Trump was 'complaining' about Mike Pence being whisked to safety while MAGA rioters called for his hanging: report
Brad Reed
May 25, 2022
[ Pence and his team had their security cards disabled during the insurrection. I want to know who gave the order for that and whether it was done so Pence could be caught and killed. ]
Trump supporters rioting at the US Capitol. (Shutterstock.com)
Witnesses have told the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots that former President Donald Trump was actually upset that Vice President Mike Pence was being escorted to safety as Trump supporters stormed the building and called for his hanging.
According to the New York Times, a colleague of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows testified to the committee that Meadows "walked into his own office and told colleagues that President Donald J. Trump was complaining that the vice president was being whisked to safety.
Additionally, this witness said that Meadows claimed Trump had suggested Pence maybe did deserve to be hung, although the report emphasized "it is not clear what tone Mr. Trump was said to have used."
As the rioters were storming the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, Trump initially resisted calls to tell the rioters to stand down, and he sent out a tweet criticizing Pence for not rejecting certified election results just minutes after the then-vice president was shown on live television being rushed off the floor of the United States Senate.
"Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify," Trump wrote at 2:24 p.m. on January 6th, 2021. "USA demands the truth!"
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Lenny Ghoul 2.0
Oh you mean the people who attempted to overthrow the government to prevent a lawful transition of power, while threatening to kill active members of government and literally stormed the capitol, broke into congress, and other offices, riffling through documents taking photos calling it "intelligence", hunting down members in fear of their lives?
Those "demonstrators"?
No we call those insurrectionists criminals and traitors.
Contented Independent
BREAKING NOW: The January 6th Committee has evidence Mark Meadows told colleagues that Trump said Pence *should have been hung*
He wanted to murder his vice president. You know what the penalty for threatening a vice president or president is? Let's see if it applies to the president himself. |
