Pence called out his former boss by name Friday, saying that 'President Trump is wrong' in claiming that the then-vice president had the right to overturn the election on January 6, 2021
Marc Short, the former chief of staff for Mike Pence, said Sunday that the former vice president chose to rebuke former President Donald Trump in remarks last week because Trump's comments about Pence's ability to overturn the 2020 presidential election"merited response."
Pence called out his former boss by name Friday, saying that"President Trump is wrong" in claiming that the then-vice president had the right to overturn the election on January 6, 2021. "I think that, as you mentioned, the vice president has commented on January 6 on several occasions, including last summer at the Ronald Reagan Library," Short said on NBC's Meet the Press.
Ana Navarro challenges Pence after he called out Trump 02:51In the lead up to January 6, Short said that Pence never looked into delaying the certification, despite the massive pressure campaign from Trump and his allies. Short relayed that while at first the strategy from Trump and his advisers was to reject ballots, when Pence made clear that was not something he would do, the strategy shifted to asking whether Pence would send back votes to states.
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