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WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump defended his supporters' chants threatening to hang Vice President Mike Pence as they stormed the U.S. Capitol in a deadly riot on Jan. 6, according to a newly released interview on Friday.
In excerpts of an interview with an ABC reporter, the former Republican president openly supported the threats to Pence, who went before Congress that day to certify results of the 2020 presidential election in which Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump.
Pence, who with Trump is among potential candidates for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has said he was proud of his role in certifying the election results.
Asked about the Jan. 6 crowd's chants of "Hang Mike Pence", Trump said they "were very angry" and he reiterated his false claim of voter fraud, according to an audio of the interview, conducted in March by ABC's Jonathan Karl and reported by Axios news outlet.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-defends-chants-by-rioters-jan-6-threatening-hang-pence-2021-11-12/
OAITW r.2.0
(23,810 posts)What else did he do in 4 years? The only value he had to Trump on 1/6/21 was to fuck up the process...and he couldn't get that done. He was useless to Trump.
comradebillyboy
(10,119 posts)a vile creature totally unworthy of any pity.
tanyev
(42,354 posts)Or whatever feeling he has that he claims is love.