Former Vice President Mike Pence said over the weekend that he doesn’t believe the events that took place on January 6, 2021 was an “insurrection” or that former President Donald Trump’s name should be removed from the 2024 presidential election ballot.

“We’ve been assured again and again that it was not the case,” Pence said.

“I’ve seen the director of the FBI repeatedly, and I assure the American people that the FBI were not the instigators of the riot that occurred on Jan. 6.”

The former Vice President added that he’s “very grateful for the efforts of the FBI to bring nearly 1,000 people to justice who ransacked our capitol and did violence against police officers that day … I believe everyone that conducted that riot at the Capitol needs to be held to the fullest extent of the law. I’m pleased many have.”

Pence claimed that he’s “very grateful for the efforts of the FBI to bring nearly 1,000 people to justice who ransacked our capitol and did violence against police officers that day … I believe everyone that conducted that riot at the Capitol needs to be held to the fullest extent of the law. I’m pleased many have.”

“These efforts to take the decision away from the American people are antithetical to the very democracy that President Biden and many Democrats are talking about wanting to defend,” said Pence.

“I’m very confident that the American people will choose wisely. I’m confident that we’ll run our elections. But removing the former president or any other candidate from the choice of the American people, I don’t believe, is in the interests of the country. And I have reason to be confident that the Supreme Court of the United States will see it that way.”