“Twitter allowed public calls to hang Vice President Mike Pence to trend on its platform Saturday morning just hours after the account for President Trump was permanently suspended for inciting violence.”
Reportedly more than 14,000 Twitter users had shared the sentiment by the time it was flagged.
“The line originated during unrest on Wednesday in Washington, DC, with rioters chanting for Pence’s execution as they rampaged through the Capitol building.
Outside the building, other miscreants had even erected their own makeshift noose for the effort.
Just hours before, Pence had signaled his intention to allow the certification of the electoral votes to proceed, officially putting Biden on the road to becoming the 46th president of the United States later this month.” (NY Post 1/9/21) https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/twitter-allows-hang-mike-pence-to-trend-hours-after-trump-ban/
“Hours before President Donald Trump retweeted a message for his vice president to “act” in stopping the ratification of the Electoral College, he met for more than an hour in the Oval Office with Mike Pence, whom he has complained recently isn’t doing enough to support his bid to overturn the election.
The discussion was “entirely unrelated” to the eventual tweet, one person familiar with the matter said, though would not specify whether the issue of the January 6 ratification in Congress arose. The two men went separate ways for the holiday.
“Trump has told people recently that Pence isn’t doing enough to fight for him as his presidency ends, and has recently taken an interest in Pence’s traditional role during the Electoral College certification. As President of the Senate, Pence presides over the proceedings.
Sources say Trump in recent days has brought the matter up to the vice president and has been “confused” as to why Pence can’t overturn the results of the election on January 6.
Pence and White House aides have tried to explain to him that his role is more of a formality and he cannot unilaterally reject the Electoral College votes.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/24/politics/trump-pence-electoral-college/index.html
“An ‘angry’ Pence navigates the fallout of his rupture with Trump over election, Capitol riots” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/08/pences-break-trump-comes-amid-25th-amendment-talk-capitol-riots/6582212002/
“The staunchly loyal Mike Pence was excoriated by Trump on Wednesday for his refusal to illegally intervene to prevent Congress from certifying the results for the presidential election that Trump lost.
“Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution,” Trump tweeted in a post that Twitter removed Wednesday evening.
Trump has also barred Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, from the White House.
“He’s blaming me for advice to VP,” Short told RealClearPolitics.”
Dozens of Democrats and several GOP officials have called on Vice President Pence to invoke the amendment and remove Trump from office after a mob of his supporters raided the U.S. Capitol. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/533303-pompeo-mnuchin-among-trump-cabinet-members-who-discussed-25th
p/s: If Trump resigned à la Richard Nixon, Pence, as the new president would have the power to pardon him for any federal crimes committed while in office.
Christmas Eve message from the President of the United States of America
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 4:06 PM · Dec 24, 2020:
“I saved at least 8 Republican Senators, including Mitch, from losing in the last Rigged (for President) Election. Now they (almost all) sit back and watch me fight against a crooked and vicious foe, the Radical Left Democrats. I will NEVER FORGET!”
[This claim about election fraud is disputed]
“On Monday, Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert sued Vice President Mike Pence in federal court in a, um, wacky attempt to transform the vice president’s purely ceremonial role in presiding over the announcement of the Electoral College results in Congress into a power broker position in which the VP could effectively hand the election to President Donald Trump.
“We continue to hold out hope that there is a federal judge who understands that the fraud that stole this election will mean the end of our republic, and this suit would insure that the Vice-President will only accept electors legitimately and legally elected,” Gohmert said in a statement on Monday. “There must be an opportunity for a day in court when fraud was this prevalent.”
It’s probably worth noting here that there has yet to be any proof of the widespread fraud that Gohmert, Trump and the President’s most ardent backers continue to allege. In fact, as The New York Times noted over the weekend, the Trump forces have lost all but one of the 60 (!) lawsuits they have brought attempting to prove voter fraud. There have been zero documented instances of widespread malfeasance — be it dead people voting or non-citizens casting votes.”
There’s just no “there” there. Like, none. https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/29/politics/louie-gohmert-mike-pence-lawsuit/index.html
Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post, December 27, 2020:
.axios.com/5eb3fUQyChw5ZdXrQ24FIAqMqBU=/85×0:1385×731/1366×768/2020/12/28/1609160833438.png
“Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers asked a federal judge Thursday to reject a request from Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas that attempts to force Pence to ignore electoral votes of several key states when Congress meets to certify the 2020 presidential election next week.
Pence argues that the legal issues raised by Gohmert, along with a slate of Arizona Republicans, should be addressed to the House and Senate (if they should be raised at all).” https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/politics/pence-gohmert-electoral-college-lawsuit/index.html
On Friday U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, ruled that Gohmert and the others lacked standing to sue and tossed their lawsuit out. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/01/politics/gohmert-pence-electoral-college-lawsuit-thrown-out/index.html
If this lawsuit had prevailed it would have allowed the president of the U.S. Senate, in this instance VP Mike Pence, to reject the electors chosen by any particular state, which would make it impossible to defeat any president who refused to accept an election result.
