Essentially total B.S. and more evidence comes out every day to prove it.

And let's set the record straight. No one ever asked Pence to "overturn an e******n." All he had to do was to postpone the v**e until someone in authority looked at the mounting evidence of fraud. by that time there were thousands of sworn affidavits by those who witnessed wrong doing.

Look up the word "Certify" or "certification." It is definitely not a ceremonial procedure, but rather a duty to make sure everything is true and correctly done. Pence failed miserably so in effect Pence, not Trump, was responsible for J** 6.

An estimated 25000 protestors where there that day, only 11 to 12 hundred of them were at the Capitol building, and not all of them broke in.

President Trump did not instigate the demonstration,
he did not "issue" an invitation,
he did not put Pence's life in danger,
and he is not responsible for the violence.

President Trump delivered his speech at the WH Ellipse, 12 blocks (1.6 miles) away from the Capitol building.
In concluding his speech, president Trump said, "We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore." When he said that, the assault on the Capitol building was already underway.
It is not possible those who heard that could have run a mile and a half through a massive crowd to get to the Capitol building. In any case, when Trump said "fight", he wasn't talking about physical violence.

Who would have thunk it?


U.S. NEWS

MARCH 11, 2023 / 11:46 PM

'History will hold Donald Trump accountable' for J*** 6, Pence says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence offered his most forceful rebuke to date of his one-time boss Donald Trump on Saturday, saying that history will hold him accountable for his role in the J*** 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Pence was in the Capitol when thousands of Trump supporters breached the building in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 p**********l e******n, which Trump lost to Joe Biden.

As the vice president has the constitutional role of Senate president, Pence was presiding over what had always been the ceremonial task of approving the v**es of the E*******l College to select the president and vice president.

Throughout the siege, Trump sent several tweets, one calling on Republicans to “fight” and others making false claims of v***r f***d. He also criticized Pence for certifying the results.

“President Trump was wrong,” Pence told assembled journalists and their guests at the Gridiron dinner, an annual white-tie event in Washington, D.C.

“I had no right to overturn the e******n, and his reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day, and I know that history will hold Donald Trump accountable.”

Pence, who is considering a run for the Republican nomination for the 2024 p**********l e******n, was whisked to safety by law enforcement during the attack.

He rarely addressed J*** 6 in the months following the incident, but has since upped his criticism of the r****rs and the behavior of his former boss that day.

He has sharply criticized Trump’s conduct in recent media interviews, and in a memoir released in November, he accused Trump of endangering his family.

Still, Pence’s comments on Saturday were his most pointed to date.

“What happened that day was a disgrace,” he said. “And it mocks decency to portray it any other way. For as long as I live, I will never, ever diminish the injuries sustained, the lives lost, or the heroism of law enforcement on that tragic day.”

A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside business hours.

Pence’s relationship with Trump has been complex since the two left office. He had criticized the former president’s behavior but refrained from the most stinging rebukes of Trump. He also declined to cooperate with the House of Representatives committee investigating the Capitol attack, describing the work done by the mainly Democratic body as partisan.

The former vice president’s comments on Saturday indicate he is willing to more forcefully distance himself from Trump as the 2024 campaign heats up - even if that means alienating the millions of Republican v**ers still loyal to the former president.

His remarks came just days after conservative television host Tucker Carlson aired security footage of the Capitol attack, claiming that many of the r****rs were “orderly.”

Carlson’s depiction of J*** 6 was sharply criticized by Democrats and several high-profile Republicans in the Senate, though many other Republicans - particularly in the House - shrugged off the episode.

Reporting by Gram Slattery; Editing by William Mallard and Raju Gopalakrishnan

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