{"id":509935,"date":"2022-11-14T21:12:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pences-new-book-details-trumps-lengthy-jan-6-pressure-campaign\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T21:12:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:12:41","slug":"pences-new-book-details-trumps-lengthy-jan-6-pressure-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pences-new-book-details-trumps-lengthy-jan-6-pressure-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pence\u2019s new book details Trump\u2019s lengthy Jan. 6 pressure campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40213818e0c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40213818e0c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pences-new-book-details-trumps-lengthy-jan-6-pressure-campaign\/#Pences_new_book_details_Trumps_lengthy_Jan_6_pressure_campaign\" >Pence\u2019s new book details Trump\u2019s lengthy Jan. 6 pressure campaign<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pences_new_book_details_Trumps_lengthy_Jan_6_pressure_campaign\"><\/span>Pence\u2019s new book details Trump\u2019s lengthy Jan. 6 pressure campaign<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/newsletter-pencetrump_020722ap.jpg?w=580\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Then-Vice President Pence was getting on the phone with President Donald Trump the evening of Dec. 13, 2020, just as chatter was exploding on the internet that he could delay or block the certification of Trump\u2019s electoral loss to Democrat Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>In his new memoir, \u201cSo Help Me God,\u201d Pence writes of how Trump told him during that call that he should decline to participate in Congress\u2019s certification of that vote if he wanted to be \u201cpopular.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe told me I was trending number two on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> as people began speculating whether I was going to participate in the January 6 proceedings at all,\u201d Pence wrote. The Hill obtained an advance copy of the memoir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the widening concern of so many people about election fraud, supporters around the country were arguing that I should decline to participate altogether. The president concurred,\u201d Pence wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018If you want to be popular, don\u2019t do it,\u2019 he suggested,\u201d Pence\u2019s memoir states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe then went a step further: I might convene the session and then at some point walk out. \u2018It would be the coolest thing you could do,\u2019 he said jokingly, \u2018otherwise you\u2019re just another RINO\u2019\u2026 We both laughed at the controversy and his crack,\u201d Pence continued. \u201cAt that point, there was no angst between us and there was no talk of rejecting electors or returning votes to the states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the friction grew in the following days and weeks, Pence wrote in his book, which is set to be released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>For much of the book, Pence writes extensively about the Trump administration\u2019s policy achievements, its controversies and his role as an \u201cactive\u201d and loyal sidekick to Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But in the book\u2019s final chapters, which revolve around the aftermath of the 2020 election, Pence describes weeks of persistent pressure from Trump and his allies who insisted he had the authority to intervene in the electoral certification on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the election, Pence grew concerned that Trump was relying on the legal counsel of Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and not his White House and campaign lawyers like Pat Cipollone, Matt Morgan and Justin Clark. But it was Dec. 5, 2020, when Trump first raised the possibility of challenging the election results in the House, Pence said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From there, Pence detailed numerous instances of Trump pushing him to delay the Jan. 6 certification, to return electors to the states or to boycott the proceedings altogether.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>On Dec. 21, Pence said he advised Trump that once they had exhausted their legal options and the vote was certified, Trump should go on a \u201cthank-you tour\u201d to speak to supporters, then run again in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>On Christmas Day of 2020, Pence said he called Trump as he had in previous years, but the conversation quickly turned to talk of the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we ended the call, he said with a sigh, \u2018If we prove we won a state and Pelosi certifies anyway\u2026 I don\u2019t think we can let that h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You\u2019ll figure it out,\u2019 he added,\u201d Pence wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Pence spoke again with Trump on New Year\u2019s Day of 2021, when the president \u201ccame on strong\u201d about why Pence had opposed a lawsuit from Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) that sought to establish the vice president had the power to reject electoral votes.<\/p>\n<p>After Pence explained that he did not believe the argument in the lawsuit was consistent with the Constitution, Trump told him \u201cYou\u2019re too honest,\u201d and predicted that \u201chundreds of thousands are gonna hate your guts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 2, Trump referred Pence to attorney John Eastman for the first time, Pence said. In the process, Trump suggested to Pence that he could delay the certification of the Electoral College votes by 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Pence wrote, Trump called him in the morning and said, \u201cyou have the absolute right to reject electoral votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You can be a historical figure,\u2019 he said, his tone growing more confrontational, \u2018but if you wimp out, you\u2019re just another somebody,\u2019\u201d Pence wrote of the conversation, adding that he told Trump he was going to do the right thing and follow the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>After holding a rally for Georgia Senate candidates on Jan. 4, Pence attended an Oval Office meeting with Trump, Giuliani, Eastman and others. Pence said he pressed Eastman on his legal theories and argued to Trump that even Eastman was not certain that the vice president had the authority to return electoral votes to the states.<\/p>\n<p>That night, Trump held a rally in Georgia, where he said: \u201cI hope that our great vice president comes through for us! Of course, if he doesn\u2019t come through, I won\u2019t like him so much. No, the one thing you know about Mike, he always plays it straight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 5, Trump made multiple appeals to Pence about preventing the certification of Biden\u2019s victory. Trump sent a tweet that day saying Pence had the power \u201cto reject fraudulently chosen electors.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In an Oval Office conversation that day, Trump told Pence he had the power to \u201cdecertify,\u201d which Pence pushed back on. At that point, Pence wrote, Trump called his vice president \u201cnaive\u201d and suggested Pence lacked the courage needed to reject the votes. Pence responded that he had courage, and Trump knew it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing that, he relented and said with more than a little sadness, \u2018Well, I\u2019m gonna have to say you did a great disservice,\u2019\u201d Pence wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith that I stood up, buttoned my jacket, and said, \u2018Mr. President, you need to say what you need to say, but you know, other than your family, no one in this administration has been more loyal to you than me,\u2019\u201d Pence continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump called Pence twice more before the end of the day on Jan. 5, and in the evening issued a statement claiming Trump and Pence were in \u201ctotal agreement\u201d that the vice president had the authority to decertify the election results, Pence wrote, contradicting their earlier conversations.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Pence and Trump had one final phone call on the morning of Jan. 6 after Pence had issued a statement outlining why he would not intervene in the certification process. On that call, Pence wrote, Trump \u201claid into me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You\u2019ll go down as a wimp,\u2019 he predicted, adding \u2018If you do that, I made a big mistake five years ago!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence went on to describe the events of Jan. 6, describing how rioters breached the Capitol and he was hurried off the Senate floor. He recounted how he refused to leave the Capitol grounds and instead coordinated with congressional leaders from a loading dock under the Capitol as a mob ran through the building, some chanting \u201cHang Mike Pence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former vice president and Trump did not speak for several days after the events of Jan. 6, though the two eventually met in the Oval Office, where Pence told Trump he was angry over the day\u2019s events and said he\u2019d be praying for the president.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Ultimately, Pence wrote, it was Trump\u2019s ongoing fixation on the 2020 election and his outrage at those who stood in the way of his attempts to cling to power that led to a complete break in communication between the two men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince leaving office, people have often asked me about my relationship with President Trump. I tell them I will always be grateful that he chose me to be his vice president,\u201d Pence wrote. \u201cHe was my president and he was my friend. For four years, we had a close working relationship. It did not end well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as you have read on these pages, we parted amicably when our service to the nation drew to a close,\u201d Pence continued. \u201cIn the months that followed, we spoke from time to time, but when the president returned to the rhetoric that he was using before that tragic day and began to publicly criticize those of us who defended the Constitution, I decided it would be best to go our separate ways.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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