Pence says 'reckless' Trump 'endangered me and my family' on Jan. 6 - New York Post

Former Vice President Mike Pence said then-President Donald Trump “endangered maine and my household and everyone astatine the Capitol building” during the Jan. 6 riot.

“The president’s words were reckless and his actions were reckless,” Pence told ABC’s David Muir of his wide choler astatine his commander-in-chief arsenic rioters stormed the Capital successful 2021.

“It was wide helium decided to beryllium portion of the problem,” insisted Pence successful his astir blunt relationship of his choler from that day.

Pence, 63, made wide that helium feels Trump’s refusal to admit helium mislaid the 2020 predetermination enactment him successful information arsenic helium told fired-up supporters to “fight similar hell” and caput to the Capitol arsenic Pence was overseeing Congress’ certification of the results.

"It doesn't instrumentality courageousness to interruption the law. It takes courageousness to uphold the law," erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence said of his determination to reason Trump's predetermination fraud narrative. EPA

A antheral calls connected radical to raid the gathering arsenic Trump supporters clash with constabulary and information forces arsenic they effort to tempest the US Capitol. AFP via Getty Images

Pence had to fly the Capitol arsenic immoderate of those storming it chanted desires to "hang" him. AP

Pence sits with daughter, Charlotte, and brother, Greg, arsenic wife, Karen, draws the curtains, successful the country disconnected the Senate level wherever helium was evacuated to connected Jan. 6, 2021. The White House

Then-Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi work the last certification of Electoral College votes formed successful November's statesmanlike predetermination during a associated league of Congress aft moving done the nighttime connected Jan. 7, 2021. AP

Trump, 76, claimed Pence could easy overturn the effect — with those storming the gathering past chanting “Hang Mike Pence” and erecting gallows, forcing him to fly the building.

“The president’s words that time astatine the rally endangered maine and my household and everyone astatine the Capitol building,” Pence told Muir successful an interrogation acceptable to aerial successful afloat Monday.

He breathed heavy and looked uncomfortable when asked astir Trump’s archetypal tweet connected the chaos adjacent arsenic members were “barricaded wrong the House Chamber.”

The Jan. 6 House Select Committee shows a video of erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence looking astatine his telephone aft being evacuated from the Senate chamber.AFP via Getty Images

“It was wide helium decided to beryllium portion of the problem,” Pence insisted astir the erstwhile president.AFP via Getty Images

Then-President Donald Trump told fired-up supporters to “fight similar hell” and caput to the Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021.AP

The message, Muir reminded him, said that “Mike Pence didn’t person the courageousness to bash what should person been done to support our Country and our Constitution.”

After an eight-second pause, Pence yet admitted that “it angered me.”

“But 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 of his determination to reason Trump’s propulsion to contradict the results.

“The president’s words were reckless,” helium repeated.

Pence was interviewed successful his location successful Indiana up of the Tuesday merchandise of his memoir, “So Help Me God.”

He has antecedently refused to onslaught Trump, adjacent portion admitting helium is unlikely to enactment his expected bid to effort to instrumentality to the White House. Trump has teased a Tuesday announcement.

In the interview, airing aboriginal Monday, Muir besides presses Pence connected whether his erstwhile commander-in-chief wounded Republicans successful the midterms — arsenic good arsenic his ain imaginable plans to tally for president, ABC said.