Two Trump stories in USA today

Mike Pence says 'duty' and James Madison convinced him to defy Trump and certify election on Jan. 6

...During a question and answer session that followed a formal speech at the University of Iowa, the young man rose to ask Pence who convinced him "to buck President Trump's plan and certify the votes?"

"James Madison," Pence said, referring to the fourth president of the United States often considered the 'father of the Constitution.'
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Brad Raffensperger, GOP target of Trump ire in Georgia, warns of potential for more election violence

The Georgia [Republican] election official who defied pressure by Donald Trump to "find" votes and overturn his 2020 election loss in the state says the brutal condition of American politics could lead to more protests and violence like the Jan. 6 insurrection by Trump supporters.

In an interview with USA TODAY for his new book, "Integrity Counts," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger criticized attempts to forge "new revisionist history" about the Jan. 6 insurrection. People are trying to cast it as a largely peaceful protest rather than what it was, he said: A violent attempt to re-install Trump in the White House.

"What really bothers me the most is that people are now trying to minimize what happened on January 6," said . "I find that really, highly objectionable ... People need to know people did that."

Disagree, he said, but do it "respectfully."

"That's what we're called to be," Raffensperger said, not like the kinds of people who triggered the attack on the U.S. Capitol: "It's not to call people all sorts of names and threaten them with violence. That's what the mob does."
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