That would be the end of democracy as we know it in this country.
In a filing late Friday, Gohmert and other plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit of the US Court of Appeals.
“Lin Wood, an attorney fighting for President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2020 election, raised alarms after he called for Vice President Mike Pence to be at the top of the list of arrests for treason.
Wood, a staunch believer that Trump won the election, has switched his focus from Democrats to Republicans, calling for Pence to resign and face “execution by firing squad” in a tweet Friday. Once arrested, Wood suggested that the vice president would “sing like a bird” and confess to being a “main participant” in the “theft of the election.” https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-lawyer-lin-woods-claims-against-mike-pence-prompt-calls-fbi-secret-service-scrutiny-1558509
President Donald Trump applied new pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to interfere with the Congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory on Wednesday — despite Pence’s inability to alter the election’s outcome and the overall futility of the effort by some Republican lawmakers.
“States want to correct their votes, which they now know were based on irregularities and fraud, plus corrupt process never received legislative approval,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning. “All Mike Pence has to do is send them back to the States, AND WE WIN. Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/do-it-mike-trump-leans-on-pence-to-reject-bidens-electoral-college-certification-455319
“THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR COUNTRY, NEEDS THE PRESIDENCY MORE THAN EVER BEFORE – THE POWER OF THE VETO,” Trump tweeted. “STAY STRONG!”
The president’s social media posts came just hours before Pence is set to preside over the afternoon joint session of Congress, during which he will be required by the Constitution to count the electoral votes certified by the states.
Eideard 
“God’s Plan for Mike Pence” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/gods-plan-for-mike-pence/546569/
“Twitter allowed public calls to hang Vice President Mike Pence to trend on its platform Saturday morning just hours after the account for President Trump was permanently suspended for inciting violence.”
Reportedly more than 14,000 Twitter users had shared the sentiment by the time it was flagged.
“The line originated during unrest on Wednesday in Washington, DC, with rioters chanting for Pence’s execution as they rampaged through the Capitol building.
Outside the building, other miscreants had even erected their own makeshift noose for the effort.
Just hours before, Pence had signaled his intention to allow the certification of the electoral votes to proceed, officially putting Biden on the road to becoming the 46th president of the United States later this month.” (NY Post 1/9/21) https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/twitter-allows-hang-mike-pence-to-trend-hours-after-trump-ban/
“Hours before President Donald Trump retweeted a message for his vice president to “act” in stopping the ratification of the Electoral College, he met for more than an hour in the Oval Office with Mike Pence, whom he has complained recently isn’t doing enough to support his bid to overturn the election.
The discussion was “entirely unrelated” to the eventual tweet, one person familiar with the matter said, though would not specify whether the issue of the January 6 ratification in Congress arose. The two men went separate ways for the holiday.
“Trump has told people recently that Pence isn’t doing enough to fight for him as his presidency ends, and has recently taken an interest in Pence’s traditional role during the Electoral College certification. As President of the Senate, Pence presides over the proceedings.
Sources say Trump in recent days has brought the matter up to the vice president and has been “confused” as to why Pence can’t overturn the results of the election on January 6.
Pence and White House aides have tried to explain to him that his role is more of a formality and he cannot unilaterally reject the Electoral College votes.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/24/politics/trump-pence-electoral-college/index.html
“An ‘angry’ Pence navigates the fallout of his rupture with Trump over election, Capitol riots” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/08/pences-break-trump-comes-amid-25th-amendment-talk-capitol-riots/6582212002/
“The staunchly loyal Mike Pence was excoriated by Trump on Wednesday for his refusal to illegally intervene to prevent Congress from certifying the results for the presidential election that Trump lost.
“Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution,” Trump tweeted in a post that Twitter removed Wednesday evening.
Trump has also barred Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, from the White House.
“He’s blaming me for advice to VP,” Short told RealClearPolitics.”
Dozens of Democrats and several GOP officials have called on Vice President Pence to invoke the amendment and remove Trump from office after a mob of his supporters raided the U.S. Capitol. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/533303-pompeo-mnuchin-among-trump-cabinet-members-who-discussed-25th
p/s: If Trump resigned à la Richard Nixon, Pence, as the new president would have the power to pardon him for any federal crimes committed while in office.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were among the Cabinet secretaries who discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump, three sources told CNBC.
They determined the process of elevating Vice President Mike Pence to the presidency could take more than a week, diluting its effects. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/07/mnuchin-pompeo-discussed-trump-removal-after-dc-riots.html
“Betsy DeVos, Elaine Chao Accused of Resigning to Dodge 25th Amendment Calls” https://www.newsweek.com/betsy-devos-elaine-chao-resigning-dodge-25th-amendment-1559911
Christmas Eve message from the President of the United States of America
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 4:06 PM · Dec 24, 2020:
“I saved at least 8 Republican Senators, including Mitch, from losing in the last Rigged (for President) Election. Now they (almost all) sit back and watch me fight against a crooked and vicious foe, the Radical Left Democrats. I will NEVER FORGET!”
