The Biggest Takeaway From the First Night of the Jan. 6 Hearings Was About Mike Pence

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(Slate) On Thursday, the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack held the first of a series of summer hearings to illuminate the findings of their year-long investigation into the Donald Trump-inspired insurrection and attack on the Capitol.

Ranking member Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming led a compelling 30-minute introduction that featured new footage of interviews with key witnesses including former Attorney General William Barr, Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner, and Trump’s daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump. While many of the new details in these video snippets merely expanded on information already known, there were a series of crucial revelations about Vice President Mike Pence: Basically, it was confirmed that Pence was acting as president on Jan. 6, even as he was being hunted by a mob that Donald Trump had virtually sent after him.

First, Cheney expanded on last month’s blockbuster reporting by Politico that “Trump had signaled a positive view of the prospect of hanging the vice president.” The critical new details stated by Cheney were this:

Aware of the rioters’ chants to hang Mike Pence, the president responded with this sentiment: “Maybe our supporters have the right idea.” Mike Pence “deserves it.”

This followed Trump’s rally at which he told his supporters he would be disappointed if Pence didn’t single-handedly overturn the election results during the electoral college certification. It was also around the time that he tweeted “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution” as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol chanting for Pence’s head.

During the riots, Pence was escorted to safety by secret service agents, even as the mob swarmed the inside of the Capitol rotunda. As president, it was Trump’s duty to restore order to the nation’s government and call off the mob he had sent after Pence. But it was actually Pence that was issuing the orders for the military to send the National Guard. Those troops would eventually clear the Capitol. ...........(more)

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/jan-six-hearing-trump-wanted-hang-mike-pence.html

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I didn't get that takeaway. To my ears, it was ALL about tfg.