The latest: Pence escalates disapproval of Trump’s Jan. 6 actions, calling him ‘reckless’
Former vice president Mike Pence said Donald Trump’s rhetoric during the Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol was “reckless” and that the erstwhile president’s actions “endangered” members of the Pence household and those trapped wrong the gathering that day.
The Post’s Jennifer Hassan has details:
“I mean, the president’s words were reckless,” Pence said successful a preview clip of his interrogation with ABC’s “World News Tonight” published Sunday. “It was wide helium decided to beryllium portion of the problem.”
Pence was referring to Trump’s tweet, posted portion the insurrection was unfolding, connected Pence’s refusal to cull the 2020 predetermination results. The tweet said Pence “didn’t person the courageousness to bash what should person been done.” Days earlier, Trump and his allies had publically urged Pence to overturn the predetermination results for Trump, adjacent though the vice president had nary ineligible close to bash so.
Pence told ABC anchor David Muir helium was “angered” erstwhile Trump published the tweet.
“I turned to my daughter, who was lasting nearby, and I said, ‘It doesn’t instrumentality courageousness to interruption the law. It takes courageousness to uphold the law,’ ” helium said.
Pence’s comments to ABC look to beryllium the strongest helium has fixed connected Trump and the Capitol riot since tensions betwixt the 2 men escalated successful the past days of the Trump administration.
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