[This claim about election fraud is disputed]
The Queen’s Christmas message for 2020
“President Donald Trump went on a Boxing Day Twitter rant, where he attacked the FBI, Justice Department, Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and other Senate Republicans for various claims related to voter fraud—claiming that it cost him the election to President-elect Joe Biden.” https://www.newsweek.com/trump-attacks-doj-fbi-supreme-court-gop-senators-mitch-mcconnell-twitter-1557376
“President Donald Trump appeared no closer to signing an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill Sunday as unemployment aid expired, the government barrels toward a mid-pandemic shutdown and lawmakers implored him to break the impasse he created after Congress approved the deal.” (Chicago Tribune Dec 27, 2020 at 10:55 AM) https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-second-stimulus-check-updates-20201227-lcuwnmemifapxht4f7jcltmjmi-story.html
“On Monday, Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert sued Vice President Mike Pence in federal court in a, um, wacky attempt to transform the vice president’s purely ceremonial role in presiding over the announcement of the Electoral College results in Congress into a power broker position in which the VP could effectively hand the election to President Donald Trump.
“We continue to hold out hope that there is a federal judge who understands that the fraud that stole this election will mean the end of our republic, and this suit would insure that the Vice-President will only accept electors legitimately and legally elected,” Gohmert said in a statement on Monday. “There must be an opportunity for a day in court when fraud was this prevalent.”
It’s probably worth noting here that there has yet to be any proof of the widespread fraud that Gohmert, Trump and the President’s most ardent backers continue to allege. In fact, as The New York Times noted over the weekend, the Trump forces have lost all but one of the 60 (!) lawsuits they have brought attempting to prove voter fraud. There have been zero documented instances of widespread malfeasance — be it dead people voting or non-citizens casting votes.”
There’s just no “there” there. Like, none. https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/29/politics/louie-gohmert-mike-pence-lawsuit/index.html
Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post, December 27, 2020:
.axios.com/5eb3fUQyChw5ZdXrQ24FIAqMqBU=/85×0:1385×731/1366×768/2020/12/28/1609160833438.png
“Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers asked a federal judge Thursday to reject a request from Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas that attempts to force Pence to ignore electoral votes of several key states when Congress meets to certify the 2020 presidential election next week.
Pence argues that the legal issues raised by Gohmert, along with a slate of Arizona Republicans, should be addressed to the House and Senate (if they should be raised at all).” https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/politics/pence-gohmert-electoral-college-lawsuit/index.html
On Friday U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, ruled that Gohmert and the others lacked standing to sue and tossed their lawsuit out.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/01/politics/gohmert-pence-electoral-college-lawsuit-thrown-out/index.html
If this lawsuit had prevailed it would have allowed the president of the U.S. Senate, in this instance VP Mike Pence, to reject the electors chosen by any particular state, which would make it impossible to defeat any president who refused to accept an election result.
That would be the end of democracy as we know it in this country.
In a filing late Friday, Gohmert and other plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit of the US Court of Appeals.
“Lin Wood, an attorney fighting for President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2020 election, raised alarms after he called for Vice President Mike Pence to be at the top of the list of arrests for treason.
Wood, a staunch believer that Trump won the election, has switched his focus from Democrats to Republicans, calling for Pence to resign and face “execution by firing squad” in a tweet Friday. Once arrested, Wood suggested that the vice president would “sing like a bird” and confess to being a “main participant” in the “theft of the election.” https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-lawyer-lin-woods-claims-against-mike-pence-prompt-calls-fbi-secret-service-scrutiny-1558509
“East Texas congressman Louie Gohmert suggested that “violence in the streets” may be the only remaining option to block Joe Biden from becoming president, after a federal judge rejected his lawsuit aiming to force Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election.
It’s not the first time Gohmert — a former state trial court judge who just won his ninth term in Congress — has expressed admiration for the use of violence to overturn an election.” https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/01/02/gohmert-suggests-violence-in-the-streets-after-judge-rejects-bid-to-force-vp-pence-to-overturn-bidens-win/
President Donald Trump applied new pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to interfere with the Congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory on Wednesday — despite Pence’s inability to alter the election’s outcome and the overall futility of the effort by some Republican lawmakers.
“States want to correct their votes, which they now know were based on irregularities and fraud, plus corrupt process never received legislative approval,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning. “All Mike Pence has to do is send them back to the States, AND WE WIN. Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/do-it-mike-trump-leans-on-pence-to-reject-bidens-electoral-college-certification-455319
“THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR COUNTRY, NEEDS THE PRESIDENCY MORE THAN EVER BEFORE – THE POWER OF THE VETO,” Trump tweeted. “STAY STRONG!”
The president’s social media posts came just hours before Pence is set to preside over the afternoon joint session of Congress, during which he will be required by the Constitution to count the electoral votes certified by the states.