Former Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence has opened up on what ex-President, Donald Trump requested him to do after the Capitol building attack while warning Americans not to allow the former President to return to power.
Mr. Pence who is the 50th governor of Indiana condemned Trump’s actions and comments after the 2020 presidential election, saying he should ‘never be president again.’
Africa Today News, New York recalls that on the 6th of January, 2021, hundreds of Trump’s supporters invaded the seat of the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C. after he vowed not to concede.
During his declaration for the presidency on Wednesday in Iowa, 64-year-old Pence knocked the former leader for putting himself above America.
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In his speech monitored by Africa Today News, New York, he stated that Trump put him, his family and the country in danger because he wanted to hold on to power.
‘President Trump told me to choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the constitution and I always will,” the Republican said.
‘I swore an oath and I protected it. I did my duty. I kept my oath to protect the Constitution of the United States of America.
‘Anyone who puts themselves above the constitution should never be president; anyone who asks others to put them above the constitution should never be president again,’ Pence added.
Recall that Mr. Pence had last month testified before a federal grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that to talk about the private appearance before the grand jury, the person asked for anonymity. The US Department of Justice’s inquiry has reached a turning point with Pence’s appearance in Washington, DC, where he is questioning the president whom he once devotedly served.