Pence says he doesn’t question Romney’s faith

Talking to CNBC’s Wilfred Frost on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” today, US Vice President Mike Pence said that he does not question Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah)’s faith, but his judgement.

Romney, on Wednesday, voted to convict President Donald Trump of abuse of power for pressuring Ukraine into investigating political rivals, including former Vice President Joe Biden, but he voted with his party against the second article of impeachment (obstruction of Congress).

According to the interview’s unofficial transcript that US and Global News received via email from NBCUniversal, which owns CNBC, Frost had asked Pence, “He [Romney] said he felt it was his duty to do so. And he said quote, he had an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it. Clearly, you disagreed with his vote. Can you forgive his motivation?”

Pence replied, “Well, look, I don’t question his faith, I just question his judgment.”

Not saying anything more about Romney, the vice president added, “We couldn’t be more grateful for all the members of the House and the Senate, who not only stood by President Trump and stood by the presidency, stood by the Constitution and rejected this partisan impeachment, saw it for what it was look at the facts and acquitted the President of the United States this week in the United States Senate.”

He reiterated Trump and the administration feel gratitude “for all those who saw through this partisan impeachment.”

“You saw the President yesterday thanking those individual members,” said Pence. “And we will stay focused on the gratitude that this President this administration feels for all those who saw through this partisan impeachment, the sham investigation, sorry for what it was.”

The full interview can be watched on CNBC’s website, here.

While Pence does not question Romney’s faith, his boss, the president, does, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.