Houston ∙ When the locals said that there is a ‘red wave’ in the mid-term elections, it is true that former US President Donald Trump felt some wishful thinking. However, things did not go in favor of the Republican Party in the election. As things have turned around, criticism is now being raised against Trump from within the party itself. The latest to come out against the former president is Mike Pence, who was his vice president.
Mike Pence said he had no idea what Donald Trump was doing when the Capitol was attacked on January 6. Detractors are asking if Pence’s suggestion that it would be better to ask Trump that question is not just a basket on the head of the old president. The promotional events surrounding the release of the book containing Pence’s memoirs are becoming a horse ride on Trump’s head.
Pence’s memoir was released Tuesday. Pence’s jab was in an hour-long interview with ABC News’ David Muir. And it is reported that Trump’s sleep will be disturbed after he gave another hint. Things won’t get any easier for the former president as Pence, 63, has confirmed that he plans to run for president in 2024.
Pence says he feels America has better options than re-electing Trump. He admitted that he was outraged and enraged by the storming of the Capitol by rioters. He admitted that it was wrong to say ‘we will have our day’ two days before that. But Pence says he never imagined the violence on January 6th.
In the interview, Muir also demanded a response to Trump’s tweet that Pence was a coward who failed to change the outcome of the 2020 election. Pence, who responded to this issue, did not hide his anger at Trump’s demand. He also gave a clear answer to the question of whether Trump kept his oath to protect and defend the Constitution. His reply was, ‘If he had done what the President asked, he would not have been able to keep his oath.’ Experts believe that this will hold Trump accountable.
Speaking to Muir inside his home in Indiana, Pence described being brought from the Senate chamber to an outer room on the day of the riot. He said in the interview that when he refused to go out, the Secret Service asked him to at least move to the parking lot and finally, after a verbal argument, he continued to park in the building itself. Amid the commotion and chaos, Pence was escorted to the parking lot by the Secret Service and secured. Pence was escorted to the parking lot below the Capitol, but Addahem refused to join the motorcade.
He also said an aide told him at 2:24 p.m. that Trump had tweeted that ‘Mike Pence didn’t have the guts to do what he had to do to protect our country and our constitution.’ Pence said in the interview that he was angered by Trump’s words.
Then, the Pentagon was called in to try to end the riot. In addition to the Acting Attorney General and the Capitol Police Chief, he spoke with the Acting Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ‘Where has the president been all this time?’ To Muir’s question, he said he was in the Capitol, not in the White House. was his reply.
Muir asked how Trump felt when he learned later that he was watching the riots live on television, despite seeing death and destruction inside the Capitol, delighted by the enthusiasm of his supporters. “His response was that he cannot answer for what the president did that day.” Three rioters died of heart attacks, concussions and bruises in the riots. A fourth was shot by Capitol Police. A member of the Capital Police, Brian Cicnick, collapsed and died of multiple strokes shortly after confronting the rioters.
Pence said he had not spoken to Trump in five days after the riots. The president of the day did not call during the riots, even though he knew he was in the Capitol. At the same time, the Democratic leadership called him and expressed their concern, he said. They thought beyond politics. ‘The same thing I saw after 9/11. There were no Republicans at that moment. There were no Democrats there. There were only Americans.’- says Pence.
Pence described his first conversation with Trump since the riots. After learning that Pence’s wife Karen and daughter Charlotte were with him inside the Capitol, Trump ‘asked about their well-being. Asked by the president earlier if he was afraid, Pence replied that he was angry.
English Summary: People in US will have better choices for 2024, says Mike Pence