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Former Vice President Mike Pence gave Tucker Carlson the answer he wanted on Jan. 6, eliciting an “amen” from the former Fox News host at a major campaign event in Iowa on Friday.
“All I know for sure, having lived through it at the Capitol, is that it was a tragic day. I’ve never used the word insurrection, Tucker, over the last two years,” Pence said. “It was a riot that took place that day.”
Interviewed by Carlson onstage at a conservative Christian group’s 2024 candidate forum, Pence either ignored or nodded along to the pundit’s debunked conspiracy theories about Jan. 6—a remarkable display for a man who the pro-Trump mob wanted to execute for his refusal to overturn the 2020 election.