Mike Pence says he may never 'see eye to eye' with Donald Trump on Jan. 6 riots

The former vice president made a stop in New Hampshire on Thursday.

Former Vice President Mike Pence hit another presidential early voting state Thursday evening, fueling 2024 campaign speculation by headlining the Hillsborough County Republican Committee's annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire. If he is going to run for president, Thursday night's speech highlighted the disagreement with his former boss -- also a possible challenger for the GOP nomination -- over how he views the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Near the end of his 30-minute speech, Pence talked about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and while he called it a "dark day," he glossed over some of the horror of it -- saying that with "swift action of the Capitol Police and federal law enforcement violence was quelled." Pence did not discuss how former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election fueled the rioting. Five people were killed as a result of the rioting, including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, while another police officer involved in the fighting died by suicide in the wake of the attack. Dozens of other law enforcement personnel suffered injuries and discussed the brutal hand-to-hand combat with rioters.