Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a new interview that former President Trump’s tweet during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot attacking Pence was “reckless.”
“It angered me,” Pence told ABC’s David Muir. “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.’ ”
“And the president’s words were reckless. It’s clear he decided to be part of the problem,” Pence added.
Pence’s remark came after Muir read Trump’s 2:24 p.m. tweet on Jan. 6 as rioters were storming the Capitol, with some threatening Pence. The tweet began, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution.”
EXCLUSIVE: @DavidMuir asks Mike Pence about calls the former VP made to the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Justice Department and Capitol Police on Jan. 6: “Why wasn’t the president making these calls?”
Pence: “That’d be a good question for him.” https://t.co/CUaA8Nv52k pic.twitter.com/aGQktY6ohQ
— ABC News (@ABC) November 14, 2022
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The former vice president is participating in a range of media appearances ahead of the release of his new memoir, “So Help Me God,” on Tuesday.
The full ABC interview will air later Monday. Pence will also join CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday evening for a televised town hall and sit down with CBS’s Margaret Brennan for an interview that airs on “Face the Nation” this Sunday.
The memoir’s release comes the same day as Trump is scheduled to hold a “special announcement” at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, which is widely expected to launch Trump’s rumored 2024 White House bid.
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WATCH: Pence: Trump "decided to be part of the problem" on Jan. 6 https://t.co/GThJag33aX pic.twitter.com/uybFgWJHlh
— The Hill (@thehill) November 14, 2022
Not a real profile in courage here from Mike Pence should have voluntarily given this interview to the Jan 6 cmte at first light.
He's doing it now to try & resurrect a political career, but he wouldn't do it for the right reasons earlier, when it could have made a difference. https://t.co/hTfl5sorFd
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) November 14, 2022
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