Trump Knew They Were After Mike Pence On January 6th. His Response? ‘So What’.

The way that day unfolded only continues to sound worse and worse the more we learn about it.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readOct 3, 2024
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I’m fully aware that I’m far from the only one who has mentioned they’re convinced that Donald Trump will go to his grave upset about the 2020 election. The former President will be on his death bed still angry, spending so many of his final yeas trying to convince everyone it was robbed from him that he’ll have thoroughly convinced even himself that it’s true. Of all the examples we’ve been given over the years that indicate just how dangerous Trump is, suffice it to say that for most people January 6th and the aftermath of the 2020 election would be top of that list.

How can we forget that he nearly got his own Vice President killed?

Spencer S. Hsu, Josh Dawsey, Tom Jackman and Amy Gardner with The Washington Post writes:

“President Donald Trump appeared indifferent as rioters stormed the Capitol to try to prevent the transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021, telling an aide “So what?” even after learning security measures were being taken to protect his vice president, prosecutors alleged in an explosive new court filing unsealed Wednesday.

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx