We had some sense that Trump put Pence in harm's way on Jan. 6. Fresh evidence makes clear that it was vastly worse than we realized. (via MaddowBlog)
A couple of months after Jan. 6, Donald Trump sat down with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl, who asked the former president some questions about the attack on the Capitol. Specifically, the reporter sought the Republican’s reaction to rioters chanting, “Hang Mike Pence” as they breached our seat of government.. “Well, the people were very angry,” the former president said in March 2021, adding, “[I]t’s common sense.
Trump, once informed of the crisis, instead published another tweet accusing Pence of treachery. As one of the committee members, Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar, explained yesterday, it was at that point that “the crowds both outside the Capitol and inside the Capitol surged.” The assembled crowd heard the then-president say that Pence needed to have the “courage” to refuse to certify the election results, adding, “I hope Mike is going to do the right thing.... [B]ecause if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election.”
Indeed, another new detail that emerged yesterday was the distance between the rioters and Pence. When the then-vice president was evacuated from his ceremonial office and directed to a secure location, investigators ultimately learned that, at one point, Pence and the mob were only separated by 40 feet.
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