• Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOP
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    2 months ago

    He didn’t try to take over on Jan 6. He made some dumb remarks that a group took as attack the capital.

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      2 months ago

      https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/what-trump-asked-of-pence/

      “I think it’s important that the American people know what happened in the days before January 6,” Pence said. “President Trump demanded that I use my authority as vice president presiding over the count of the Electoral College to essentially overturn the election by returning or literally rejecting votes. I had no authority to do that.”

      For those who might doubt him, Pence urged them to “read the indictment.”

      Pence is featured prominently throughout the 45-page indictment, but there are seven and a half pages that specifically deal with “The Defendant’s [Trump’s] Attempts to Enlist the Vice President to Fraudulently Alter the Election Results at the January 6 Certification Proceeding.”

      Dec. 23, 2020: Trump retweeted (and later deleted) a memo titled “Operation ‘PENCE’ CARD,” which, the indictment states, “falsely asserted that the Vice President could, among other things, unilaterally disqualify legitimate electors from six targeted states.”

      “Pence then gavels President Trump as re-elected.”

      Dec. 25, 2020: When Pence called Trump to wish him a Merry Christmas, Trump requested that Pence reject electoral votes on Jan. 6. Pence responded, as he had in previous conversations, “You know I don’t think I have the authority to change the outcome.”

      There’s more, see the link. Go ahead, learn something. It won’t hurt ya