Trump’s tweet that angered him – “The president’s words were irresponsible and his actions were irresponsible,” said Mike Pence
The former president Donald Trump “He endangered my life, my family’s and those who were in the Capitol,” in his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, the day Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, said then- Vice President Mike Penceaccording to an excerpt of a television interview that was broadcast yesterday, Sunday.
“The president’s words that day at the rally put my life, my family’s life and those in the Capitol at risk,” Pence told ABC, referring to the rally of Donald Trump supporters that preceded the deadly attack on the Capitol. by supporters of the tycoon.
Mike Pence, who was on Capitol Hill that day overseeing the certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election, was forced to seek shelter from the rioters, as were many members of Congress from both parties. Some of Trump’s supporters chanted “Hang Mike Pence.”
Donald Trump, who has never acknowledged defeat in the 2020 presidential election, had then urged his supporters to march on Capitol Hill.
After his supporters stormed in, he refused for hours to call them out of the Capitol and even accused his vice president in a tweet of “not having the guts to do what needed to be done,” preventing the result from being ratified.
“That pissed me off,” Mike Pence said when asked about that tweet.
“The president’s words were irresponsible and his actions were irresponsible,” he continued.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, the memoirs of the former vice president of the Trump administration will be released. In them Pence – a possible candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidential election in 2024 – recounts, among other things, the pressure he received before the results of the 2020 presidential election were certified.
Coincidence or not, tomorrow Donald Trump may announce his own candidacy for 2024.
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