In the segment prior to the Wednesday vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, Rachel Maddow asked Pete Buttigieg his process for "channeling your inner Mike Pence."The gay former presidential candidate helped the California senator get ready for the much-anticipated head-to-head in Salt Lake City by portraying the Republican vice president in debate prep."As we saw in 2016, Mike Pence is someone who is comfortable saying things that are utterly false with a completely straight face," a masked Buttigieg said in the MSNBC interview. "It's one of the reasons that he's actually a very effective debater.