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7:34Now PlayingDonald Trump loving Republican Elise Stefanik desperately attempts to save face when she gets called out for removing comments against Trump and the Jan. 6 riot during an interview on CNN. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report.
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Elise Stefanik Suggests She Would Have Broken the Law for Trump Were She VP on January 6
"It may be hard to remember now, but in the years preceding January 6, 2021, former vice president Mike Pence showed slavish, obsequious, stomach-churning devotion to Donald Trump. Indeed, right up until the moment he certified the results of the 2020 election, Pence, by his own admission, was trying to figure out a way to help Trump get a second term. Even after Trump sicced a bloodthirsty mob on him, and told the world Pence deserved those chants calling for his hanging, the ex-veep went to bat for his old boss, stonewalling the January 6 committee and fighting a subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith. Incredibly, despite everything, Pence has still refused to commit to not backing Trump in a general election, at least as of nearly a year ago.
This is obviously a disturbing, unbelievable level of loyalty, but for Trump, it is not enough, hence his need to find a new running mate. And apparently, those under consideration understand that unless they effectively confirm they would’ve helped him steal the election three years ago, they don’t have a shot. Speaking to CNN on Thursday, Representative Elise Stefanik told Kaitlan Collins that if she had been vice president on January 6, 2021, she “would not have done what Mike Pence did,” adding, “I don’t think that was the right approach.”"
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