Pence: Trump Is 'Wrong' To Say Election Could Be Overturned

While former VP Mike Pence has previously defended his actions on Jan. 6, the remarks Friday mark his most forceful rebuttal of Trump to date.

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday directly rebutted former President Donald Trump's false claims that Pence somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply "wrong."

In a speech to a gathering of the conservative Federalist Society in Florida, Pence addressed Trump's intensifying efforts this week to advance the false narrative that, as vice president, he had the unilateral power to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office.

"President Trump is wrong," Pence said. "I had no right to overturn the election."