Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday offered his most forceful rebuke of Donald Trump, saying that Trump is ¡°wrong¡± that Pence had the legal authority to change the results of the 2020 election and that the Republican Party must accept the outcome and look toward the future.
Speaking to a gathering of conservatives near Orlando, Florida, the former vice president said he understands ¡°the disappointment so many feel about the last election¡± but repudiated Trump¡¯s false claims that Pence could reject Electoral College results and alter the outcome last year.
¡°President Trump is wrong,¡± said Pence, in his remarks before the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization. ¡°I had no right to overturn the election.¡±
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