PRESIDENT TRUMP, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE NEEDED A MOMENT TO COLLECT HIS THOUGHTS WHEN HE SAT DOWN WITH OUR DAVID MUIR SAYING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WORDS THE JANUARY SIX ATTACK WERE RECKLESS. 2:24 P.M. THE PRESIDENT TWEET MIKE PENCE DIDN’T HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. ANGERED ME. BUT I TURN TO MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS STANDING NEARBY AND I SAID, IT DOESN’T TAKE COURAGE TO BREAK THE LAW. TAKES COURAGE TO UPHOLD THE LAW. THE PRESIDENT’S WORDS WERE RECKLESS. WAS IT WAS CLEAR HE DECIDED TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM. PENCE WAS OVERSEEING CERTIFICATION OF THE 2020 ELECTORAL COLLEGE RESULTS WHEN THE MOB STORMED CAPITOL, CHANTING HANG MIKE PENCE AFTER. TRUMP BERATED PENCE FOR REFUSING BLOCK JOE BIDEN’S WIN. VIDEOS SHOW SECRET SERVICE RUSHING PENCE TO SAFETY BEFORE HE WENT INTO HIDING FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS, WHILE AT TIMES RIOTERS WERE ONLY 40 FEET AWAY. PENCE LARGELY AVOIDED CRITICIZING HIS FORMER BOSS UNTIL NOW. PRESIDENTS THAT DAY AT THE RALLY ENDANGERED, ME AND MY FAMILY AND EVERYONE AT THE BUILDING. WE ARE SEEING A FULL CONDEMNATION FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT IN HIS NEW BOOK. PENCE DESCRIBES THE HE TOLD TRUMP THAT HE WOULD NOT BLOCK BIDEN’S WIN. THE PRESIDENT INTO ME, PENCE WRITES, ADDING THAT TRUMP RESPONDED BY SAYING, YOU’LL GO DOWN AS A WIMP IF YOU DO THAT. I MADE A BIG MISTAKE FIVE YEARS AGO. ANDREW DILBERT, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. AND THE FULL INTERVIEW AIRS ON NEWS TONIGHT THIS EVENING.
In new interview, former Vice President Mike Pence calls Trump tweet on Jan. 6 ‘reckless’
Updated: 7:13 PM CST Nov 14, 2022
Former Vice President Mike Pence said former President Donald Trump’s words on social media during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were “reckless” and criticized Trump for being “part of the problem” that day.Pence was asked on ABC News about Trump’s tweet during the attack that said Pence didn’t have the “courage” to unilaterally overturn the results.”It angered me,” Pence told ABC’s David Muir after a long pause. “But I turned to my daughter, who was standing nearby. And I said, ‘It doesn’t take courage to break the law, it takes courage to uphold the law.’ The president’s words were reckless. It was clear he decided to be part of the problem,” the former vice president continued.In the Trump White House, Pence was fiercely loyal in public through the constant controversies that defined the administration, but in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot — in which Trump supporters chanted to hang the then-vice president — he has occasionally criticized his former boss, most notably in February, when he publicly denounced Trump’s election lies.Pence is also set to participate in a CNN town hall on Wednesday, the day after the release of his forthcoming autobiography “So Help Me God.” The town hall, moderated by CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper, will take place in New York City and is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said former President Donald Trump’s words on social media during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were “reckless” and criticized Trump for being “part of the problem” that day.
Pence was asked on ABC News about Trump’s tweet during the attack that said Pence didn’t have the “courage” to unilaterally overturn the results.
“It angered me,” Pence told ABC’s David Muir after a long pause. “But I turned to my daughter, who was standing nearby. And I said, ‘It doesn’t take courage to break the law, it takes courage to uphold the law.’ The president’s words were reckless. It was clear he decided to be part of the problem,” the former vice president continued.
In the Trump White House, Pence was fiercely loyal in public through the constant controversies that defined the administration, but in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot — in which Trump supporters chanted to hang the then-vice president — he has occasionally criticized his former boss, most notably in February, when he publicly denounced Trump’s election lies.
Pence is also set to participate in a CNN town hall on Wednesday, the day after the release of his forthcoming autobiography “So Help Me God.” The town hall, moderated by CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper, will take place in New York City and is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET.
