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Vice President Mike Pence (right) faced much criticism and threats from Trump supporters after the confirmation vote of Joe Biden’s victory – Image: AFP
According to CNN, the discord between President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence is growing. Despite his disappointment with Trump following the Capitol riots, Pence still opposes the impeachment of the president, according to New York Times.
At least two CNN sources said Trump and White House security officials nearly neglected Vice President Pence, who was trapped with his wife and daughter in the National Assembly building on January 6.
Mr. Pence then called Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller and urged the deployment of the National Guard to the Capitol, where the United States Congress building is located.
The CNN source also said that President Trump has not contacted Pence after the January 6 incident, even banning the head of the vice president’s office from going to the west wing of the White House.
“That message is pretty clear,” he said.
The White House has yet to respond to the CNN news.
In his opening remarks at the electoral college canvassing session on January 6, Mr. Pence stressed that he himself has no right to unilaterally change the election results, but welcomed congressmen to raise concerns about fraud.
Later, President Trump expressed his disappointment on Twitter, criticizing Mr. Pence for “not having the courage to do the right thing.” Just a few minutes later, the counting of votes came to a halt when extremists stormed the National Assembly building.
Vice President Pence and the congressmen were evacuated in an emergency before protesters stormed the Senate meeting room and took the chair that Mr. Pence had just vacated. The CNN source described that after breaking in, many extremists shouted “Where’s Mike Pence?” and started looking for it.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, a Republican, recalls that Vice President Pence went from anger to disappointment at Trump’s actions.
“I have known Pence for a long time, but I have never seen him so angry as that day, recalls Mr. Inhofe. According to Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Pence said in that way everything he recovered after so many things he did “. for Mr. Trump.
Pence thanked a police officer defending parliament for evacuating him and other MPs during the January 6 incident – Photo: TWITTER
After the Capitol riots, a number of government officials resigned or called for the 25th Amendment to be activated to immediately impeach President Trump. CNBC sources said that among those who discussed this were Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin.
More than 100 Democrats also urged Pence to take action, warning that if the vice president does not do so, the House of Representatives will launch an impeachment process to impeach Trump.
However, according to the newspaper New York TimesVice President Pence opposed activating Amendment 25 in the constitution. Some administration officials shared Pence’s concern that the impeachment of President Trump only created more chaos in Washington DC.
Mr. Pence’s daughter congratulates Mr. Biden
At other related events, Pence’s daughter Charlotte Pence Bond congratulated Biden.
“Congratulations to President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris,” Charlotte wrote on Twitter on January 8 (Vietnam time).
A well-informed source of Politician Vice President Pence and his family are considering joining Biden’s inauguration on January 20. “A few days ago it was difficult to make a decision about this. But now it’s easier,” he revealed.
Trump admits that Biden won
