Stephanopoulos played this audio for Barrasso and pressed, “Can your party tolerate a leader who defends murderous chants against his own vice president?”
The senator avoided the question, saying that “the Republican Party is incredibly united right now” and arguing that “Trump brings lots of energy to the party.” Barrasso also pointed to the Virginia election of Republican Glenn Youngkin as governor and said Trump’s economic policies are better for the country.
“So you have no problem with the president saying, hang Mike Pence is common sense?” Stephanopoulos pushed.
“I was with Mike Pence in the Senate chamber during Jan. 6. And what happened was they quickly got Vice President Pence out of there, certainly a lot faster than they removed the senators,” Barrasso replied. “I believed he was safe the whole time. I didn’t hear any of those chants. I don’t believe that he did either.”
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