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Mike Pence: “Today's indictment serves an important reminder. Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2023
Today's indictment serves an important reminder. Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States. Our country is more important than one man. Our Constitution is more important than any one man's career. On January 6, former President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution, I chose the Constitution and I always will.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Mike Pence emphasizes the importance of the Constitution over individual ambitions in response to Trump's actions on January 6.

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