Former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence have been sharply critical of each other since leaving the White House two and a half years ago.

However, that didn't stop Pence from recently coming to his old boss' defense following allegations that he was asked to help "influence" the 2020 vote count in Arizona. 

"There was no pressure at all"

According to the Daily Caller, the issue came up during an interview this weekend with CBS News' "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan, who cited a report put out last week by the Washington Post.

Asked about @washingtonpost report that Trump urged @Mike_Pence to "prod" then AZ Gov Ducey to overturn 2020 election, Pence tells @margbrennan he called Ducey & other Govs to get an update on election result reviews but doesn't recall "any pressure" from Trump to influence… pic.twitter.com/eh0JW1iBVo

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"There was no pressure at all, Margaret," Pence told Brennan on Sunday when asked about a phone call he made to then-Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.

"I was calling to get an update, passed along that information to the president. There was no more, no less than that," he explained.

Pence insists Trump didn't pressure him

"You are clearly saying you did not pressure the governor. But were you being pressured by Mr. Trump to get those— to influence Doug Ducey and did you talk about this with the Special Counsel?" the host went on to ask.

The former vice president was unequivocal in his response, insisting to Brennan that he didn’t "remember any pressure" from Trump.

"Look, the president and I— things came to a head at the end, Margaret, I’ve spoken about very openly and the president and I continue to have a strong difference," Pence added.

"I’ll always believe that by God’s grace, I did my duty under the Constitution that day in presiding over a joint session of Congress in the aftermath of the mayhem and the rioting," he stressed.

"But in the days of November and December, this was- this was an orderly process. You’ll remember there were more than 60 lawsuits underway, states were engaging in appropriate reviews and that- these contacts were no more than that," Pence added.

Pence says Trump would have kept small force in Afghanistan

In addition to talking about the 2020 election Pence also addressed President Joe Biden's disastrous pullout from Afghanistan.

Specifically, Pence said that Trump would have kept several thousand U.S. troops stationed at Bagram Airfield while withdrawing most forces from the country.

While former VP @Mike_Pence says the Trump admin. doesn't bear any responsibility for the chaotic 2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, he goes on to add the Trump admin. "ultimately would" have kept "a couple of thousand American forces" despite the deal to withdraw. pic.twitter.com/3n4xKBh22X

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