MaddowBlog: It's a shame that a public acknowledgement of an attack against our democracy now constitutes courage in the contemporary Republican Party.
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the annual Hillsborough County NH GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner, in Manchester, N.H., on June 3, 2021.Former Vice President Mike Pence returned to the campaign trail last night, headlining a fundraising dinner in New Hampshire ahead of a likely 2024 presidential campaign. By some, it was the first visit to the nation's first primary state of any Republican contender in the next election cycle.
"January 6 was a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol," Pence said."But thanks to the swift action of the Capitol Police and federal law enforcement, violence was quelled, the Capitol was secured, and that same day we reconvened the Congress and did our duty under the Constitution and the laws of the United States.", as if he were expecting applause. The audience nevertheless remained silent.
Perhaps their differences of perspective could be addressed by some kind of independent investigation into the insurrectionist attack, with commission members helping document the details of what transpired, creating a historical record resolving the Trump-Pence dispute.
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