Pence Hits Breaking Point With Trump in Blessing Biden Win
- President assails Pence for defying demand to reject votes
- Vice president’s ambitions face rejection by Trump loyalists
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Donald Trump’s relationship with his most loyal lieutenant, Mike Pence, splintered on Wednesday after the vice president defied the president’s call to overturn his loss in the November election.
Trump attacked Pence on Twitter after the vice president announced he lacked the power to throw out Electoral College votes cast for President-elect Joe Biden. Pence, the president tweeted, “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.”