'Pence, who has tried to distance himself from Trump before, is still trying to get credit for doing the bare minimum when it comes to speaking out against his former boss.' | Opinion
Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book"Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success" and co-author, with Peter Eisner, of the book"High Crimes: The Corruption, Impunity, and Impeachment of Donald Trump." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
On January 6, 2021, then-Vice President Mike Pence slipped off his lapdog collar and put country before then-President Donald Trump by refusing to help overturn the 2020 election. More than a year later, Pence, who may have presidential ambitions of his own, explained his fateful choice."Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election," Pence told the crowd at the Federalist Society Florida Chapters conference on Friday. He went on to say,"Frankly, there is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president.
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