Are Pence and Trump really on the same ticket? It’s striking how much of Pence’s material tonight has never been discussed by Trump. Pence criticized Russia’s takeover of Crimea just now, as almost all mainstream U.S. politicians have done. But it was only a few months ago that Trump said exactly the opposite on ABC News: “You know, the people of Crimea, from what I’ve heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.”