by Jim Heath | Nov 12, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Former president Donald Trump said he considered it “common sense” for his supporters to chant “Hang Mike Pence!” during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Audio of Trump’s comments to ABC News’s Jonathan Karl were published Friday by Axios in advance of a forthcoming book by...
by Jim Heath | Jul 26, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Ex-President Donald Trump’s big lie came full circle on Saturday as he traveled to Arizona to dangerously seize on the false fruits of a sham election “audit” precipitated by his own discredited claims the 2020 election was stolen. On a late...
by Jim Heath | Jun 4, 2021 | GOP, Headlines, Pence
Mike Pence said on Thursday he doubted he would ever ‘see eye to eye’ with Donald Trump about the Capitol insurrection. MAGA rioters stormed the Capitol building on January 6 as the then-Vice President was ratifying the result of the 2020 election, with...
by Jim Heath | Jan 19, 2021 | GOP, Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden, Trump
Vice President Mike Pence will skip Donald Trump’s farewell ceremony on Wednesday, as will top Republican congressional leaders, in order for them to spend inauguration day with incoming President Joe Biden. Pence is attending Biden’s swearing-in ceremony...
by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
A Reuters’ photographer covering Wednesday’s riot on the U.S. Capitol has claimed he heard at least three Trump supporters speak about hanging Vice President Mike Pence from a tree as a ‘traitor’. As the attack unfolded, Donald Trump took to...