Donald Trump sent his 2.24 tweet, the president said, Mike Pence didn`t have the courage to do what should`ve been done to protect our country and our Constitution. Despite knowing the capitol had been breached and the mob was in the building, President Trump called Mike Pence a coward and placed all the blame on him for not stopping the certification. He put a target on his own vice president`s back.
Luria discusses Trump's tweet that escalated the situation during the Capitol attack.
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If we're going to talk about dereliction of duty, what were his duties as the president of the United States to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed?
We know that he attempted to or he actually did apply an extreme amount of pressure on the former vice president and attempting him to change the outcome of the results, as Liz Cheney mentioned in one of our hearings.
If you were president, wouldn`t you just jump into action? Wouldn`t you call everyone in your administration, your Cabinet who could, you know, come in and help quell this and monitor the situation carefully? He really sat in relative isolation and didn`t take action, even at very strong urging of the people around him.
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