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Pence will be the fourth sitting vice president to attend a Super Bowl. Vice Presidents Spiro Agnew, George H.W. Bush and Al Gore each attended the NFL championship game while in office.

Security was already slated to be tight at Sunday's event. The Department of Homeland Security had designated the Super Bowl as a top-tier national security event and federal officials have for months been involved in security planning and will help secure Houston's NRG Stadium.

Pence press secretary Marc Lotter declined to confirm Pence's attendance, but said the vice president's schedule would be released later Friday.

It's unclear whether Pence, the former Indiana governor, has a favorite as the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots face off Sunday, but that may not be the case for President Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, Falcons' owner Arthur Blank criticized Trump earlier this week for his executive order suspending the US refugee program and banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from the US as well as for the White House's statement on the Holocaust, which made no mention of Jews.

Bush, the second sitting vice president to ever attend a Super Bowl, will also do the coin toss Sunday.

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After President Donald Trump's second full week in office, George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with Vice President Mike Pence, on "This Week" Sunday.

Plus, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, weigh in on the confirmation battle for President Trump's cabinet picks and Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, and the fallout from the temporary travel ban.

And the Powerhouse Roundtable debates the week in politics, with Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indiana, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Republican strategist and CNBC contributor Sara Fagen, and former communications director for Hillary for America Jennifer Palmieri.

See the whole political picture, Sunday on This Week.

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On Monday evening, Vice President Mike Pence decided to commemorate Black History Month (February) by praising President Abraham Lincoln, the man who submitted the 13th Amendment, ending slavery once and for all in the United States of America. Naturally, this was too much for social justice warriors on Twitter, who mocked Pence for praising a white man for Black History Month.

"As #BlackHistoryMonth begins, we remember when Pres. Lincoln submitted the 13th Amendment, ending slavery, to the states #NationalFreedomDay," Pence posted on Twitter.

Pence wasn't just saying this. February 1 is National Freedom Day, a day commemorating President Lincoln's submission of the 13th Amendment. It also happens to be the first day of Black History Month, which grew out of Negro History week, the second week of February, chosen to coincide with the birthdays ofAbraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. It is arguable that the month, like the week, was chosen for the specific reference to the abolition of slavery, set in motion by Lincoln.

But 2017 social justice warriors don't care about history so long as they can make a point.

C.X. Cope, the founder of Bedlam PAC, a liberal organization which sells "Fruck Trump" t-shirts, tried to give Pence a lesson in race. ".@VP ......he was white. This is BLACK History Month," Cope himself a white man but a Black Lives Matter activist nonetheless tweeted.

SJWs launched a hashtag, #PenceBlackHistory, suggesting that praising Abraham Lincoln at the outset of Black History Month is just as offensive as praising any white person on a month to commemorate black people's accomplishments.

"Black History Month: Let's remember @JoeBiden,first Vice President to a Black President," tweeted Jeremy Bandini, with the #PenceBlackHistory tag.

" In honor of #BHMwe recognize the KKK because without them there would be no Black Panthers," Justin Key chimed in.

"If white people never enslaved you and took your civil rights, then you would have never had MLK and Malcolm X," tweeted another user.

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Saturday, January 28, 2017, 2:47 PM

Vice President Mike Pence sneered at the the thought of a Muslim ban, calling it offensive and unconstitutional just one year before he applauded as one was announced Friday.

The former Indiana governor smiled and clapped his hands at a Friday ceremony where President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. for the next 90 days.

As Trump explained the order, saying it is meant to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America, Pence stood by his side and nodded in agreement.

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But in December 2015 long before he was named Trumps running mate Pence condemned his future boss initial call to close off the nations borders to all Muslim travelers, immigrants and refugees.

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Calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional, he tweeted.

He elaborated on his comments while speaking to reporters later the same day.

"The United States cannot, and should not discriminate on the basis or religion," he said."The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantees for all persons in this country.

Trumps 2015 proposal was markedly more aggressive, targeting all Muslims regardless of their home countries.

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However critics were quick to point out Pences hypocrisy: While the new executive order only bars travelers from seven foreign nations, the blocked countries are all predominantly Muslim. Additionally, while Trump billed the ban as an anti-terrorism tactic, the blacklist does not include several nations with deep-seeded ties to terror notably, four countries Trump has business ties to.

Pence wasnt the only Republican who appears to have back-peddled on the idea of barring Muslims from entering the U.S.

In 2015, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan condemned Trumps proposed blanket Muslim ban.

"This is not who we are as a party or a country," he said at a closed-door meeting, according to the Hill.

Trump's Muslim ban excludes countries linked to his businesses

Ryan again scoffed at the idea last June.

"I do not think a Muslim ban is in our country's interest," he said at a press conference. "I do not think it is reflective of our principles, not just as a party, but as a country.

But on Friday, Ryan praised Trumps executive order keeping millions of travelers and migrants from stepping foot on American soil.

"Our number one responsibility is to protect the homeland. We are a compassionate nation, and I support the refugee resettlement program, but it's time to re-evaluate and strengthen the visa-vetting process," Ryan said in a statement, adding, "President Trump is right to make sure we are doing everything possible to know exactly who is entering our country."

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