Former VP Mike Pence takes swipe at Trump as he accepts Courage award

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74% : But he also acknowledged splits with his own Republican Party 'on spending, tariffs and my belief that America is the leader of the free world and must stand with Ukraine until the Russian invasion is repelled and a just and lasting peace is secured.' Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and her son Jack Schlossberg present the 2025 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to former US Vice President Mike Pence When a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, some chanted that they wanted to 'hang Mike Pence' Pence rejected Secret Service's advice that he leave the Capitol, staying to continue the ceremonial election certification of Democrat Joe Biden's presidential victory once rioters were cleared Trump pressured Pence to reject election results from swing states where the Republican president falsely claimed the vote was marred by fraud.
58% : 'I hope in some small way my presence here tonight is a reminder that whatever differences we may have as Americans, the Constitution is the common ground on which we stand.
56% : In a moment that felt both personal and political he added, 'By God's grace I did my duty that day to support the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States of America.' Former Vice President Mike Pence accepted the prestigious JFK Profile in Courage Award and delivered a not-so-subtle rebuke of his former boss without ever speaking his name Pence's comments came hours after an interview with Trump aired in which he was asked whether US citizens and noncitizens both deserve due process as laid out in the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.
56% : It's what makes us one people.' His comments came just hours after an interview with Trump aired in which he was asked whether US citizens and noncitizens both deserve due process as laid out in the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.
54% : Trump was distinctly noncommittal The award recognizes Pence 'for putting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on January 6, 2021,' the JFK Library Foundation stated.
52% : Though Pence never mentioned 'Donald Trump', his remarks rang with pointed reminders about the Constitution and the rule of law only hours after Trump had answered questions about the Fifth Amendment in a TV interview.
37% : He's delivered speeches urging the president to stand with longtime foreign allies and posted an article he penned more than a decade ago on the limits of presidential power after Trump claimed that, 'He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.'
36% : Trump was distinctly noncommittal.
28% : 'Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify,' Trump wrote at the time on X as rioters moved through the Capitol.
27% : Pressed by NBC's Kristen Welker on whether both U.S. citizens and noncitizens are entitled to due process, Trump shrugged: 'I don't know.
26% : Without naming Trump, Pence nodded toward the chaos of that day and the partisan fractures it exposed - both in the country and within the Republican Party.
19% : When a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, some chanted that they wanted to 'hang Mike Pence.' Pence was whisked away by Secret Service agents, narrowly avoiding a confrontation with the rioters.

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