“History will hold Donald Trump accountable,” says Mike Pence on Capitol attack
The former vice president said fellow Republicans were ‘wrong’ and condemned the ‘reckless’ statements: ‘They put my family and everyone in the Capitol at risk that day’
The former vice president of US, Mike Pencesaid that “history will call to account” the former president Donald Trump for his influence on the attack on the Capitol in 2021. During a speech at the annual Gridiron dinner in Washington, Pence asserted that “Trump was wrong.” The statement could widen the rift between the two former allies, who have been at loggerheads since Mike refused to pursue the former president’s efforts to change the outcome of the 2020 election. And his reckless words put my family and everyone at risk. at the Capitol that day. And I know that history will hold Donald Trump accountable,” Pence said. “The American people have a right to know what happened on Capitol Hill on January 6th. (…) Make no mistake, what happened that day was a shame”, said the former deputy. During the occupation of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, some of the participants shouted that Mike should be hanged, which forced the then-Vice President to seek a safe place. Donald Trump announced his intention to run for a new presidential term in the 2024 election, but Pence also hinted that he might run for the Republican nomination. “I will wholeheartedly, unreservedly support the Republican nominee for president in 2024 — if it’s me.”
*With Agence France-Presse
