Pence has immense self discipline and is waiting to be president. No doubt he does what he can to influence Trump within his adoring-acolyte posture, and he and his agents must have a very good idea of what's happening around the WH.
It seems possible his faction may have secretly encouraged this op ed to help bring this pot to the boil. But, imo, no way the VP would get personally involved with a bunch of incompetents in actively subverting and usurping the elected president's authority -- and actually admitting it. This isn't exactly the A team.
What this op ed claims to be doing is probably in its entirety highly illegal, even possibly rising to conspiracy against the United States (treason), not just a highly unethical, shockingly inadequate and inept response to the crisis it claims is happening, and ass-coveringly cowardly.
All just guessing about palace intrigue, of course, but I wouldn't be surprised if Pence acted to protect the presidency against some of this usurpation even as he used it. At this point he's standing as usual at Trump's shoulder, supportively, while he waits. Or in a secret meeting discussing whether it's time.
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