Former Vice President Mike Pence made his first comments on Thursday after the late Monday indictment of former President Donald Trump by Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis.
Pence, speaking at the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit in Indianapolis, said the 2020 election “was not stolen” in Georgia.
“Despite what the former president and his allies have said for now more than two and a half years and continue to insist to this very hour, the Georgia election was not stolen, and I had no right to overturn the election on Jan. 6,” he told the gathering.
“It’s a hard truth,” he added.
The former vice president also said he had previously “hoped that judgment about those days would be left to the American people and to history” and noted, “such is not the case.”
Pence noted as well that while “all those implicated [in the indictment] are entitled to the presumption of innocence that every American enjoys, no one is above the law.”
The former VP also praised Georgia. Gov. Brian Kemp, who also pushed back on Trump’s claims the state was stolen from him after the former president was indicted.
“The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen. For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward – under oath – and prove anything in a court of law. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair and will continue to be as long as I am governor. The future of our country is at stake in 2024 and that must be our focus,” said Kemp on X, formerly Twitter.
Kemp predicted in July that Trump would lose Georgia if he received the Republican presidential nomination and continued to emphasize his claims of a rigged election.
“Quit looking back at the 2020 election. I mean, for goodness sakes, that was two-and-a-half, three years ago now,” Kemp said. “The American people want to know what are you gonna do for me to help me offset the bad policies of Joe Biden.”
“I think if he continues to do that, he’s gonna lose Georgia in November,” Kemp said of Trump.
The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen.
For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward – under oath – and prove anything in a court…
