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Old 04-24-2022, 12:14 AM   #4012
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It's crazy to think, that for all his faults as a politician, Mike Pence may have been the unsung hero at preventing the attempted coup by Trump.

https://www.newsweek.com/pence-refus...raskin-1700341

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"[Pence] uttered what I think are the six most chilling words of this entire thing I've seen so far: 'I'm not getting in that car,'" Raskin said. "He knew exactly what this inside coup they had planned for was going to do."


"I'm not getting in the car, Tim," Pence said, in response to Giebels' insistence that he enter the armored vehicle. "I trust you, Tim, but you're not driving the car. If I get in that vehicle, you guys are taking off. I'm not getting in the car."
When you line that up with what Sen. Grassley said just before the insurrection, it seems pretty obvious that the plan was to try and make it so Pence would not be there:

https://politicalwire.com/2021/01/05...certification/

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January 5, 2021 - Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), the Senate president pro tempore, says he and not Vice President Mike Pence will preside over the certification of Electoral College votes, since “we don’t expect him to be there,” Roll Call reports.
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