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“Mike Pence had a chance to be great. He had a chance to be frankly historic. “But just like Bill Barr and the rest of these weak people, Mike, and I say it sadly ‘cause I like him, but Mike did not have the courage to act. “The election was perfect. And the Democrats are sitting back, saying ‘No way,we’re …

From the world’s most famous liar: Such LIES & MISREPRESENTATIONS by the Unselects, and absolutely nobody allowed to challenge what is being said. As an example, I never suggested to V.P. Pence to “overturn” the Election (although Thomas Jefferson “took” the Georgia votes), but that he send the votes back to the various Legislatures so that they could determine if …

The Insider reports: Former White House aides testified to the January 6 committee that former President Donald Trump made a profanity-laden call to then-Vice President Mike Pence on the morning of January 6, 2021. “I remember hearing the word ‘wimp’. Either he called him a wimp — I don’t remember if he said, ‘you are a wimp, you’ll be a …

NPR reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol will hold its next hearing at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, focusing on how Trump pressured Pence not to count lawful electoral votes. In a video previewing the hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney, the top GOP panel member, said Thursday’s hearing would present Trump’s “relentless effort” to …

Axios reports: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Thursday’s Jan. 6 hearing will focus on former President Trump’s efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Cheney, the vice-chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said in a newly-released video that the hearing will spotlight Trump’s “relentless efforts” to convince Pence to refuse …

Politico reports: In the days before the electoral college certification, then-Vice President Mike Pence’s legal team laid out that they found most of the Trump campaign’s assertions of election fraud minor or unverifiable, according to a previously unseen memo obtained by POLITICO. The memo shows Pence’s legal team didn’t just track the barrage of wild legal arguments from former President …

Rolling Stone reports: While a violent mob attacked the Capitol, equipped with a gallows for his vice president, President Donald Trump endorsed the crowd’s chants of “Hang Mike Pence” when speaking to his advisors, according to the committee. “Maybe our supporters have the right idea,” Trump said, according to committee Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney. “Mike Pence deserves it.” Cheney …

The New York Times reports: The day before a mob of President Donald J. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff called Mr. Pence’s lead Secret Service agent to his West Wing office. The chief of staff, Marc Short, had a message for the agent, Tim Giebels: The president was going …

The New York Times reports: Shortly after hundreds of rioters at the Capitol started chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” on Jan. 6, 2021, the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, left the dining room off the Oval Office, walked into his own office and told colleagues that President Donald J. Trump was complaining that the vice president was being whisked …

The New York Times reports: After four years of service bordering on subservience, the increasingly emboldened Mr. Pence is seeking to reintroduce himself to Republican voters ahead of a potential presidential bid by setting himself apart from what many in the G.O.P. see as the worst impulses of Mr. Trump. He’s among a small group in his party considering a …

Forbes reports: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, said the committee does not expect to call former President Donald Trump or former Vice President Mike Pence as witnesses, Politico reporter Kyle Cheney said on Twitter on Tuesday, marking a shift from earlier statements that Trump was not off-limits from the committee’s …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence will headline a get-out-the-vote rally with Gov. Brian Kemp on the eve of Georgia’s May 24 primary, marking a new split with Donald Trump as each maneuver for a possible 2024 White House run. Pence called Kemp “one of the most successful conservative governors in America” in a statement announcing the …

The Associated Press reports: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people. But the nine-member panel has yet to talk to the two most prominent players in that day’s events — former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. As the investigation winds down and the panel plans a series of hearings in …

The Hill reports: Marc Short, an ex-top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, is joining Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection campaign as the Republican incumbent fights off a primary challenge from former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), who is backed by former President Trump. The development comes just weeks before the Georgia gubernatorial primaries, which are scheduled for May 24. …

CBS News reports: GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois said Sunday he “would love” for former Vice President Mike Pence to voluntarily appear before the House select committee investigating the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. “I would hope and think that the vice president would want to come in and tell his story because he did do the …

The Hill reports: The taped recording with McCarthy, published by The New York Times, not only relays McCarthy’s assertion that Trump bore responsibility for the attack, but could also indicate his concern that some actions the former president took leading up to that day may be criminal. “Now, this is one personal fear I have. I do not want to …

Fox News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence’s advocacy organization is releasing a “Freedom Agenda” for conservatives focused on promoting a positive and traditional view of America, and pushing back against progressive policies being pushed by the Biden administration. Pence’s 501(c)(4), Advancing American Freedom (AAF), published the agenda Thursday. The group calls the agenda “a vision for restoring freedom and …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that the Trump administration “stood up to Kim Jong Un” and blamed the Biden administration for North Korea’s latest missile test. “The fact that for the first time in more than four years, Kim Jong Un fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that went into space and landed in the …

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: Former President Donald Trump is effectively ruling out tapping former Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate should he mount a third White House bid in 2024 and win the Republican nomination. “I don’t think the people would accept it,” Trump told the Washington Examiner Tuesday evening during a wide-ranging telephone interview from …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence visited the Ukraine border and met with refugees flooding into Poland amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, as Vice President Harris is also in Poland touting U.S. support for its NATO allies. Pence, who was accompanied by his wife, former second lady Karen Pence, traveled with the evangelical Christian …