NEW: Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the Senate president pro tempore, says he and not Vice President Mike Pence will preside over the certification of Electoral College votes, since “we don’t expect him to be there.”
dated 7:06 AM January 5, 2021
[why Mike Pence refused to get in the car with the Secret Service]
That, plus the fact that Mike Pence was evidently willing to accept the obvious well before many decorum-obsessed democrats were/are: The insurrection could never have gotten that far without traitors on the inside. His exact words were, “I trust you, Tim, but you’re not driving the car.”
Mike Pence was rightfully afraid that the driver might kill him.