Friday, November 22

Tag: Mike Pence

13Jan By NewsNo Comments
News

Mike Pence rejects House effort to remove Trump from Presidency

Vice President Mike Pence. Photo: Saul Loeb - Pool / Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence rejected the possibility of stripping President Trump of his powers through the Amendment 25, rebuking a bipartisan resolution in the House calling on the Vice President to do so, The New York Times reported. “I do not believe that this course of action is in the best interest of our nation or is consistent with our Constitution ”, Pence wrote in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi . "I urge you and all members of Congress to avoid actions that further divide and inflame the passions of the moment," Pence wrote. He did not mention the name of Trump . Pence privately indicated the week p asada that he did not support the invocation of the...
Read More
Plan to remove Trump from office and put him on trial
11Jan By NewsNo Comments
News

Plan to remove Trump from office and put him on trial

Vice President Mike Pence has on the table the option of the Amendment 25. Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images The President Donald Trump is facing two battle fronts that could block his intentions to run for the presidency on 2024. Democrats are ready to vote next week on the impeachment process against the president, confirmed the representative James E. Clyburn (South Carolina), responsible for gathering the votes of his party. "If we are the people's house, let's do the people's work and vote to impeach this president ... The Senate will decide later what to do with that impeachment" , Clyburn said on CNN. Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (California), confirmed the progress of that plan, but considered that the application of the Amendment 2...
Read More
Vice President Mike Pence to attend Joe Biden Inauguration
10Jan By NewsNo Comments
USA News

Vice President Mike Pence to attend Joe Biden Inauguration

Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Photo: Megan Varner / Getty Images Vice President Pence plans to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, told NPR a source familiar with the decision. The decision comes one day after President Trump announced on Twitter that he would not attend the opening. Trump has spent weeks falsely claiming that the elections were tampered with, culminating in a violent mob of his supporters seizing the Capitol on Wednesday and caused the death of five people. The president-elect Joe Biden said Friday that welcomes President Trump deciding not to attend and that Vice President Pence “is welcome. It would be an honor to have him there. ” The decision is Pence's second high-pr...
Read More
Assault on the Capitol: the difficult position Vice President Mike Pence is in
10Jan By NewsNo Comments
News

Assault on the Capitol: the difficult position Vice President Mike Pence is in

"Where is Mike Pence?" That was one of the slogans that was chanted last Wednesday among the crowd of supporters of Donald Trump who stormed the United States Capitol to show his rejection of the certification of the election of Joe Biden as the next president of that country. The current Republican vice president, who has been one of the officials most loyal to Trump , had suddenly become a traitor in the eyes of the mob. “I heard at least three of the mutineers on Capitol Hill say they hoped to find Vice President Mike Pence and execute him by hanging him from a Capitol tree as a traitor. It was a common phrase that they were repeating. Many more only spoke about how the vice president should be executed, "said the photographer Jim Bourg, of the Reuters agency, who was ...
Read More
Request to “Hang Mike Pence” Mocked Twitter Censorship for Hours
10Jan By NewsNo Comments
News

Request to “Hang Mike Pence” Mocked Twitter Censorship for Hours

Pence and Pelosi regain control of Congress Photo: JIM LO SCALZO / EFE Twitter allowed public calls to "hang up Vice President Mike Pence" to become a trend on its platform this morning, hours after President Donald Trump's account was permanently suspended, accusing him of inciting violence. “Why is this allowed to be a trend?” Criticized journalist Yashar Ali. “I understand that people have been tweeting it to quote some of the insurgents, but it should not be allowed to be a trend.” One screenshot displayed by Ali showed that more than 14 1,000 Twitter users had already shared the violent request at that time, he reviewed New York Post. The call against Pence originated during Wednesday's riots in Washington DC, with protesters shouting for the execution of...
Read More
Donald Trump blames Mike Pence for chaos in Washington as supporters storm Capitol Hill
7Jan By NewsNo Comments
News

Donald Trump blames Mike Pence for chaos in Washington as supporters storm Capitol Hill

The opinion News "Mike Pence did not have the courage to do what he should have done to protect our country and our Constitution," he said. Donald Trump through his Twitter account. "Mike Pence had no the courage to do what he should have done to protect our country "says Donald Trump on his Twitter account. Photo: EFE By: EFE 23 from January 2021 The outgoing US president, Donald Trump, blamed this Wednesday on his vice president, Mike Pence, from the chaos in Washington for not having assumed powers that the Constitution does not grant him to revoke his electoral defeat, while his followers stormed the Capitol. Trump, who was in the Oval Office as his supporters stormed the Capitol and entered the the House of Representatives, did not ask his suppo...
Read More
Pence rejects pressure from Trump, rules out opposing Biden's win
6Jan By NewsNo Comments
News

Pence rejects pressure from Trump, rules out opposing Biden's win

Vice President Mike Pence. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / POOL / EFE Vice President Mike Pence challenged the president Donald Trump and denied having authority to oppose the certification of the Electoral College's vote, which confirmed the triumph of Joe Biden . “I have considered that my oath to support and defend the Constitution limits me to claiming unilateral authority to determine what Electoral votes should be counted and which ones should not, ” expressed Pence. The vice president was under pressure from President Trump , who would have asked him to oppose Congress certifying the election, the previous step - practically a routine process - to the inauguration of the new government. This this morning , at a rally in Washington, DC, said he hoped Penc...
Read More
Mike Pence challenges Trump, refuses to oppose Biden's certification of triumph
6Jan By NewsNo Comments
News

Mike Pence challenges Trump, refuses to oppose Biden's certification of triumph

Vice President Mike Pence. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / POOL / EFE Vice President Mike Pence refused to have authority to oppose the certification of the Electoral College vote, which confirmed the triumph of Joe Biden . “I have reflected that my oath to support and defend the Constitution limits me to claim unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which ones should not, ” said Pence in a letter sent to Congress. The vice president acknowledged the anger that the electoral process has generated. “Given the controversy surrounding this year's election, some approach the quadrennial tradition this year with great anticipation, others with disdain, ”Pence wrote in a letter sent to Congress. “Some believe that, as vice preside...
Read More
Bad news for Trump despite pressuring Vice President Pence to challenge Biden's win
5Jan By NewsNo Comments
News

Bad news for Trump despite pressuring Vice President Pence to challenge Biden's win

Vice President Pence acknowledges his limited role in certifying the election. Photo: EPA / Chris Kleponis / POOL / EFE Although Vice President Mike Pence has said that he would not directly challenge the certification of the presidential election, the president Donald Trump pushed for me to do so. The president released a message during his rally in Georgia, where he affirmed that Pence "has the power" to reject the decision of the Electoral College on the triumph of Joe Biden , although the vice president only is responsible for ensuring that Congress receives the corresponding votes. “The vice president has the power to reject Electors Elected Fraudulently ”, President Trump falsely declared without foundation. The Republican mistakenly launched that Vice Preside...
Read More