{"id":125080,"date":"2022-02-05T02:19:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=125080"},"modified":"2022-02-05T02:19:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:19:02","slug":"mike-pence-rejects-idea-he-could-have-rejected-2020-vote-count-president-trump-is-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/mike-pence-rejects-idea-he-could-have-rejected-2020-vote-count-president-trump-is-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pence Rejects Idea He Could Have Rejected 2020 Vote Count: &#8220;President Trump Is Wrong&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Pence pushed back on Donald Trump&#8217;s claim that he could have overturned the election when his vice president presided over the Electoral College count on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This week, I heard President Trump say I had the right to overturn the election. President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election,&#8221; Pence said in a speech to the Federalist Society.<\/p>\n<p>CNN carried the speech, and MSNBC had portions of it. Fox News did not have live coverage, but reported on his comments moments later.<\/p>\n<p>Pence&#8217;s comments were a rare break from Trump, who has groused over his vice president. 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