From pushing back on not supporting the 2020 election results to suggesting the Insurrection Act: Here's what 3 new books say about ex-VP Mike Pence
WASHINGTON - Summer 2021 may be remembered for all that was revealed in a spate of books on former President Donald Trump's last year in office.
Here are five things we learned about Pence as a deferential vice president who finally stood up to his boss during the unprecedented aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.Pence pushes back during electoral certification process "Short was privately telling both party leaders and West Wing aides that there was 'zero debate' in the Vice President’s Office about his role in presiding over the electoral vote count," Wolff writes.
Pence was moved to his ceremonial office during the riot but was still in a vulnerable spot. Tim Giebels, the lead special agent in charge of Pence’s detail, twice asked the vice president to evacuate the Capitol.“I’m not leaving the Capitol,” he told Giebels, according to the account in "I Alone."“The room you’re in is not secure. There are glass windows. I need to move you. We’re going.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks to National Guard troops outside the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington.As military leaders are figuring out how to deploy the National Guard and federal law enforcement of neighboring states to the Capitol, Pence calledfrom his secured location, according to the account in "I Alone."
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