Bingo.
If I had been in Pence’s shoes on January 6, I can’t claim I could have stopped them from stealing the election, but I sure as hell would have tried.
I would have done everything in my power as President of the Senate to let the dissenting state legislators be heard - even if all I had was the “bully pulpit” and a microphone.
They would have had to drag me off the podium kicking and screaming.
The Democrats and RINOs would have called me a partisan hack and accused me of abusing my role as President of the Senate for partisan politics.
I would have said “Damn right I’m defending my President and my party! You c@cksuckers are stealing the election!”
Pence did NOTHING.
You are absolutely right in everything you said.