in-voter-id-cases/.
4. Pam Fessler, “Trump’s Voting Commission Embroiled in New Controversy Ahead of Next Meeting,” NPR, September 12, 2017, www.npr.org/2017/09/12/550253168/trump-s-voting-commission-embroiled-in-new-controversy-ahead-of-next-meeting.
5. Philip Bump, “There Have Been Just Four Documented Cases of Voter Fraud in the 2016 Election,” Washington Post, December 1, 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/0-000002-percent-of-all-the-ballots-cast-in-the-2016-election-were-fraudulent/.
6. “Full Transcript of VP Mike Pence’s Historic Speech to March for Life,” LifeSite, January 27, 2017, www.lifesitenews.com/news/vp-mike-pence-full-transcript-2017-march-for-life-address.
7. Nick Visser, “Mike Pence’s Press Secretary Won’t Say If His Boss Met with Russians,” Huffington Post, July 13, 2017, www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-marc-lotter-fox-news-no-answer_us_5966f931e4b0a8d46d12100b.
8. Joel K. Goldstein, “Why Pence’s One-Sided Bromance Is Dangerous,” December 23, 2017, CNN, www.cnn.com/2017/12/22/opinions/vice-president-sycophant-pence-trump-goldstein-opinion/index.html.
9. Kathryn Watson, “Pence Statement: Accusations Against Roy Moore ‘Very Disturbing,’ CBS News, November 9, 2017, www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-pence-roy-moore-allegations-disqualify-anyone-from-office/.
12: Good Cop / Crazy Cop
1. For Pence’s remarks on Israel, see “Remarks by the Vice President at In Defense of Christian Solidarity Dinner,” White House, October 25, 2017, www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-vice-president-defense-christians-solidarity-dinner/.
2. Dennis C. Sasso, “Indiana Jews Have Long Been Repelled by Mike Pence’s anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Choice Stances,” Haaretz, August 6, 2016, www.haaretz.com/world-news/indiana-jews-know-pence-s-restrictive-stances-all-too-well-1.5419617.
3. Gabriel Sherman, “Hollinger Hell: Jerusalem Post Suit Filed Here,” Observer, September 19, 2005, http://observer.com/2005/09/hollinger-hell-ijerusalem-posti-suit-filed-here/. Following his dismissal, Rose filed a defamation suit that was later dismissed. Ben Sales, “Four things to know about Bret Stephens, the latest Jewish Grey Lady columnist,” https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/four-things-to-know-about-bret-stephens-the-latest-jewish-grey-lady-columnist/. Rose has defended his tenure during the time the paper faced financial difficulties, claiming, “That paper wouldn’t exist today if we hadn’t done something.” Daniel S. Comiskey, “Making Waves,” Indianapolis Monthly, Dec. 2, 2011, www.indianapolismonthly.com/features/making-waves/
4. Jeff Mason, “Pence Tells Egypt’s Sisi That U.S. Would Back Two-State Solution,” Reuters, January 20, 2018, www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-egypt/pence-tells-egypts-sisi-that-u-s-would-back-two-state-solution-idUSKBN1F90YG.
5. Udi Shaham and Tovah Lazaroff, “Pence Arrives After Saying U.S. Won’t Let Iran Dominate Mideast,” Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2018, www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-Vice-President-Pence-arrives-in-Israel-in-third-stop-of-Middle-East-visit-539378.
6. Ibid.
7. Amir Tibon, “VP Pence to Speak at Knesset, Visit Western Wall During Upcoming Visit to Israel,” Haaretz, January 22, 2018, www.haaretz.com/israel-news/pence-to-meet-netanyahu-speak-at-knesset-amid-palestinian-anger-1.5750103.
8. “Karen Pence to i24NEWS: ‘It’s Moving to Be in Israel, Where Jesus Walked,’” i24News, January 22, 2018, www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/165788-180122-karen-pence-to-i24news-it-s-moving-to-be-in-israel-where-jesus-walked.
9. Shany Littman, “Citing ‘Dictatorship,’ Israeli Artist Wants His Work Removed from the Knesset,” Haaretz, June 15, 2016, www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-artist-wants-his-work-removed-from-the-knesset-1.5396610.
10. For Pence’s full speech in the Knesset, see “Vice President Pence Address to the Israeli Knesset,” C-SPAN video, 32:06, January 22, 2018, www.c-span.org/video/?440058-1/vice-president-pence-addresses-israeli-knesset.
11. Joshua Blachovsky, interview with the authors, February 8, 2018.
12. Amit Gvaryahu, “Lucky the Jews Didn’t Understand What Mike Pence Was Really Saying,” Haaretz, January 27, 2018, www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/1.5764783.
