GOP Rep. Tom Rice has said he regrets voting to sustain objections to the 2020 presidential election results in two states on Jan. 6 - and said former President Donald Trump was "Responsible" for the riot that ravaged the Capitol that day.
Rice told Politico Wednesday that while he still believes there were "Real issues with the election," he wishes he had voted differently.
According to the outlet, Rice is believed to be the first GOP member of Congress to publicly disavow his Jan. 6 vote.
"Because President Trump was responsible for the attack on the Capitol."
Rice also called the 45th president a "Coward" and claimed Trump watched the violence "With pride" and "Did nothing to stop it."
Rice was one of 147 House and Senate Republicans who voted in support of objections to the results in Arizona and Pennsylvania on Jan. 6.
Trump has repeatedly labeled the riot a "Protest" while arguing that the actual insurrection took place on Election Day.
Thursday, December 23, 2021
GOP Rep. Tom Rice regrets Jan. 6 objection vote, says Trump ‘responsible' for riot
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