When former national security adviser Michael Flynn needed someone to assure the American people that he hadn't had conversations with Russians that he did indeed have, Vice President Mike Pence showed up in spades on CBS's Face the Nation. Now, Pence has a new assignment: selling Trump's voter fraud delusions. Ben Kamisar writes:

Vice President Pence is in the process of selecting members for a White House task force investigating President Trump's unproven claims that millions of cases of voter fraud cost him the popular vote in last year's election. White House press secretary Sean Spicer mentioned the development with little fanfare during Wednesday's press conference. "He’s announcing that Vice President Mike Pence will lead a task force on this," Spicer said when asked about Trump's accusations that 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally in 2016. The White House so far has not offered evidence that so many people filed illegal ballots. "He named the task force, and the vice president is starting to gather names and individuals to be a part of it.”

Wow, nothing like being tapped to run down a rabbit hole as the pr*sident's errand boy on a mission that's going nowhere.

Pence is really going to have to dig deep to find something that satisfies the deluder-in-chief’s fantasies about “winning” the popular vote. And whatever Pence turns up, just remember that he also delivered a passionate defense of the now-resigned Michael Flynn.