EXCLUSIVE: 'The president's words were reckless,' Mike Pence tells DavidMuir of Trump’s words on Jan. 6, saying they 'endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building.' Watch more on ABCWorldNews, tomorrow on GMA, and stream on Hulu.
Former Vice President Mike Pence is interviewed by David Muir of ABC News.Former Vice President Mike Pence said in an exclusive interview with ABC's "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir that former President Donald Trump's rhetoric was "reckless" as a mob of his supporters ransacked the Capitol last year -- with Pence and others temporarily forced into hiding.
"I mean, the president's words were reckless. It was clear he decided to be part of the problem," Pence told Muir. Pence said he was "angered" over a tweet from Trump as the insurrection unfolded, where the former president said he "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done" after he rebuffed pressure to not certify now-President Joe Biden's 2020 victory."I turned to my daughter, who was standing nearby, and I said, 'It doesn't take courage to break the law.
In an exclusive interview at the former vice president's home in Indiana, Muir also pressed Pence on whether Trump should ever be in the White House again, whether Pence will run for president, whether Trump hurt Republicans in the midterms and what Pence makes of authorities saying classified documents were taken from the White House.Pence was overseeing Congress' certification of the 2020 Electoral College results on Jan.
"The president's words were reckless and his actions were reckless," he told Muir this week. "The president's words that day at the rally [before the riot] endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building."
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