Re: From Woodward’s new book “Peril” (#1)

[Mark Kohut]

Yes. More dangerously shocking than one wants to believe. (And I
remember many--maybe not on the plist, dunno-- who
thought Trump was a better choice than Hillary Clinton, war monger)

the whole book available to the rest of us next Tuesday.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 12:08 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> This just came out today.  It is a really big deal:
>
> Excerpts from the new Woodward book:
> >
> >
> >
> https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/the-5-biggest-bombshells-in-the-woodward-costa-book
> >
> > #1:
> >
> > Q:  Did you know 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.”
> >
> >
> >
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