At the height of the violence on January 6 last year, with his supporters singing “Hang Mike Pence” as they stormed the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump addressed his aides as they watched television from White House.
“Maybe our supporters have the right idea,” Trump said of the rioters who threatened to kill his vice president. “Mike Pence deserves it.”
This line, revealed last night by the congressional committee investigating the attack on the Capitol last year, underscored the depth of Trump’s fury against Pence for refusing to block Joe Biden’s certification as president. and the depths to which he was willing to lower himself as he clung to power.
Trump supporters inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 6 last year
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Although the committee has not yet indicated the source of the claim, it did