Former Vice President Mike Pence explains why he sold out!

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But during a question and answer session at a Young America's Foundation event at the University of Iowa, a student demanded to know what, in his mind, had caused Pence to suddenly back down and refuse to block the certification of the election.

'On January 5th, you were convinced that the election was correctly stolen,' a student named Jared said. 'You, Trump, Peter Navarro, John Eastman, and others had a plan on the morning of the 6th to send the certification back to the states. What is the name of the person who convinced you to buck President Trump's plan and certify the votes?'

Pence responded forthrightly: 'James Madison.'

Madison, one of the Founding Fathers and the fourth president of the United States is often considered the 'father of the Constitution.'

Pence then followed up once more as he spoke to the student directly rubbishing his questions: 'Everything you've recited relative to me is false,' he began.

'The Constitution is very clear that elections are to be governed at the state level. The Founders actually made that decision at the Constitutional Convention. And the only role of the federal government was to open and count the electoral votes that were sent by the states.

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'I understand the disappointment in the election,' Pence responded. 'You might remember I was on the ballot. But you've got to be willing to do your duty. And the time may come that some of you are in that position, or one like it. And I just have a feeling based on the shining faces I'm seeing around here you're going to be men and women who do your duty in that time as well.'

Pence also quoted the Bible as guiding his actions on that day recalling: 'Psalm 15 says he who keeps his oath even when it hurts.'

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Earlier this year, Pence said that he and Trump have spoken 'many times' since leaving office but that 'I don't know if we'll ever see eye to eye' about January 6.

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