Mike Pence Slams Trump’s ‘Reckless’ Tweet Ahead Of Capitol Riots: He ‘Endangered Me & My Family’

Former Vice President Mike Pence admitted that helium was “angered,” erstwhile helium heard what then-President Donald Trump tweeted astir him arsenic the mob attacked the Capitol during the January 6 attack. Pence denounced Trump’s tweet astatine the clip successful a preview for his upcoming interrogation connected ABC with David Muir, released connected Monday, November 14.

EXCLUSIVE: @DavidMuir asks Mike Pence astir calls the erstwhile VP made to the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Justice Department and Capitol Police connected Jan. 6: “Why wasn’t the president making these calls?”
 
Pence: “That’d beryllium a bully question for him.” https://t.co/CUaA8Nv52k pic.twitter.com/aGQktY6ohQ

— ABC News (@ABC) November 14, 2022

Before Pence shared his reaction, Muir work Trump’s tweet to the erstwhile VP. “Mike Pence didn’t person the courageousness to bash what should’ve been done,” the then-president wrote during the attacks. Pence took a agelong intermission earlier revealing what helium told his daughter, defying Trump’s petition that helium illegally overturn the election. “It angered me, but I turned to my girl who was lasting nearby, and I said, ‘It doesn’t instrumentality courageousness to interruption the law. It takes courageousness to uphold the law,'” helium said. “The president’s words were reckless. It’s wide helium decided to beryllium portion of the problem.”

At different constituent successful the interview, the nightly quality anchor listed the galore radical that Pence spoke to, including the defence secretary, acting lawyer general, and Capitol constabulary chief, and asked what Trump was doing successful that time. When helium asked what Pence thought astir Trump watching them, the erstwhile VP seemed similar helium was astatine a nonaccomplishment for words. “David, I was astatine the Capitol. I wasn’t astatine the White House,” helium said. “I can’t relationship for what the president was doing that day. I was astatine a loading dock successful the Capitol, wherever a riot was taking place.”

Pence opened up astir being ‘angered’ by Trump’s tweet during the onslaught connected the Capitol. (Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)

Muir besides asked Pence wherefore Trump wasn’t making calls himself, and Pence said lone the erstwhile president could answer. “That’d beryllium a bully question for him,” helium responded.

Since the January 6 attack, overmuch accusation has been released astir what a information Trump’s supporters posed the Pence during the insurrection by the House Select Committee, which has subpoenaed Trump. As rioters stormed the gathering calling for Pence to beryllium hung, the erstwhile vice president’s information item was moving to evacuate him from the building. As the onslaught was underway, it was revealed that members of his information item “called to accidental goodbye to household members,” successful lawsuit the worst happened.

Muir asked wherefore Trump wasn’t making calls to defence heads during the attack. (Mark Reinstein/Shutterstock)

During 1 of the hearings, Rep. Pete Aguilar revealed that rioters came wrong 40 feet of Pence, and his erstwhile counsel Greg Jacob was shocked to larn conscionable however overmuch information they were in. “I tin perceive the din of the rioters successful the gathering portion we moved, but I don’t deliberation I was alert that they were arsenic adjacent arsenic that,” helium said.

Pence’s interrogation with Muir volition aerial connected ABC connected Monday, November 14 astatine 10 p.m. EST.