Mike Pence blasted Trump for assault on US Capitol: ‘His words put my family at risk’

Former US Vice President Mike Pence attacked the former Republican president this Saturday Donald Trump, assuring that “history will hold him responsible” for the Storming the United States Capitol.

“President Trump was wrong. He had no right to overturn the election results (from 2020) and your reckless words endangered my family and everyone in the Capitol that day, and I know history will hold Donald Trump accountable,” Pence said during the grid dinner annual event attended by politicians and journalists.

Pence assessed the January 6, 2021date a violent mob of Trump supporters attacked the seat of the american congressas “a tragic day”.

In the days leading up to the assault on the Capitol, Trump had urged Pence to overturn President Joe Biden’s election victory because he led the results certification protocol. Pence refused, and when the crowd swarmed the Capitol, some chanted “Cuelguen to Mike Pence”.

There House of Representatives Committee who investigated the assault said in his final report that “the president of the United States angered a mob who persecuted the vice president himself”.

Because of his statements, Pence cemented his place in the broad debate within the Republican Party how to watch the capture of the capitol.

He House Speaker Kevin McCarthyfor example, recently delivered to Tucker-Carlson a file of security camera footage linked to January 6, which a presenter from FoxNews He did not use it with the idea of ​​minimizing the events of that day and promoting conspiracy theories.

“Don’t get me wrong, what happened that day was a disgracesaid Pence in his remarks at the Gridiron Dinner. “And it’s a travesty of decency to present it any other way.”

Speeches at the Gridiron Dinner are often humorous, politicians prank each other, and Pence didn’t miss the chance.

Pence joked that Trump’s ego is so fragile he wanted his vice president to sing “Wind Beneath My Wings” at their weekly luncheons, one of which reads “did you already know you were my hero?”

Trump has already declared his intention to present his candidacy to return to the White House In election 2024but Pence – who so far has not made an official announcement – hinted at his interest in running on Saturday.

“I will wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly support the Republican candidate for President in 2024…if that’s me“, according to statements collected by the agency Bloomberg.

These statements are the most direct public criticism made by the former vice president of Trump, holding him responsible for the acts committed, after describing how he had to hide from the attackers, according to security.

Pence also questioned Trump about classified documents found at his residence in Florida.

“I read that some of these documents that they found at Mar-a-Lago were actually in the president’s Bible,” Pence said. “Which shows he had no idea they were there.”

Even before dinner was over, Pence was criticized for his jokes about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay cabinet member in US history.

Pence mentioned that despite travel issues affecting Americans, Buttigieg granted ‘maternity leave’ after he and her husband adopted newborn twins.

“Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone suffers from postpartum depression,” Pence said.

(With information from Europa Press and The Associated Press)

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