George Washington would have been smart enough to know that holding a popular vote to select presidential electors was a dumb idea. In 2020, the only vote that would have mattered to him was the selection of presidential electors that took place on December 14th, not the silly "Election Day" nonsense of November 3rd.
Keep in mind that Washington was elected President at a time when most states did not have a popular vote to select their presidential electors.
You are dodging the point about George Washington refusing to participate in a corrupt process.
He would not have done what Pence did.