Former Vice President Mike Pence dodged calling himself a “MAGA Republican,” appearing to avoid former President Donald Trump’s longtime slogan.
said he did not have any right to overturn the 2020 presidential election, despite Trump’s arguments that he could accept or reject results as part of the election certification process.
“What the president maintained that day, and frankly, has said over and over again over the last two and a half years, is completely false,” Pence said. “And it’s contrary to what our Constitution and the laws of this country provide.”“Sadly, the president was surrounded by a group of crackpot lawyers who kept telling him what his itching ears wanted to hear,” he said.He told CBS’ Face the Nation that, while he doesn’t currently have plans to testify, “we’ll respond to the call of the law.
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