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Former Vice President Mike Pence said that he believed the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) clarification for the use of the term “legitimate political discourse” in their resolution to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.). Pence said he believed the committee made it clear it was not about those involved in the rioting that took place on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol.

Former Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that "President (Donald) Trump is wrong" in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021. Speaking at the Federalist Society Florida Chapters conference near Orlando, Pence delivered his strongest response yet to Trump's ongoing efforts to relitigate the 2020 presidential election, calling it "un-American" to suggest one person could have decided the outcome. Pence warned against conservatives who continue to insist the vice president can alter an election, and said it could be a problematic position for Republicans...

WASHINGTON (AP) — From a secure room in the Capitol on Jan. 6, as rioters pummeled police and vandalized the building, Vice President Mike Pence tried to assert control. In an urgent phone call to the acting defense secretary, he issued a startling demand. “Clear the Capitol,” Pence said. Elsewhere in the building, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were making a similarly dire appeal to military leaders, asking the Army to deploy the National Guard. These new details about the deadly riot are contained in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal...