Former US Vice President Mike Pence drew attention to his former boss Donald Trump with unusually sharp words. It was about the storming of the Capitol in January 2021.
History will hold the former U.S. president “responsible” for his role in storming the Capitol in January 2021, Pence said, according to media reports. “His reckless words endangered my family and everyone in the Capitol that day. And I know history will hold Donald Trump accountable.”
“Hang Pennies”
Following his defeat in the November 2020 presidential election, Republican Trump asked his party colleague Pence to block formal confirmation of Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory in Congress.
However, Pence, who had been loyal to Trump until then, refused. On January 6, 2021, as Congress was about to ratify Biden’s election victory, radical Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. At the time, some Trump supporters called for Pence to be hanged.
Storm on the Capitol claimed five lives
The storming of the Congressional seat with five deaths caused horror around the world. Trump and Pence have been at odds ever since. “I had no right to contest the election,” Pence said Saturday. “President Trump was wrong”.
Pence started his speech at the Gridiron Dinner for journalists and political leaders with a joke, but then said there was one thing he wouldn’t kid about. “The American people have a right to know what happened at the Capitol on January 6,” Pence said. “What happened that day is disgraceful and it would be unworthy to portray it in any other way.” Pence’s unusually clear words came as a surprise to many observers.
Trump wants to run for president again
Trump has already announced his intention to run again for the Republicans in the 2024 presidential election. Pence is also said to be considering running for president. However, he himself has not commented on it.
Source: Krone
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