Pence says Trump was wrong and, quote, un-American about the election.

The lead starts right now.

Former Vice President Mike Pence calling out his former boss just moments ago, saying

former president Donald Trump is wrong and that he had, quote, no right to overturn the

election on January 6, 2021, that nothing could be more un-American.

What kind of backlash might Pence face from his own party now, and speaking of which?

The Republican National Committee censures the two Republican members of Congress, January

6th Committee members Adam Kinzinger and Liz Janie, censoring in part for participating

in, quote, persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.

Is that how the Republican Party views that violent, deadly assault on the Capitol?

On democracy, the Republican Civil War over that dark day, that's ahead.

And, as the games begin, the Chinese government cynically pushes an athlete from its ethnic

Muslim minority to light the torch, hoping that you forget the genocide the Chinese government's

committing against that very same ethnic group.

Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, just in.

Former Vice President Mike Pence just moments ago directly took on his former boss, Donald

Trump, and Donald Trump's outlandish, untethered claims about the election.

Take a listen.

And I heard this week that President Trump said I had the right to overturn the election.

The President Trump is wrong.

I had no right to overturn the election.

The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone.

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