Mike Pence has revealed what he and Donald Trump discussed during their brief encounter at Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
In an interview with Christianity Today, the former vice president said he congratulated the president-elect on his landslide victory against Kamala Harris.
“He greeted me when he came down the aisle,” Pence explained. “I stood up, extended my hand. He shook my hand.”
”I said, ‘Congratulations, Mr. President,’ and he said, ‘Thanks, Mike.’”
Pence added that he was grateful for the “opportunity to speak to the president” and that he had “appreciated” the encounter.
“I’ve really been blessed at how much I’ve heard from people around the country who saw [our] handshake, and in that handshake, saw some hope that we might be moving past those difficult days.
“That’s certainly my hope.”
He also weighed in on the behavior of his wife, Karen Pence, who ungraciously declined to acknowledge or even look at Trump and his wife Melania during the greetings.
“You’d have to ask my wife about her posture, but we’ve been married 44 years, and she loves her husband, and her husband respects her deeply,” he said.
I think Karen is a very appropriate name for Mike Pence’s miserable wife. pic.twitter.com/zYhXnGuiqt
— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) January 9, 2025
Having once been the backbone of Trump’s support among Evangelicals, Pence became a widely despised figure after betraying Trump and the entire MAGA movement on January 6th, 2021..
On that fateful day, Pence approved the certification of the 2020 presidential election results, despite evidence of widespread fraud that ultimately tipped the outcome in favor of Joe Biden.
Since then, Pence launched his own humiliating presidential campaign in which he dropped out before the primaries after failing to gain any measure support.
After promising to support the eventual Republican nominee, Pence went back on his word again and refused to endorse Trump in the general election.
Following Trump’s victory, Pence said he was “literally praying” that Trump would not pardon those involved in the January 6th protests.
“I don’t think the president should pardon anyone who assaulted a police officer at the United States Capitol on January 6,” Pence said at the time.
“Karen and I are literally praying that President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance will stand on the commitments that they will make when they raise their right hands on that day.”
Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon some or all of the January 6th protesters on his first day in office.
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