Obama's criticism of Trump is "very disappointing," says Pence

Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday accused former President Barack Obama of breaking with the presidential tradition, criticizing the former commander-in-chief after uttering harsh criticisms against him. Trump administration in a speech last week.

"It was very disappointing to see President Obama break with the tradition of former presidents and become so political and make the same tired arguments as he and the Liberals over the last eight years," said Pence in an interview on " Fox News Sunday ". . "

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In a speech delivered Friday at the University of Illinois, Obama attacked for the first time directly against Trump. The speech triggered Obama's campaign on behalf of the Democrats ahead of the mid-term elections.

But Mr Pence said Obama's critics would draw a favorable contrast between Democrats and Republicans in the campaign.

"In 2016, the American people rejected the policies and leadership of Barack Obama in the election of President Donald Trump," he said.

Pence also insisted on Trump's pressure to have the Justice Department investigate the identity of an anonymous New York Times editor written by a senior administration official who said officials were working to mine Trump.

Asked by interviewer Chris Wallace about the law that the author could have violated, Pence replied, "We will find out if criminal activity has been involved."

The Vice President added, "I think the president's concern is that this person may have responsibilities in the field of national security, and they have now published an anonymous editorial stating that". they introduce themselves, in this administration and trying to thwart and overthrow the agenda, the president was elected to advance, well, it is an important issue.

Pence criticized the podium and asked the author to take a step forward and resign.

"It's anti-American," said Pence. "Having someone who literally celebrates every day to thwart the agenda that the president and I chose to elect, it's really an attack on our democracy, and it should be condemned. "

Pence added that he would take a lie detector test "in the blink of an eye" to show that he was not the author of the editorial, but he said it was up to Trump to decide if officials of the administration would take a polygraph.