The former VP rejected the plot to overturn the election – the death knell for Trump and Pence’s marriage of convenience
into the attack on the Capitol, the former vice-president was nowhere to be seen. Pence was 500 miles away in Ohio to promote “American energy dominance”.
They spoke of a man who put his loyalty to country ahead of his loyalty to Trump, a potential selling point to Republican voters who may want to move on from the former president. But the session could also prove a serious liability for Pence with the Trump base, hardening its view of him as a traitor.
Computer graphics demonstrated how Pence was evacuated from the House of Representatives chamber but was justand in great peril. Jacob recalled: “I can hear the din of the rioters in the building while we moved. I don’t think I was aware they were as close as that.” The implication was that Pence bravely alone stood between America and catastrophe. But the praise singing was jarring to critics who wondered why he was far away in Ohio and not here to speak for himself.: “Why won’t Pence testify before the January 6 House Committee and tell all of us what really happened?”
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