Despite EVERYTHING, Pence claimed he still held out hope that Trump would accept his electoral loss.
of the 2020 election. So did Trump really “accept” his loss in the way Pence claims?
Referring to Trump’s hopes that Pence could unilaterally declare him the winner of the election on Jan. 6, the former vice president said, “I had hoped that President Trump would eventually see that he’d been misled by thethat had advised him wrongly about the role that he thought I had, and still thinks I had that day.”
Pence then went on to explain that his views differ from Trump, especially on the issue of abortion. Pence, a religious conservative, has long taken a hard line on abortion, although it seems he may have“After leading the most pro-life administration in American history, and now my former running mate has taken to calling some pro-life bills at the state level ‘too harsh,'” Pence claimed. “[Trump] also blamed electoral losses in 2022 on overturning Roe v. Wade.
When discussing the charges against Trump related to his alleged mishandling of classified information, Pence said that, “The president should have the right to bring his defense in a court of law and if he’s found to be guilty, have every right, as every American does, to pursue an appeal and resolve the issue.”
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