Kudlow Disappointed With Trump’s Treatment Of Pence

Axios reports:

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow criticized President Trump’s response to last week’s U.S. Capitol siege and his treatment of Vice President Mike Pence in the aftermath of the 2020 election, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

Kudlow said he considered resigning after the Capitol violence, but spoke with other senior White House officials and decided that “we needed to do the work of the country in the last 10 days or so.”

Kudlow was also “very disappointed” with Trump’s public criticism of Pence. The president turned on his VP after Pence said he would certify Biden’s win. “[V]irtually, except for a few extremists, the entire legal profession agreed with Pence,” Kudlow said.

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Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, in an 80-minute interview with @WSJ, criticized Trump’s response to the riot and said of his attacks on Pence: “I was very disappointed in the president.” https://t.co/soeqshqjql

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 15, 2021