2020 ELECTION/MIKE PENCE: “Donald Trump defended rioters at the Capitol on 6 January who threatened to ‘hang Mike Pence’, his vice-president, according to recorded remarks released on Friday [November 12, 2021]…
Trump was speaking to the ABC chief Washington correspondent, Jonathan Karl, for his book Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show… The recording was released by Axios…
Karl said: ‘They were saying ‘hang Mike Pence’.’
‘Because it’s common sense, Jon,’ Trump said, repeating baseless claims about election fraud. ‘It’s common sense that you’re supposed to protect. How can you – if you know a vote is fraudulent, right? – how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress? How can you do that?'”
-Martin Pengelly, “Trump defended rioters who threatened to ‘hang Mike Pence’, audio reveals,” theguardian.com, November 12, 2021