TUBERVILLE on 1/6: "I said 'Mr. President, they just took the vice president out, I've got to go."

[Nevilledog]

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Kyle Cheney
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TUBERVILLE tells reporters tonight that when Trump called him on Jan. 6, he informed the president that security had just taken Pence out of the chamber for safety.

"I said ‘Mr. President, they just took the vice president out, I’ve got to go.”
6:17 PM · Feb 10, 2021

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TUBERVILLE tells reporters tonight that when Trump called him on Jan. 6, he informed the president that security had just taken Pence out of the chamber for safety.

"I said ‘Mr. President, they just took the vice president out, I’ve got to go.”

Seems significant that a senator is acknowledging telling Trump *directly* that Pence was under threat, and Trump still didn't say anything publicly about it.

We know Trump tweeted at 2:24pm that Pence "didn't have the courage" to overturn the election.

What we don't know is if Trump's tweet came just before or just after Tuberville says he told him that Pence had been evacuated.

From what I can establish from the record:

-Trump spoke to Tuberville sometime between 2-2:15 (Deseret News)
-Pence was evacuated at 2:15pm, prompting Tuberville to relay this to Trump and end the call (Tuberville comment)
-Trump tweeted his attack against Pence at 2:24pm
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[COL Mustard]

1. I'm A Former Alabamian

Tuberville is an embarrassment to Alabama no matter how you try to dress him up.

[SergeStorms]

2. What a nest of...

squirming, festering pus snakes republicans are.