NP - 1/6 Insurrection Fun Facts #1

[David Morris]

Excerpts from the new Woodward book:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/the-5-biggest-bombshells-in-the-woodward-costa-book

#1:

Q:  Did you Roger specifically why the 1/6 insurrectionists built a gallows
and chanted “Hang Mike Pence?” (I didn’t)

A:  Mike (Piss his pants) Pence chose to disobey Trump by accepting the
2020 electoral college votes from the Senate parlementarian.  Trump and his
mob saw this as a great betrayal:

Pence called former Vice President Dan Quayle for advice.

“Mike, you have no flexibility on this. None. Zero. Forget it. Put it
away,” Quayle reportedly told Pence.

Pence then pushed Quayle, purportedly telling him: “You don’t know the
position I’m in.”

“I do know the position you’re in,” Quayle reportedly replied. “I also know
what the law is. You listen to the parliamentarian. That’s all you do. You
have no power.”

Pence’s decision not to participate in what would have been a coup attempt
earned him a torrent of hatred from Trump and his supporters, who mobbed
the Capitol on Jan. 6 while screaming “Hang Mike Pence.”

The book says that Trump himself told Pence “I don’t want to be your friend
anymore if you don’t do this,” and later said: “You’ve betrayed us. I made
you. You were nothing.”