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Mike Pence: “President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people and the…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2022
President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone. And frankly, there is no idea more un-American than the notion than any one person could choose the American president. Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana
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msnbc.com

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Mike Pence asserts that he did not have the authority to overturn the election results, emphasizing the importance of democracy.

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