“You know, a lot of folks on both sides keep bringing up January 6, and it’s keeping us from moving our country forward.” You’ve got some on the left that don’t want Biden to run, you’ve got those on the right that don’t want to run. “I think both sides are really struggling, looking at the nomination process. “I see this in two parts,” she told CNN’s State of the Union. Nancy Mace, from South Carolina, sidestepped the question. On Sunday, a relatively moderate House Republican was asked if Pence was right to say history would hold Trump accountable for January 6. Many other Republicans, particularly in the House of Representatives, shrugged off the episode. Pence’s remarks came a few days after the Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired highly selective, misleading security footage of the Capitol attack, in an attempt to claim many rioters were “orderly”.Ĭarlson’s depiction was sharply criticised by Democrats and Senate Republicans. For as long as I live, I will never, ever diminish the injuries sustained, the lives lost, or the heroism of law enforcement on that tragic day.”Ī Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “And it mocks decency to portray it any other way.
“What happened that day was a disgrace,” Pence told the Gridiron audience. In a memoir released in November he accused Trump of endangering his family. Pence rarely addressed January 6 in the months after the riot but he has now upped his criticism of the rioters and Trump.
Pence is now considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 – against Trump, the clear leader in polling. I had no right to overturn the election, and his reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day, and I know that history will hold Donald Trump accountable.” On Saturday at the Gridiron dinner in Washington, Pence told journalists and their guests: “President Trump was wrong. Pence was spirited to safety by Secret Service agents. He also criticised Pence for certifying the results. Throughout the siege, Trump sent several tweets, one calling on Republicans to “fight” and others making false claims of voter fraud. Pence, then vice-president, was in the Capitol when thousands of Trump supporters breached the building in an attempt to stop Congress certifying the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden.Īs Senate president, Pence presided over the ceremonial task of approving the votes of the electoral college.
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