Pence was referring to Trump’s tweet, posted as the riot unfolded, about Pence’s refusal to throw out the 2020 election results. The tweet said Pence “didn’t have the guts to do what needed to be done.” Days earlier, Trump and his allies had publicly urged Pence to overturn the election results for Trump, even though the vice president had no legal right to do so. Pence told ABC anchor David Muir that he was “furious” when Trump posted the tweet. “I turned to my daughter, who was standing nearby, and said, ‘It doesn’t take courage to break the law. It takes courage to uphold the law,” he said.
