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The President inciting violence against the Vice President: A timeline. 1/9
The day before the attack on the capitol, Pence met with Trump to clarify that his role was purely ceremonial in the vote count. Trump was angry and called Pence weak. 2/9 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/pence-trump-election-results.amp.html
After meeting with Pence, Trump took to Twitter and lied, claiming that "The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors." 3/9
On the day of the congressional vote, Trump told an agitated crowd of supporters, "we are going to have to fight much harder, and Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us, and if he doesn't, that will be a sad day for our country." 4/9 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/trump-speech-capitol.html
After Trump riled up the crowd, the angry mob made their way to the capitol building where Pence was presiding over the vote. They chanted "Where is Mike Pence?" 5/9 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tells-pence-i-dont-want-to-be-your-friend-2021-1
At 2pm, the violent mob smashed into the capitol. At 2:24pm, Trump tweeted, "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done." Members of the mob roamed the halls, hunting for Pence. 6/9 https://news.yahoo.com/where-pence-pro-trump-mob-120503920.html
At least three rioters were looking for Pence to murder him. 7/9 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-rioters-wanted-more-violence-worse/617614/
During the violence, Trump did not check on Pence, but he did ban Pence's Chief of Staff from the White House. 8/9 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-didnt-check-pence-safety-after-inciting-capitol-mob-2021-1?amp
It is no wonder Pence has not spoken to Trump since the violent insurrection. I would ignore a guy who incited a violent crowd to come kill me, too. 9/9 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/10/trump-hasnt-spoken-to-pence-since-rioters-stormed-capitol-calling-for-his-execution/
