{"id":884586,"date":"2022-11-15T16:48:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=7d3d75191245ea26b44206bc8265292c"},"modified":"2022-11-15T16:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:48:53","slug":"pence-condemns-trump-for-january-6-attack-as-both-prep-for-presidential-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/11\/15\/pence-condemns-trump-for-january-6-attack-as-both-prep-for-presidential-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence Condemns Trump for January 6 Attack as Both Prep for Presidential Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an interview that aired on <\/span>ABC<\/span><\/i> on Monday morning, former Vice President Mike Pence condemned former President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pence was at the Capitol the day of the attack overseeing the certification of the Electoral College vote. Trump had urged Pence numerous times in public statements and behind the scenes <\/span>to refuse to count legitimate electors’ votes<\/span><\/a> and to accept fake electors in order to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election to now-President Joe Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pence correctly noted that he didn’t have the legal authority to take such actions, as Amendment 12 of the U.S. Constitution stipulates that <\/span>the vice president’s role during the certification process is simply to observe<\/span><\/a>. In response, Trump tweeted that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done” and <\/span>gave an incendiary speech pushing false claims of election fraud to a mob of his loyalists outside the White House<\/span><\/a>, instructing them to head to Congress to express their grievances in person.<\/span><\/p>\n

That mob went on to violently breach the U.S Capitol building, with dozens chanting for Pence to be hanged. <\/span><\/p>\n

“The president\u2019s words that day at the rally endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building,” <\/span>the former vice president said in the interview on Monday night<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s tweet to his loyalists “angered” him, Pence went on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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EXCLUSIVE: "The president's words were reckless," Mike Pence tells @DavidMuir<\/a> of Trump\u2019s words on Jan. 6, saying they "endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building."<\/p>\n

Watch more on @ABCWorldNews<\/a>, tomorrow on @GMA<\/a>, and stream on @Hulu<\/a>. https:\/\/t.co\/lEtsmRyMfX<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mTxAY8Xjxb<\/a><\/p>\n

— ABC News (@ABC) November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n