Then-Vice President Mike Pence was on the phone with then-President Trump the evening of Dec. 13, 2020, just as chatter was exploding online that he could delay or block Democrat Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential election. In his new memoir, "So Help Me God," Pence writes Trump told him during their conversation that he should decline to take part in Congress's certification process if he wanted to be "popular." "He told me I was trending number two on Twitter as people began speculating whether I was going to participate in the January 6 proceedings at all," Pence writes. The Hill obtained an advance copy of the memoir, which is set to be released Tuesday. "Given the widening concern of so many people about election fraud, supporters around the country were arguing that I should decline to participate altogether. The president concurred," Pence writes. "He then went a step further: I might convene the session and then at some point walk out. 'It would be the coolest thing you could do,' he said jokingly, 'otherwise you're just another RINO'… We both laughed at the controversy and his crack." "At that point, there was no angst between us and there was no talk of rejecting electors or returning votes to the states," he adds. But the friction grew in the following days and weeks, Pence writes in his book. As Pence took part in the certification on Jan. 6, 2021, a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and Pence had to be whisked to safety, narrowly escaping. Read more here. |
|
|
Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
|
|
🛑 Appeals court blocks Biden student debt cancellation plan
|
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program, which had already been halted nationwide by a separate court ruling. |
|
|
🗳️ Ginni Thomas among people backing House, Senate GOP delays
|
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is among a group of 59 influential conservative power brokers who signed an open letter pressing Republican leaders in the House and Senate to delay their internal conference leadership elections. |
|
|
🔔 6 foreign nations spent $750K at Trump Hotel
|
Representatives from six foreign governments spent $750,000 at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., at the same time they were seeking to influence U.S. policy during the Trump presidency, the House Oversight and Reform Committee has revealed. |
|
|
☎️ Dem group launches tip line for damaging Trump info
|
A major Democratic super PAC is launching a tip line for those attending former President Trump's expected 2024 campaign launch to provide potentially damaging information. |
|
|
📄 Trump pushes special master to deem Mar-a-Lago records his
|
Then-President Trump designated presidential records as personal records simply by packing them up and taking them to Mar-a-Lago, his lawyers wrote in newly unsealed court documents. |
|
|
🐘 Vance says GOP blaming Trump for midterms is 'counterproductive'
|
Sen.-elect J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) says the Republican Party is hurting itself if its leaders continue to blame former President Trump for its performance in this year's midterm elections. |
|
|
🙅♀️ Greene: Any McCarthy challenge would be 'bad strategy'
|
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) argued against any challenge to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as House minority leader, worrying that it could have unintended negative consequences in a slim majority. |
|
|
☀️ Gallego says Sinema 'did nothing' to help Arizona Dems in midterms
|
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) says Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) "did nothing" to help Arizona Democrats in the midterm elections. |
|
|
🙏 Bidens mourning with UVA community after deadly shooting
|
The White House has expressed sadness over a shooting at the University of Virginia that left three students dead over the weekend. |
|
|
🔍 Who is the suspect in the deadly University of Virginia shooting?
|
An overnight manhunt for the man accused of killing three people and injuring two others in a shooting at the University of Virginia ended Monday with the suspect's arrest. |
|
|
📦 Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 people: report
|
Amazon is planning to lay off approximately 10,000 people from its workforce this week, following the steps of other major tech companies, according to a report by The New York Times. |
|
|
🏎️ Jay Leno suffers serious burns in car fire, TMZ reports
|
|
|
📥 NotedDC: Sign up for insider news from The Hill |
Have you signed up for The Hill's NotedDC? Make sure to get it in your inbox every Tuesday through Thursday for your guide to what's happening in D.C. and beyond.
|
|
| 'What did Americans really learn on Nov. 8?'
| "While 'saving democracy' will not go down as one of history's most memorable battle cries, it may have rallied enough Democrats to stave off the traditional midyear shellacking administered to presidents," writes
The Atlantic Council's Harlan Ullman. |
|
|
1625 K Street NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20006 | © 1998 - 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
|
If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.
No comments:
Post a Comment