As Trump tweeted that Pence “lacked the courage” to stop the certification of the election, egging on the Capitol mob, Pence’s agents reportedly placed goodbye calls to their families.
President Trump did not try to calm his thousands of disappointed supporters. Instead, at almost the same moment violence was getting completely out of hand, Donald Trump sent his 2:24 tweet. The president said, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution.
Mr. Pottinger and Ms. Matthews, when we asked you about your reaction to seeing the 2:24 tweet in real time, you both used the same imagery to describe it: President Trump was adding fuel to the fire. Mr. Pottinger, you made the decision to resign after seeing this tweet. Can you please tell us why?Yes. So, that was pretty soon after I had — or, shortly before I had gotten back to the White House. I had come from off site.
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