blanket statement from political winter. he wanted to know whether there was a glimmer of light legally or constitutionally quayle repeated forget it. pence finally agreed acting to overturn the election would be antithetical to his traditional view of conservatism. one man could not effectively throw the election to the house of representatives. quayle told pence to let it go. mike, don't even talk about it he said. pence paused, you don't know the position i'm in, he said. even if you're someone like mike pence who's very invested in publicly assuaging and placating your boss, if you're really admitted to rule of law and you're just trying to make trump less mad at you, it's going to hurt to call dan quayle.