The biggest case against impeachment: You end up with Pence

Slate -On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Vice President Mike Pence compared President Donald Trump to the civil rights icon. Just like Dr. King, Trump is inspiring the nation to change through the legislative process, argued Pence.

Pence made the eyebrow-raising statement during an interview with CBS News on Sunday. At one point in the interview, host Margaret Brennan asked the vice-president why Democrats weren’t included in the process to come up with the proposal that Trump put forward Saturday to end the longest government shutdown in history. After spouting his talking points, Pence quoted the civil rights leader. “One of my favorite quotes from Dr. King was, ‘Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.’ You think of how he changed America,” the vice president said. “He inspired us to change through the legislative process to become a more perfect union. That’s exactly what President Trump is calling on the Congress to do. Come to the table in a spirit of good faith.”