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☆ Pence says he's not worried about Trump inciting violence. CNN reminds him that some of his supporters wanted to hang him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he's not concerned about Trump's rhetoric inciting violence. CNN's Dana Bash responded by noting some Trump supporters called for Pence to be hanged. The former vice president said he was "infuriated" by the violence on January 6 but argued that the ransacking of the US Capitol was carried out by a small minority of Trump supporters. After CNN played the recording of Trump's remarks, Pence said he could "hear my former running mate's frustration in his voice." Around the same time, according to videos posted from inside the US Capitol, some Trump supporters began chanting, "Hang Mike Pence."

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☆ Pence drops from Fox News Sean Hannity lineup after breaking news of Trump's indictment overtakes the airwaves
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Then news of Trump's indictment hit, and Pence didn't appear on the program. Pence had previewed the Fox News appearance in the afternoon through a post on Twitter, which was later deleted. Pence, too, had classified documents at his home in Carmel, Indiana, but turned them over to federal authorities. They seized several boxes of documents Trump took from the White House, some of which were marked "top secret." Trump will be reporting to a federal court in Miami on Tuesday afternoon, he said on Truth Social, his social media platform.

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☆ A history of Mike Pence's Harley-Davidson motorcycle rides
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former VP Mike Pence rode a Harley-Davidson for the "Roast and Ride" event in Iowa on Saturday. US Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, right, and former Vice President Mike Pence ride motorcycles on the way to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa., Saturday, June 3, 2023, during Ernst's Roast and Ride. Former Vice President Mike Pence rides a motorcycle during US Sen. Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride, Saturday, June 3, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Mike Pence participates in the Annual Governor's Motorcycle Ride to benefit the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund in Fountaintown, Ind., Friday, July 29, 2016. Trump and Pence stand next to a Harley Davidson motorcycle on the South Lawn of the White House after meeting with company executives, February 2, 2017.

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☆ Former VP Mike Pence accuses 'reckless' Donald Trump of endangering his family during the January 6 riots
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence has said that Donald Trump "endangered my family" in the January 6 riots. In the lead-up to the Jan. 6 riots, Trump urged Pence to overturn the 2020 election results. In the lead-up to the January 6 riots in Washington, DC, Trump urged Pence to overturn the 2020 election results. Rioters chanted "hang Mike Pence" as they stormed the Capitol building and erected a noose. Former President elect Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Mike Pence acknowledge the crowd during the first stop of his post-election tour, in Cincinnati on December 1, 2016.

☆ Mike Pence wouldn't give a straight answer when asked if he thought Trump is a 'good man'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence didn't give a straight answer when asked if he still thinks Trump is a good man. Pence was asked about a 2016 RNC speech, where he called Trump a "good man." NPR's Steve Inskeep asked Pence on Monday about a 2016 speech the latter made when accepting the nomination for the vice presidency. Inskeep brought up how, in that speech, Pence called Trump a "good man." Some Trump supporters erected makeshift gallows and chanted "hang Mike Pence" during the Capitol riot — actions that Trump privately expressed support for, the January 6 panel revealed.

☆ Trump's Twitter account has been reinstated, but his January 6 tweet attacking Mike Pence is missing
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk reinstated former President Donald Trump's Twitter account on Saturday. Though the @realDonaldTrump account is active again, several tweets from January 6 are gone. A tweet attacking Mike Pence's courage and another about the riot appear to have been removed. A transcript of Trump's tweets on January 6, 2021, compiled by the University of California Santa Barbara's American Presidency Project, suggested several posts were missing after the @realDonaldTrump account was reactivated. Representatives for Twitter and Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ Pence blasts Trump over January 6 in harshest comments yet: 'He endangered me and my family'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Pence blasted Trump's words and actions on January 6, 2021, in a new interview. Pence was "angered" when Trump targeted him in a tweet while Pence was barricaded in the Capitol. He said Trump endangered him and his family with his statements that day. In another excerpt cited by ABC News, Pence said: "The president's words were reckless and his actions were reckless." He continued by saying that Trump's comments at the rally before the riot started "endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building."

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