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Former Vice President Mike Pence said then-President Donald Trump “endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building” during the Jan. 6 riot.
“The president’s words were reckless and his actions were reckless,” Pence told ABC’s David Muir of his clear anger at his commander-in-chief as rioters stormed the Capital in 2021.
“It was clear he decided to be part of the problem,” insisted Pence in his most blunt account of his anger from that day.
Pence, 63, made clear that he feels Trump’s refusal to admit he lost the 2020 election put him in danger as he told fired-up supporters to “fight like hell” and head to the Capitol as Pence was overseeing Congress’ certification of the results.
Trump, 76, claimed Pence could easily overturn the result — with those storming the building then chanting “Hang Mike Pence” and erecting gallows, forcing him to flee the building.
