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Trump says Pence is 'mortally wounded' inside the GOP for his role in certifying 2020 election results
CNN
As former Vice President Mike Pence weighs his future in politics -- laying the groundwork for a possible presidential campaign in 2024 and supporting Republican candidates who face reelection next fall -- former President Donald Trump said Pence is "mortally wounded" inside the GOP.
Video posted to social media shows Trump, who was speaking at a closed press event with former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly over the weekend, telling a crowd that Pence "has been very badly hurt" by his commitment on January 6 to allow congressional certification of the 2020 election results.
"I was disappointed in one thing, but it was a big thing. Mike should have sent those crooked votes back to the legislatures and you would have had a different result in the election, in my opinion," the former President told an audience on Saturday as part of O'Reilly's "History Tour" in Sunrise, Florida.
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