Former Vice President Mike Pence delivered his harshest rebuke yet of former President Donald Trump over the weekend for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Pence made the comments while speaking at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, a white-tie event thrown by Washington, D.C. journalists and attended by high-profile Beltway figures. The exclusive soiree is known for politicians poking fun at each other and members of the D.C. press corps taking part in skits. This year featured speeches from Pence, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.
While Pence had grown somewhat critical of the former president in recent months, Saturday's speech marked his most pointed condemnation of Trump since their working relationship and overall political alliance crumbled at the end of their administration. He eventually told of the monthslong pressure campaign he faced under the then-president as he refused to recognize their election loss or accept his inability to overturn it in his memoir, released one week after the midterms.
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