Mike Pence and Donald Trump met in the Oval Office on Monday night in a bid to repair their deeply-damaged relationship, which had been shredded by Wednesday’s rioting. Trump on Wednesday unleashed his followers on Pence, accusing his vice president of failing to support him in his bid to overthrow the election. A mob of … Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leaders have set up fast-moving floor votes that that will force House Republicans to cast votes both on President Trump’s fitness for office and on whether to remove him during his final days in power. On Monday morning, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) sought to call up a … Read more
A pro-Trump lawyer banned by Twitter is being investigated by the Secret Service for calling for Mike Pence to face the firing squad. Lin Wood, a Georgia-based conspiracy theorist and high-profile Trump supporter, had his Twitter account removed on Wednesday for a series of provocative tweets, including saying that the Capitol riot had been staged … Read more
Mike Pence has not ruled out using the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office in the wake of Wednesday’s riot on the US Capitol that left five dead, CNN reports. Senator Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Pence Thursday to declare Trump unfit for office after he riled up crowds telling … Read more
Twitter has been forced to step in and stop ‘Hang Mike Pence’ trending in the wake of the MAGA mob riot where Donald Trump supporters called for the Vice President’s execution and strung up a noose outside the Capitol. The phrase was trending on the platform in the early hours of Saturday morning just hours after … Read more
A Reuters’ photographer covering Wednesday’s riot on the U.S. Capitol has claimed he heard at least three Trump supporters speak about hanging Vice President Mike Pence from a tree as a ‘traitor’. Jim Bourg, the Reuters News Pictures Editor in D.C., tweeted on Friday that he heard ‘many more’ speak about executing Pence as they … Read more
After more than 24 hours of public silence since his supporters stormed the Capitol, President Donald Trump released a short video where he blasted the ‘heinous’ attack and called for national ‘healing’ and an ‘orderly’ and ‘seamless’ transition to a new administration. In an astonishing change of tone which came minutes after it was revealed … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence was visibly angry about the rioters on Capitol Hill and lamented about President Donald Trump blaming him for the election loss. ‘After all the things I’ve done’ for Trump was Pence’s reported reaction to the president pressuring him to illegally overturn the election. Pence, who steadfastly stood by Trump’s side for … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence was visibly angry about the rioters on Capitol Hill and lamented about President Donald Trump blaming him for the election loss. ‘After all the things I’ve done’ for Trump was Pence’s reported reaction to the president pressuring him to illegally overturn the election. Pence, who steadfastly stood by Trump’s side for … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is calling for the president’s cabinet to make use of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald Trump unfit for office and put Vice President Mike Pence in charge – after Trump fueled what he called in an ‘insurrection’ mob that ran wild in the Capitol Wednesday. The New York … Read more