President Donald Trump has responded to Vice President Mike Pence’s remark about lacking the authority to reject disputed electoral votes, saying that he didn’t have the courage to do what was right. “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “USA demands the truth!” In a statement issued shortly before a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College votes, Pence said that it was “my considered judgement that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not.” “Given the controversy surrounding this year’s election, some approach this year’s quadrennial tradition with …
Pence ‘Didn’t Have the Courage’ to Reject Electoral Votes, Trump Says
January 6, 2021
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