Awful new revelations about Trump and Jan. 6 show Mike Pence is no hero

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A big and underappreciated revelation in the new Woodward and Costa book: Pence said he tried *everything he possibly could* to help Trump subvert the election.

Pence is no hero.

@RepRaskin tells me the 1/6 committee will fully flesh out Pence's role:

Opinion | Awful new revelations about Trump and Jan. 6 show Mike Pence is no hero
The new details will also shape how the Jan. 6 select committee conducts its investigation.
washingtonpost.com
1:00 PM · Sep 14, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/14/woodward-costa-pence-jan-6-committee/


Ever since Mike Pence announced on Jan. 6 that he lacked power to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election in Congress, it’s been widely suggested that the vice president was one of the few heroes in this ugly tale.

But new revelations in the forthcoming book by Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa cast doubt on this account. And the new details also hint at lines of inquiry about Jan. 6 that will shape aspects of the House select committee’s examination of those events.

The key details concern Trump’s relentless pressure on Pence to help subvert the electoral college count on Jan. 6, pursuant to the vice president’s role as president of the Senate. The day before, in the Oval Office, Trump angrily told Pence that various people believed he did have the power to somehow derail the count.

CNN reports on what the book says came next:

“If these people say you had the power, wouldn't you want to?” Trump asked.

"I wouldn't want any one person to have that authority," Pence said.

"But wouldn't it be almost cool to have that power?" Trump asked, according to Woodward and Costa.

“No,” Pence said. He went on, “I’ve done everything I could and then some to find a way around this. It’s simply not possible.”

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1. woodward better have tapes to prove his exact quotes are true nt

[cilla4progress]

2. Psychopaths

Every last one of them

[IngridsLittleAngel]

3. The ultimate projection...

All Republicans are "Sore Loserman"

[BlueIdaho]

4. Was this ever really a question?

When I saw him go AWOL after the shit kicked off I was pretty sure he was derelict in his duty as VP. Hardly an American hero.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Pence is an asshole and homophobe

Pence had no choice but to deny TFG's demand

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6. He will go down in history as the complete zero that he is.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Mary Trump just said it ALL...

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