Donald Trump criticized his former VP Mike Pence again on Tuesday for not ‘overturning’ the election results, and is now claiming Pence should be investigated for failing to ‘send back’ votes in states where Trump claimed fraud.
He wrote about it in a statement from his Save America PAC – a day after saying Pence ‘did have the right to change the outcome’ and that ‘he could have overturned the Election!’
Having learned that Pence’s former chief of staff Marc Short testified before the House Jan. 6th Committee a day ago, Trump is now calling for an investigation into the vice president. He is also demanding an investigation into Nancy Pelosi, who he accuses of failing to protect the Capitol.
‘So pathetic to watch the Unselect Committee of political hacks, liars, and traitors work so feverishly to alter the Electoral College Act so that a Vice President cannot ensure the honest results of the election, when just one year ago they said that “the Vice President has absolutely no right to ensure the true outcome or results of an election,” Trump said in the statement.
In his comment, he was referring to the Electoral Count Act, the subject of election reform negotiations.
While lawmakers and scholars have criticized the law for ambiguities, the vice president is charged with overseeing the counting of electoral votes. Pence was within his rights not to accept votes certified by state officials, according to Trump. In the midst of his effort to overturn the election, Trump and some of his advisors urged Pence to take just that step.
‘In other words, they lied, and the Vice President did have this right or, more pointedly, could have sent the votes back to various legislators for reassessment after so much fraud and irregularities were found. If it were sent back to the legislators, or if Nancy Pelosi, who is in charge of Capitol security, had taken my recommendation and substantially increased security, there would have been no “January 6” as we know it!’ Trump’s statement added.
‘Therefore, the Unselect Committee should be investigating why Nancy Pelosi did such a poor job of overseeing security and why Mike Pence did not send back the votes for recertification or approval, in that it has now been shown that he clearly had the right to do so!’
The president repeated his tactics from his time in the White House, when he demanded investigations of former FBI Director James Comey, former special counsel Robert Mueller, and the entire Russia investigation as lawyers investigated his campaign ties to Russia.
President Trump went after Pence after it emerged the two men last spoke last summer – even though both have insisted there was no rift between them.
Following the Jan. 6th committee’s acquisition of Trump White House records from the National Archives, daily revelations about the last days of the Trump administration covered the topic.
As reported in Tuesday’s New York Times, Trump instructed his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to contact the Homeland Security Secretary to seize voting machines, following earlier reports that the Pentagon would be seizing the machines per Executive Order.
A Washington Post report indicates that some ripped-up presidential records have been taped back together.
During a rally in Texas on Saturday night, Trump said if re-elected, he would pardon the Jan. 6th rioters. ‘We will treat those people from January 6 fairly. We will treat them fairly,’ Trump said. ‘And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons.’
The two Republican members of the Jan. 6th Committee, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, decried Trump’s comments about Pence on Sunday.
Trump’s statement went on: ‘If the Vice President (Mike Pence) had “absolutely no right” to change the Presidential Election results in the Senate, despite fraud and many other irregularities, how come the Democrats and RINO Republicans, like Wacky [Sen.] Susan Collins, are desperately trying to pass legislation that will not allow the Vice President to change the results of the election? Actually, what they are saying, is that Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away. Unfortunately, he didn’t exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!’
Short, Pence’s top aide, is the latest key figure in Pence’s orbit to talk in a channel that has previously provided access to the Oval Office backstage before and during the Capitol riots. Among the witnesses who have publicly spoken to the committee, Short might be the most important. Moreover, by complying with a subpoena, he generated further friction between Pence’s team and several Trump acolytes who have defied the panel. It may be that split that finally reveals January 6’s whole story, that Trump did not incite the violence.
The testimony of an ultra-loyal aide to Pence will spark new speculation as to whether the former vice president will be called to testify. Such a step, even for an investigation such as this, would be significant. Other than Trump himself, Vice President Pence is probably the most eye-catching possible witness. Public opinion would be influenced more by his testimony than that of lower-ranking officials. However, it would also likely sabotage the balance he is trying to strike between defending his actions on January 6, 2021, and preserving his own presidential future with a GOP that has a strong, Trump-loving base.
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@ BEAR-
I assume that if challenged as it looks to happen, this could delay any redistribution, and leave the districts as they are, even past election time. Which, of course would suit the MAGA Repubs
On another but connected point, it looks as if the Republican Party as we’ve always know it, is finished, and MAGA platforms will become the norm. What will that mean for the RINOS, will their voters still back them, or have they vanished. But voters most often dwell on more local matters than national.
So either an internal fight, with a messy result, or unanimity…..??
More on Pence from Trump:
@Edgar some of the redistricting like in NY State may face legal challenges. What they are doing in NY looks like they are violating their own State Constitution in the manner they are redrawing districts.
@GEAR-
Yes I also saw that poll and I quite agree with your points. No question. I was merely giving Peloni my idea of what you were meaning about the border, correctly I see. Also , if the redistributions go through and the Repubs can’t counter it, the 2022 landslide may not be the sure thing it’s been shaping up to be, although all the debating points are wholly in the Repubs favour., ao they should still win.
I don’t know how long it takes for genuine redistributing to become law, but if delayed, it will have an effect on the result.
@Edgar my list is what I believe the GOP and Trump should talk about now and as you correctly said work in a GOP Administration.
The Democrats are weak on it. Inflation is climbing and this should also be brought up and that is where Dems are vulnerable.
“Over half of the country believes the United States is on the “wrong track” over a year into President Biden’s presidency, a Reuters/Ipsos survey released this week found.
The survey asked respondents to reveal their current view on the direction of the country and found 63 percent indicating that it is “off on the wrong track.” Less than a quarter, 24 percent, believe the country is headed in the “right direction,” and 13 percent remain unsure.”
So Trump and the GOP need to capitalize on the DEMS vulnerabilities and win at the ballot box. They need to say what they will fix!!
@Peloni – What Borders in Theory mean is that since the borders are not enforced and a massive amount of humans are streaming across the Southern Border. There is NO REAL BORDER IN EFFECT.
My list may not be all encompassing but it is what I think should be focused on.
If you have no personal safety and crime is running rampant you have no freedom. This is something basic the government needs to deliver on and wherever one finds Democrats running things crime massively escalating.
Trump pointed out something very correctly today.