States Pence "could have overturned the Election!"

In a statement attacking bipartisan efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act, Trump explicitly stated his goal for January 6: overturning the election. "He could have overturned the Election!" Trump wrote of Mike Pence. "Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away." The admission was cited by critics as proof of his intent to subvert the democratic process.

"Unfortunately, he didn't exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!" — Statement on Electoral Count Act reform