All I can say to Trump’s pick for his vice president: Good luck.

The real story is why anyone would want to follow Mike Pence’s fate. After Pence refused to overturn the 2020 election, Trump incited a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol that began chanting, “Hang Mike Pence.”

The same chilling question applies to all the people auditioning for Cabinet positions by speaking at this week’s GOP convention.

To the men and women trying to move up in the GOP ranks by agreeing to fawn over Trump on stage in Milwaukee this week, and telling lies about a stolen election, here is a warning: Look before you leap.

You just have to Google news about the people who got jobs in Trump’s first term.

In addition to putting Pence’s life in jeopardy, Trump has suggested that Gen. Mark Milley, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, deserved to be executed. More than a dozen others who worked with Trump have sounded alarms about working with him.

There is “no historical precedent in the last century,” for the number of people from Trump’s first term team “speaking out against their former boss, and the severity of their criticism,” USA Today reported earlier this year.

Former Attorney General Bill Barr has said plainly that Trump “shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.”

H.R. McMaster, Trump’s former national security advisor,........

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