In an interview with Axios journalist Mike Allen on Wednesday, Mike Pence reacted to harsh comments made by “The View” co-host Joy Behar about his Christian faith.
On Tuesday’s show, Behar remarked, “It’s one thing to talk to Jesus. It’s another thing when Jesus talks to you. That’s called mental illness if I’m not correct.”
“Can he talk to Mary Magdalene without his wife in the room?” she added, taking the distasteful jab one step further.
“I actually heard that ABC has a program that compared my Christianity to mental illness,” Pence said of Behar’s comments in the interview. “And I’d like to laugh about it, but I really can’t.”
Moreover, the Vice President expressed that the joke made at his expense was a bigger insult to the tens of millions of Americans who also hold their faith very dear.
“It’s just wrong,” stated Pence. “And it’s an insult not to me, but to the vast majority of the American people who, like me, cherish their faith. My Christianity is the most important thing in my life.”
