Charlotte Pence, the daughter of Vice President Mike Pence, sat down with the panel from "The View" this week to discuss her children's book, as well as her father, whose Christian views were previously mocked by one of its host, Joy Behar.
The VP's daughter told the hosts that her father wasn't always the religious man he is today. Charlotte, however, thinks her father's religious journey, which started in college when he shifted from Roman Catholic to born-again Christian, was an interesting phase in his life.
Despite his conservative views, Charlotte said there's one big misconception about the Vice President. According to his daughter, he doesn't actually hate anyone, regardless of what has been written about him.
"He has really strong views, he's a conservative, he's in public politics, obviously, public life, and he's called to that," Charlotte said. "But he doesn't have a bad feeling toward anyone, despite his strong beliefs."
The 25-year-old also said that she witnessed her dad and mom praying together before deciding if he would run for Vice President. So, as a daughter, she felt at peace with her father throwing himself into an unusual and challenging election campaign.
"[It was about] trusting God and kind of go down this path that they felt called to," Charlotte said.
Meanwhile, Charlotte released a children's book that centered on her real-life pet bunny. "Marlon Bundo's Day in the Life of the Vice President" also featured her mom, Karen Pence, as the illustrator. It follows the bunny's experiences as part of the Second Family.
The book, however, was eclipsed in the sales ranking at Amazon's by a parody book "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo," which is about a bunny falling in love with the same sex. It came from the writers of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" and was intended to troll on the Vice President, who strongly opposes the gay lifestyle.
Charlotte admitted she bought the parody book. She also said that there's no hard feelings on her part since both bunny books will share part of their profits to charity and it's something she's willing to get behind instead of making this a divisive issue.
Proceeds to Charlotte's book will be given to Tracy's Kids, which helps children with cancer, and A21, an anti-human trafficking organization. Oliver's book will go to the Trevor Project, an LGBT youth suicide prevention organization, and AIDS United.
