quail had that job. in 1993, when they failed their reelection campaign, and he has vice president had to deliver, basically open the envelopes showing that bill clinton won. indeed january 6th, 1993, dan quail as vice president certified the victory on that date for than president clinton. and vice president gore. and he s largely disappeared from the american political scene in recent decades. but he remains close to his fellow republicans, mike pence. and this is one of the calls mike pence made during this transition period. trying to figure out how to navigate the dynamics, the president from president trump. vice president quail, based on our reporting, kept ellen pence, you can do this. mike we are friends. we are both indian republican vice president. you just can t move forward.
elections that arise. if the shoe was on the other foot, it s hard to believe any republican would be as enthusiastic about kamala harris wielding that power in 2024. while he rejected eastman s plan he was considering similar schemes to keep trump in office. pence consulted former vice president dan quail who rightfully told him he had no power to overturn the election. additionally, these claims and others were vetted by senators mike lee and lindsey graham and even they expressed skepticism. all of this shows how determined trump and his people were to find a way to steal the election, and while they may have failed this time, 2020 could be a dry run for another attempt in 2024. meanwhile, new evidence suggests that the trump campaign knowingly and intentionally lied about supported fraud in 2020. you might recall the days after the november 3rd, trump s
approach. rather than calling her out, they write they were calling her in, noting with how with education on the issue, minaj could become a powerful voice in urging vaccines. let s hope for that. so my high five of the week, who would have guessed it, dan quail, hero of the republicans. a report that mike pence turned to the former vice president while he was being pressured by donald trump to abdicate his duty as vice president and refused to certify joe biden s 2020 election win. at odds with some of the claims by pence supporters in the book, the vice president is portrayed as a man desperate to find a way to do trump s bidding, but quail, perhaps best known before this for misspelling the word potato as george h.w. bush s vice president was firm that he absolutely couldn t refuse to certify the election. it within his power as vice president and he needed to stick with his duties, which is ultimately what happened.
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hero. you don t become a hero just by carrying your role and responsibility on something that you actually have no power to actually, you know, do. you don t have the power as vice-president to overturn an election. yeah, and not only did he not become a hero. he now wants to run for president, we think, judging by some activities this week in terms of donors and hiring staff. the idea that mike pence is going to run for president for the party that was chanting some of his members were chanting hang mike pence seems bizarre. one last question. republican anthony gonzalez voted to impeach donald trump. he was one of a tiny group. he cites the parties tox iks dynamics. you run the republican accountability party how do you say to the republican party when the few willing to stand up against rump at the end are now ditching the party too? well, we ll continue to support those hanging in there.