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iemanja

(53,031 posts)
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 04:59 PM Nov 2021

Trump says it was 'common sense' for Jan. 6 rioters to chant 'Hang Mike Pence!'

Former president Donald Trump said he considered it “common sense” for his supporters to chant “Hang Mike Pence!” during the Jan. 6 insurrection but that he never feared for his vice president’s safety.

Audio of Trump’s comments to ABC News’s Jonathan Karl were published Friday by Axios in advance of a forthcoming book by Karl.

In the exchange, Trump again took issue with Pence for not intervening to change the results as he presided over the count of electoral college votes by Congress. The count was ultimately interrupted after rioters breached the Capitol and Pence was whisked out of the chamber amid threats on his life.
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“Because it’s common sense, Jon,” Trump said. “It’s common sense that you’re supposed to protect. How can you — if you know a vote is fraudulent, right? — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress? How can you do that?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-hang-mike-pence/2021/11/12/64a17142-43b0-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html

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doc03

(35,325 posts)
4. I would think only his Secret Service detail would be responsible
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 05:39 PM
Nov 2021

for the VPs key cards. Either a mole inside or someone gave them the order? Same goes for panic buttons. Very strange indeed.

Irish_Dem

(46,918 posts)
5. Yes, Pence didn't trust some of the SS, wouldn't get into a car with them.
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 05:43 PM
Nov 2021

He said he would only go with certain agents he knew and trusted.
I think this confirms your theory.

iemanja

(53,031 posts)
9. It's hard to imagine SS siding with Trump
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 06:04 PM
Nov 2021

after he killed so many of them. I suppose anything is possible.

Irish_Dem

(46,918 posts)
11. Pence didn't trust them for a reason. Biden also selected a new SS team
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 08:09 PM
Nov 2021

when he got to the WH.

Not hard to imagine that some SS agents have gone rogue.

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