Because jailing a political opponent (on recommendation or order of the president) would be a clearly impeachable offense ... and that would put a vice-president Pence next in line to assume the presidency. Of course, Trump will never get that far, but I can see Pence would think that in that unlikely situation, it would be the only chance to get rid of this nutcase he knowingly chose to run with.

of course he would say that.

I think I fully understand exactly what happened to Pence when trump got that cheer for basically chanting "lock her up!" during the debate. The cheer lifted the incredibly heavy weight that was sitting directly on Pence's chest for the previous two days. For just a moment, he got a little lift that heartened him and took the pain away, and he remembers it as one of the "better moments" because, for just a second, he felt like everyone was distracted by trump so he could sneak away with his family to an undisclosed location and nobody would notice until it was too late.

Tin pot RW dictator lovers.

With Republicans stubbornly clinging to the unreality they created.

He's just smoother about his insanity.

made of pictures of Hilary Clinton. Maybe after a few years looking at it they will realize finally they are two of the dumbest people on earth.

Then again, he probably knows this is his only chance of the big time.

Reality check, he was chosen by Trump, not the GOP...

Like the crazy woman said, "Gawd is using Trump to bring America back to him"...meaning that Trump is just a tool, and Pence is going to be the real President before 2017 is over.
And then, in their little Dominionist "7 Mountains" world view they'll get their Roe v Wade overturned, and all those evil, too smart for their own britches Liberals will get re-educated so that they'll stay in their place, or go to jail, or maybe just "disappeared", like they were in Chile and Argentina back in the day.
And the World will get smaller, with the "Good, Wealthy Christians" in charge. And Jesus will come back. All because of Trump, like that harlot in the Bible.

Because no one will mess with America when it's Strong, White and Christian again.

Haele

I think Pence is saying to himself "WTF have I got myself into"

today's GOP ... and is every bit as horrific as Trump is.

If his faith in god and grace requires Pence to accept the apologies of those who ask for forgiveness, would one of the idiots in media please, please, please ask pence the following: "If your faith guides you to accept Trump's apologies for bragging about his sexual assaults upon women, shouldn't that same faith guide you to accept Hillary's use of a private email server for which she has apologized numerous times?"

Good point. And welcome to DU.