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Former Vice PresidentMike Pence’s memoir about his time in the White House has an official title and release date.So Help Me Godwill debut Nov. 15, 2022.
And while the announcement promises the book will offer “the most robust defense of the Trump record of anyone who served in the administration,” it will also chronicle “Trump’s severing of their relationship on Jan. 6, 2021, when Pence kept his oath to the Constitution.”
The book will be available in hardcover, as an e-book and as an audiobook with Pence narrating.
In 2021, Pencelaunched a podcast— a return to form for the former Indiana governor, who was a popular right-wing radio host before getting into politics — where he covers issues familiar to Republican voters (and those that will likely be fresh on conservative voters' minds in 2024).
Soon after, heannouncedplans to release his autobiography as part of a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster. (CNNreportedthe deal was for between $3 and $4 million.)
Ina statementpublished hours before thedeadly riotat the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Pence explained he had no authority to try and overturn the votes — a move that angered Trump, who took to Twitter to say Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution.”
Pence ultimately did affirm the results for Biden — once lawmakers were able to reenter the building after the mob was cleared — andhas since calledJan. 6 “a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol.”
“The VP detail thought this was about to get ugly,” the security official said, in an interview that was modified to protect the individual’s identity. “The members of the VP detail at this time were starting to fear for their own lives.”
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source: people.com