13. Michael Virtanen, “Pence Touts Tax Cuts, Slams Manchin in West Virginia,” US News, January 31, 2018, www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-01-31/pence-touts-tax-cuts-slams-manchin-in-west-virginia.
14. “The Partisan Divide on Political Values Grows Even Wider,” October 5, 2017, Pew Research, www.people-press.org/2017/10/05/the-partisan-divide-on-political-values-grows-even-wider/.
15. Brandon Carter, “Pence Declines to Answer on Why He Seems ‘Out of the Loop’ on Major News,” Hill, February 8, 2018, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373017-pence-declines-to-answer-question-on-why-he-seems-out-of-the-loop-on.
13: Not So Humbled
1. Will Higgins, “In Pence’s Hometown of Columbus, a Gay Pride Festival Draws a Larger Than Expected Crowd,” Indianapolis Star, April 14, 2018.
Epilogue: The Man Who Would Be President
1. For crowd size and games, see Eric Bradner, “Conway: Trump White House Offered ‘Alternative Facts’ on Crowd Size,” CNN, January 23, 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/01/22/politics/kellyanne-conway-alternative-facts/index.html; Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller, and Matthew Pennington, “Korea Summit After All? Trump Says ‘Everybody Plays Games,’” Dallas News, May 25, 2018.
2. For Christian nationalism, see Julie J. Ingersoll, Building God’s Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstruction (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015).
3. Rebecca Klein, “Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn Under Fire,” Huffington Post, August 1, 2013, www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/larry-arnn-dark-ones-hillsdale_n_3691839.html; Jonathan Ellis, “Sex, Lies and Suicide,” Salon.com, January 19, 2000, www.salon.com/2000/01/19/hillsdale/.
4. Glen Kessler, “Pence’s Claim That ‘Religion in America Isn’t Receding. It’s Just the Opposite,’” Washington Post, May 15, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/15/pences-claim-that-religion-in-america-isnt-receding-its-just-the-opposite/.
5. Laura Italiano, “Reagan’s Daughter: My Dad Would Be ‘Appalled’ by Trump Presidency,” New York Post, June 4, 2018, https://nypost.com/2018/06/04/reagans-daughter-my-dad-would-be-appalled-by-trump-presidency/.
6. Burgess Everett, “Pence tries to soothe GOP over South Korea military exercises,” June 12, 2018, Politico, www.politico.com/story/2018/06/12/pence-korea-military-exercises-642046.
7. “IMF could be based in Beijing in a decade,” Lagarde, Reuters, July 24, 2017. www.reuters.com/article/us-imf-china-lagarde/imf-could-be-based-in-beijing-in-a-decade-lagarde-idUSKBN1A922L.
8. Nina Burleigh, “Does God Believe in Trump? White Evangelicals Are Sticking with Their ‘Prince of Lies,’” Newsweek, October 5, 2017, www.newsweek.com/2017/10/13/donald-trump-white-evangelicals-support-god-677587.html.
9. Von Lucas Wiegelmann, “Meet the Preacher Who Teaches the Bible to the U.S. Cabinet,” Welt Am Sonntag, October 29, 2017, www.welt.de/kultur/article170140247/Meet-the-preacher-who-teaches-the-Bible-to-the-US-Cabinet.html; Ralph Drollinger, “The ISIS Threat: The Bible on When War is Justifiable—Part 1,” Capitol Ministries (blog), July 6, 2015, https://capmin.org/the-isis-threat-the-bible-on-when-war-is-justifiable/; Ralph Drollinger, “How Would You Rate Level of Spiritual Discernment?,” Capitol Ministries (blog), March 24, 2014, https://capmin.org/how-would-you-rate-your-level-of-spiritual-discernment/; Ralph Drollinger, “Institutions: Are You a Tritutionalist or a Pentetutionalist?” Capitol Ministries
(blog), October 30, 2017, https://capmin.org/are-you-a-tritutionalist-or-a-pentetutionalist.
10. “Summit Church God and Country Rally 2015,” YouTube Video, 42:37, filmed June 28, 2015, posted by “Summit Church,” July 8, 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO0opXYM52w.
11. For Southern Baptist Convention speech and immigration, see Christianity Today editor’s quote, https://twitter.com/kateshellnutt/status/1006943339369959434. Tom Gjelten, “Pence Speech Riles Some As Southern Baptist Moderates Gain Strength,” NPR.com June 14, 2018 www.npr.org/2018/06/14/619806451/pence-speech-riles-some-as-southern-baptists-moderates-gain-strength.
12. Joe Marusak, “Franklin Graham rips separating kids and parents at border: ‘It’s disgraceful.’” Charlotte Observer, June 14, 2018.
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