{"id":1974567,"date":"2023-07-16T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-questions-pence-about-jan-6-capitol-breach\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T15:46:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:46:53","slug":"tucker-carlson-questions-pence-about-jan-6-capitol-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-questions-pence-about-jan-6-capitol-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson queries Pence on Capitol breach."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftucker-carlson-questions-pence-about-jan-6-capitol-breach%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974567&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n \u200b <div\u2064 class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0716\/5a17df50-9c22-4401-b8ec-ee56f75e6cf1\/audio.mp3?length=3599757&#038;duration=300\"><\/div>\n<p> \u200b \u2062<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<h2>Former \u2063Vice President\u200d Mike\u200c Pence\u200d Discusses Capitol Breach<\/h2>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>Former \u200dFox\u200c News host \u2062Tucker\u2064 Carlson engaged\u200c in \u200da\u200d thought-provoking\u2064 conversation\u200b with former \u2064Vice President \u200cMike Pence about\u200d the events \u2064of\u2064 January 6, 2021, when \u200bthe Capitol\u200b was\u2062 breached.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b \u200c <\/p>\n<p>During\u200b the Family\u2062 Leadership\u2063 Summit in Iowa, Carlson asked\u200b Pence\u2064 if he\u200b believed the\u2063 incident should \u2064be \u2063labeled \u2062an \u2064&#8221;insurrection,&#8221;\u2062 a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-prosecutors-hold-mass-trial-for-protesters-including-children-psychiatric-patient\/\" title=\"Cuba: Prosecutors Hold Mass Trial for Protesters Including Children, Psychiatric Patient\">term commonly<\/a> used \u2062by\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">mainstream media<\/a> and Democratic \u2063officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u2062 <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200c  \u2062  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All\u200b I know for\u2064 sure, \u200bhaving lived through \u2064it at\u2064 the\u200b Capitol, \u2063is that\u200c it was a tragic day,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200c\u200c  \u2064\u200d <\/p>\n<p>said\u2064 Pence, \u200dwho oversaw the Joint \u200cSessions\u200d of Congress \u2064before the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-defend-protests-say-protection-around-capitol-building-was-inadequate\/\" title=\"Protesters defend protests, say protection around Capitol building was inadequate\">protesters entered<\/a>\u200c the Capitol\u200c building.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  \u200c  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never used \u2062the word\u2064 insurrection, \u2064Tucker, \u2064over \u200bthe past two\u2064 years, but it was\u2062 a\u200c riot\u2063 that took place at\u200c the\u2064 Capitol \u200dthat day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u200c  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Prior\u2064 to \u2062the\u2064 January 6 session, President \u2062Donald \u200bTrump and\u200c some \u2064of \u200bhis \u2063allies \u2064urged\u200b Pence to reject the certification of then-President-elect Joe Biden. \u2063Pence&#8217;s\u200c decision \u200bnot \u2062to\u200b do \u2064so\u200b drew\u200b criticism from Trump\u2063 and \u200dhis \u200csupporters, who believed\u2062 Pence\u200c acted \u200dinappropriately.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Pence,\u200b however, \u2062maintained\u200d that he had no constitutional \u2062power \u200bto overturn \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-state-2024-race-shapes-up-as-candidates-vie-to-replace-katie-porter\/\" title=\"California's 2024 race intensifies as contenders compete for Katie Porter's seat.\">election\u2064 results<\/a>.\u200c He\u2062 was\u200c quickly moved to safety before the protests\u200b escalated.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200d \u2062  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2063 just\u200c think it was\u200c a tragic \u2064moment, without \u200dquestion,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2063   \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Pence told \u200bCarlson.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  \u2063 \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I have to\u2063 tell you that \u2063seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-questions-pence-about-jan-6-capitol-breach\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson queries Pence on Capitol breach.\">people \u200dassaulting\u200c law\u200b enforcement \u200dofficers<\/a>,\u200c smashing \u2063windows, \u200dbreaking\u2063 into the Capitol \u200cbuilding, it\u200d infuriated\u200d me. And it&#8217;s \u2064very likely \u200cthat the \u200brestraint \u200cthat \u200dwas\u2062 shown\u200d by law enforcement officers saved \u200dlives that day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u200c \u200b <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, Pence \u200dexpressed \u2064his \u2063belief \u2064that \u200bTrump&#8217;s\u200b comments\u2064 on January 6 \u2062were\u2063 inappropriate and potentially \u2063dangerous.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200d  \u200c \u200b <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe whatever \u2062his intentions\u200d in\u2064 that moment, it endangered\u200c me and \u200dmy family\u2063 and everyone that \u200bwas\u200c at \u2063the\u2063 Capitol that \u2062day,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2062  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>he \u2062said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  \u2062 \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe history\u200d will \u200chold \u2062him accountable \u200cfor \u200dthat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>When\u2062 Pence \u2064launched \u2062his \u20642024 \u2062campaign for the Republican nomination, he \u2062stated that\u200d he\u200b believes Trump&#8217;s\u2062 statements on January 6 should \u2063disqualify \u200chim from holding \u200coffice\u2064 again.\u2062 However, Pence&#8217;s\u200c popularity \u200cin polls\u200b has \u200dremained relatively\u200d low, \u200ccurrently hovering \u200daround 5 percent support.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u2062<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5235225\" \u2062style=\"width:\u2064 640px\" class=\"wp-caption \u2063alignnone\">\n \u2063\u2064  \u200b \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/02\/id5235225-tucker-carlson-1200x800.jpeg\"><br \/>\n \u200c\u200c   \u200d<figcaption\u200d class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200d  \u200b  <\/a><br \/>\n\u200c  \u2064 \u200b <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/02\/id5235225-tucker-carlson-1200x800.jpeg\"\u200b alt=\"Tucker \u2062Carlson\u2064 speaks\u2062 during the\u2063 Mathias \u200cCorvinus \u2064Collegium \u200cFeszt in\u200c Esztergom, \u2062Hungary,\u200c on\u2062 Aug. \u200c7, 2021. (Janos Kummer\/Getty \u2064Images)\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>\u200c  \u200c<\/p>\n<h3>Tucker\u2063 Carlson\u2063 Questions Pence on\u2064 Ukraine \u200bSupport<\/h3>\n<p>During\u200d the\u200b interview,\u200d Carlson\u200c also pressed Pence \u200bon\u200c his stance \u2064regarding \u200cUkraine&#8217;s\u2064 war \u2064effort \u2064against\u200d Russia.\u200d Pence reiterated his belief\u200c that it \u200bis \u2063in \u200cthe \u2064best\u2064 interest\u200d of\u200b the\u200b United \u200bStates\u2062 to support the \u2063Kyiv government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson questioned former Vice President Mike Pence about his perspective on the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. 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