DK community writer annieli has a fascinating, highly rec’d diary trending about emerging information about the January 6th Coup Stupid—maybe it should be rename Coup Not-Quite-As-Stupid-As-I-Thought.
It’s been reported that then-VP Pence refused to get in a car provided by the Secret Service to get him away from the Capitol. However, several commenters and a tweet by Jennifer Cohn shown in the diary leap to the idea that Pence suspected that he would be kidnapped and killed at Trump’s direct order. As near as I can tell, Pence did not fear for his life.
According to the story in the Newsweek link provided by annieli, Pence did not want to leave because he wanted to stay and oversee the certification of the election results. The only “kidnapping” he feared was simply being removed from the Capitol by Secret Service people trying to protect him.
And that was weirdness enough! Please read carefully and don’t exaggerate an already outrageous situation.
The thing with Grassley expecting to be the one certifying the election is very suggestive of a plot to do an end run around Pence in order to overthrow the election.
Now that I’ve made a plea for calmness and reason, I’d just like to end by saying -- Lock them up! Lock them up! Lock them up!