Pence: Trump Asked If I Was Scared During The Riot

An excerpt from Mike Pence’s coming book:

I met with the president on Jan. 11. He looked tired, and his voice seemed fainter than usual. “How are you?” he began. “How are Karen and Charlotte?” I replied tersely that we were fine and told him that they had been at the Capitol on Jan. 6. He responded with a hint of regret, “I just learned that.” He then asked, “Were you scared?”

“No,” I replied, “I was angry. You and I had our differences that day, Mr. President, and seeing those people tearing up the Capitol infuriated me.” He started to bring up the election, saying that people were angry, but his voice trailed off.

I told him he had to set that aside, and he responded quietly, “Yeah.” With genuine sadness in his voice, the president mused: ‘What if we hadn’t had the rally? What if they hadn’t gone to the Capitol?’ Then he said, ‘It’s too terrible to end like this.”

Ow, my rolling eyes.

Mike Pence Reveals Post-Capitol Riot Convo with ‘Tired’ Trump, Who Told Him ‘It’s Too Terrible to End Like This’ https://t.co/KD6jly5U9S

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