It is not going well for Mike Pence at the Iowa State Fair:
During a Q&A session someone asked Pence, “My question is this. Why did you commit treason on Jan. 6.”
Watch:
Here is USA Today:
Former Vice President Mike Pence defended his actions on Jan. 6 after being accused of “treason” by an audience member at the opening day of the Iowa State Fair, then criticized former President Donald Trump’s request for him to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
After his speech at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox at the fair Thursday, Pence took questions from the audience, including one from an attendee who accused him of committing treason on Jan. 6, 2021.
“My question is this: Why did you commit treason on Jan. 6?” the man asked, before being drowned out by boos from the crowd.
Pence called it a fair question and said he was happy to answer.
“Look, come on, people, that’s why I came,” he said. “No, I got it. I’ll answer your question.”
He responded that he followed the U.S. Constitution, recalling his oath of office as vice president and urging the questioner to “read Article II of the Constitution.”
“There’s almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could pick the American president,” Pence said. “The American presidency belongs to the American people.”
Read the rest here.
Adam Wren at Politico thinks Pence is “having a moment.”
I probably do not agree with some of his policy ideas, but he certainly exhibited backbone and character on January 6 and in this venue, standing up to Trump and his ilk who seemingly have not read the Constitution or do not believe it.
Agreed