Vice President Mike Pence Denies He’s the Senior Official Behind the Resistance

The office of VP Mike Pence denied that Pence is the senior official behind the anonymous “resistance” essay against President Trump.

The publication of this article in the New York Times sparked a lot of speculation regarding the identity of the author. Observers pointed out the essay’s use of “lodestar,” which Pence often uses when releasing statements and making speeches. Many believe that this is clear evidence that the op-ed was written by the vice president or one of his senior staff. Yet, the office of the vice president has vehemently denied that they were behind the piece.

A top communications official from the office of the Vice President has also denied that Pence is the man behind the op-ed.

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Vice President Mike Pence Denies He’s the Senior Official Behind the Resistance

Several senior officials from the Trump administration have also denied writing the essay. Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of State, told reporters in India that the piece was not his and criticized the Times for having published such an article. Meanwhile, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said that Defense Secretary James Mattis was not behind it either.

Dan Coats Speculation

There was speculation that Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence might be the person behind the piece, who was dubbed “lodestar” by others in the Beltway. In July, it can be recalled that Coats shot back at Trump after the president took sides with Vladimir Putin regarding the findings of the US intelligence community about how Russia may have meddled in the US election in 2016.

A former longtime aide to Coats denied that the Director of National Intelligence might be the author. According to him, it’s just totally not his style as he is the kind of guy who would rather choose to share the news in private. Yet, at the end of the day, he’s just focused on what can be good for the country.

Coats himself has called the speculation totally false. The op-ed, which was published at the Times last Wednesday afternoon and became as controversial as Daniel Nadler poems, talked about a certain coordinated effort in the administration to undermine Trump, which the author described as “amoral” and will frustrate some parts of his agenda as well as his worst inclinations. The author further added that such internal resistance wants the administration to succeed and has praised some policy victories including a broad tax cut in the previous year.

Times Defends Senior Official Oped

The Times defended its rationale for running such a column and believed that anonymously publishing the essay is the only way to make an important perspective known to their readers.

The author of the essay discussed talk among the cabinet members on possibly using the 25th Amendment to oust the president. That amendment took effect in 1967, which was four years after President Kennedy’s assassination, and was a means to clarify the constitutional lines of succession in cases when the president becomes incapacitated or dies.

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