Steve Chapman had the opportunity to hear Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, now Donald Trump’s running mate, give a speech in 2010 about the proper character and conduct of a candidate holding office. Based on Pence’s comments, how could he possibly accept serving somebody like Trump?
Pence’s subject that day was the presidency, a topic on which he had—I can’t say “has”—uncompromising opinions. His mission was to instruct his audience on the proper characteristics and conduct of anyone holding the office. Though he largely avoided the name “Barack Obama,” it was clear he thought the 44th president is an affront to the Framers.
The presidency’s “powers are vast and consequential, its requirements—from the outset and by definition—impossible for mortals to fulfill without humility and insistent attention to its purposes as set forth in the Constitution of the United States,” declared Pence, his gaze steely and his jaw firmly set.
Of power, he said, “Those who are entrusted with it must educate themselves in self-restraint.”
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