Mike Pence: History Will Hold Trump Accountable for His Reckless Words and Actions on Jan. 6

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PENCE: "Well, Martha, let me say, on January 20th, 2017, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution. It was a promise I made to the American people, but it also ended with a prayer, 'So help me God.' And all four years, all the way up to that fateful day on January 6, I kept my promise that I made to almighty God and to the American people. I think yesterday’s indictment is -- will stand either on its own merits or it will fall. I can’t really speak to the legal arguments behind it, but I think the American people deserve to know that on that day president asked me to choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the Constitution, and I always will. And I want the American people to know, as I stand for the Republican nomination for president of the United States, that I’ll keep faith with the Constitution. And I do believe that while there has been weaponization at the Justice Department and we certainly lived through it through the Trump-Pence years, that at the end of the day history will hold Donald Trump accountable for his reckless words and actions on that day. I’ll always stand by the truth of that and make sure the American people know why I did what I did, Martha. I had no right to overturn the election. Despite the fact that President Trump has continued to insist that over the last 2 1/2 years, I want people to know that I stood strong on the Constitution that day, by God’s grace, and I always will."