'You are a coward': Mike Pence trolled for milking Jan 6 Capitol riots in interview with Jake Tapper
NEW YORK, NEW YORK CITY: Former Vice President Mike Pence in a CNN town hall on Wednesday, November 16, said January 6, 2021, the riot was the most difficult day of his public life. Speaking a day after the release of his memoir, ‘So Help Me God,' he said that he forgave former President Donald Trump following his actions during the Capitol riot but refused to commit his support to Trump’s 2024 campaign.
In a conversation with Jake Tapper, Pence said that on the day of the insurrection, he was determined to go against Trump's wishes and when he was shown footage of rioters at the Capitol shouting “hang Mike Pence" during tonight's town hall, he said, as quoted by Independent, "It saddens me, but that day it angered me. I must tell you when the Secret Service took us down to the loading dock accompanied by my wife and daughter, I was determined to stay at my post and told the Secret Service I was not leaving the capitol. But frankly when I saw those images and read a tweet that President Trump issued saying that I lacked courage in that moment it angered me greatly, but to be honest I didn’t have time for it. The president had decided in that moment to be part of the problem and I had decided to be part of the solution."
