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+tags: [CNN, Caroline Kennedy - Wikipedia, jack schlossberg, Boston.gov, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine, January 6 2021, JFK Library, The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® / JFK Library, JFK Profile in Courage Award to Honor Vice President Mike Pence for Certifying 2020 Election / JFK Library, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum / Ronald Reagan, Electoral College / USAGov, Constitution of the United States, Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), US Courts, U.S. Capitol Police, Congress, Senate, House of Representatives, President Donald Trump (45), President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump (47), President Trump Administration, President of the United States (POTUS), White House (WH), courage, ethics, politics]
+categories: [Mike Pence]
+date: 2025-05-05 1:06 PM
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+title: "An Award That Trump Will Never Earn. VP Mike Pence Awarded JFK Profile In Courage Award"
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+## [Pence says January 6 attack’s failure ‘became a triumph of freedom’ as he receives JFK Profile in Courage Award](https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/politics/mike-pence-jfk-award-january-6?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn)
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+Story by Eric Bradner, CNN. May 5, 2025.
+
+Former Vice President [Mike Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) said Sunday while receiving the [John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award](https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award) that [January 6, 2021]({% link January6DocumentDocumentLinks.md %}), “became a triumph of freedom” because [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/) returned to do its constitutional duty after the [attack on the Capitol](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/10/politics/jan-6-us-capitol-riot-timeline?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn).
+
+“Our institutions held that day, not because of any one person, but because leaders in both political parties, [Republicans](https://www.democrats.org/) and [Democrats](https://www.gop.com/), did their duties,” the former vice president said while receiving the award for putting his life and career on the line in rejecting [President](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/) [Donald Trump](https://www.cnn.com/politics/president-donald-trump-47?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn)’s pressure to overturn the [2020 election](https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2020.pdf). “So I came tonight to give credit where credit is due, but also to say in these divided times, in these anxious days, I know in my heart that we will find our way forward as one nation.”
+
+[Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) refused when [Trump](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/) [repeatedly pressured](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/politics/pence-trump-january-6-special-counsel-filing?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn) him to overturn the results of the [2020 election](https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2020.pdf), fraying the relationship between the two men. Pence was presiding as [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/) counted [Electoral College](https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college) votes to certify [Joe Biden](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov)’s victory when [Trump](trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/) supporters stormed the [Capitol](https://www.congress.gov/) on [January 6, 2021]({% link January6DocumentDocumentLinks.md %}). The vice president, his wife, Karen; and his daughter, Charlotte, remained in the [Capitol](https://www.congress.gov/) while police beat back the rioters, and https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/ later oversaw the election’s certification.
+
+“[January 6]({% link January6DocumentDocumentLinks.md %}) was a tragic day,” [Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) said Sunday. “But it became a triumph of freedom. And history will record that our institutions held.”
+
+After leaving office, [Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) ran against [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com%) for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. The former vice president [dropped out of the race](https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/28/politics/pence-suspends-white-house-bid?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn) about three months before the first votes were cast after struggling to gain traction in a party that had largely abandoned the [Reagan](https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/)-inspired conservative principles [Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) represents and remained loyal to his former boss.
+
+[Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) on Sunday didn’t address [Trump’s decision](https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/january-6-2021-capitol-riot-pardons-trump?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn), after returning to power earlier this year, to pardon more than 1,000 people charged in the [Capitol](https://www.congress.gov/) attack and commute the sentences of others. [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) described those charged for their actions as “hostages.”
+
+The former vice president did briefly allude to differences with [Trump](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/donald-j-trump/)’s current [administration](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/) on tariffs, its approach to [Ukraine](https://www.gov.ua/), and the [president](https://www.whitehouse.gov/)’s moves to withdraw from international organizations and downsize [America](https://www.usa.gov/)’s role in the world.
+
+“Now people who know me know I’m a conservative, but I’m not in a bad mood about it. I believe in a strong defense, limited government, the right to life, and I’m going to go out on a limb and say that might put me in the minority in this room,” [Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) told those gathered at [Kennedy’s presidential library](https://www.jfklibrary.org/) in [Boston](https://www.boston.gov/homepage-bostongov).
+
+“But I also have differences with members of my own party, on spending and tariffs, and my belief that [America](https://www.usa.gov/) is the leader of the free world and must continue to stand with [Ukraine](https://www.gov.ua/) until the [Russian](http://kremlin.ru/) invasion is repelled and a just and lasting peace is secured,” [Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) said.
+
+[Kennedy](https://www.jfklibrary.org/)’s daughter, [Caroline Kennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy), and grandson [Jack Schlossberg](https://jackuno.com/) presented the award.
+
+“At the time, I thought [Vice President Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) was just doing his job,” [Caroline Kennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy) said. “Only later did I realize that his act of courage saved our government and warned us about what could happen and is happening right now.”
+
+[Schlossberg](https://jackuno.com/) said [Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) put the nation’s interests before his own and “saved America that day.”
+
+Pence has long said former [President Kennedy](https://www.jfklibrary.org/) was his childhood hero and his inspiration to go into public service. He said [Kennedy](https://www.jfklibrary.org/)’s funeral is one of his earliest memories.
+
+“To be here tonight, bearing witness to a journey that [President Kennedy](https://www.jfklibrary.org/) helped inspire in my small life is more meaningful than I can possibly express,” he said.
+
+[Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) also said he felt “profoundly unworthy” to receive the award. He credited two aides who advised him in the lead-up to [January 6, 2021]({% link January6DocumentDocumentLinks.md %}), as well as his wife and daughter, who remained in the [Capitol](https://www.congress.gov/) with him. And he praised the [US Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/).
+
+“When I think of that fateful day four years ago, the only heroes I saw were wearing uniforms,” [Pence](https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/) said.
+
+- [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/)
+- [Caroline Kennedy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy)
+- [jack schlossberg](https://jackuno.com/)
+- [Boston.gov](https://www.boston.gov/homepage-bostongov)
+- [Russia](http://government.ru/)
+- [Vladimir Putin](http://kremlin.ru/)
+- [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.president.gov.ua/)
+- [Ukraine](https://www.gov.ua/ )
+- [January 6, 2021]({% link January6DocumentDocumentLinks.md %})
+- [JFK Library](https://www.jfklibrary.org/)
+- [The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® / JFK Library](https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/profile-in-courage-award)
+- [JFK Profile in Courage Award to Honor Vice President Mike Pence for Certifying 2020 Election / JFK Library](https://www.jfklibrary.org/about-us/news-and-press/press-releases/2025-profile-in-courage-award-announcement)
+- [Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum / Ronald Reagan](https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/)
+- [Electoral College / USAGov](https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college)
+- [Constitution of the United States](https://constitution.congress.gov/)
+- [Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)](https://www.supremecourt.gov/)
+- [US Courts](https://www.uscourts.gov/)
+- [U.S. Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/)
+- [Congress](https://www.congress.gov/)
+- [Senate](https://www.senate.gov/)
+- [House of Representatives](https://www.house.gov/)
+- [President Donald Trump (45)](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/)
+- [President Joe Biden](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/)
+- [President Donald Trump (47)](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/donald-j-trump/)
+- [President Trump Administration](https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/)
+- [President of the United States (POTUS)](https://www.whitehouse.gov/)
+- [White House (WH)](https://www.whitehouse.gov/)
+- courage 
+- ethics 
+- politics 
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