To be clear, Pence had brought some of this madness on himself. Instead of using his credibility as a mature believer to steer his party away from the sacrilegious God-and-country claptrap being pushed by Trump and his party throughout 2020, the vice president had joined in. “Let’s fix our eyes on Old Glory and all she represents,” Pence declared during a speech to the Republican National Convention. “Let’s fix our eyes on the author and perfecter of our faith and freedom, and never forget that where the spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. And that means freedom always wins.”
