Former Pence chief of staff to discuss Jan. 6, future of Republican party in Waterville speech

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Short said Trump was "obviously a central player and had a central responsibility for the events of Jan. 6."
56% : Some analyses suggest that Trump could win by achieving the minimum number of electoral votes required, 270, to become president.
55% : In that scenario, Trump would have to hold onto Maine's 2nd Congressional District for the third straight time.
52% : Short said he plans to provide students with anecdotes highlighting the weeks-long pressure campaign leading up to Jan. 6 from Trump and his allies to convince Pence to overturn the election results, as well as what it was like to be evacuated from the Capitol as an angry mob closed in on them, some of whom were chanting "hang Mike Pence!""We consistently explained that this was not an authority that any vice president had used in the 250 years of our republic and seemed to be fairly fabricated -- the notion that our founders would have wanted any one person to have the authority to decide what states you wanted to receive their electors and which ones you didn't," he said.
44% : Rather than embrace free trade, Republicans now support high tariffs on foreign goods.
42% : "Trump is now looking to return to the White House.
30% : "Short said he is frustrated that Republicans aren't publicly criticizing Trump for policy positions that are at odds with traditional conservatism -- something he said they will do in private conversations.
27% : Prior to the riots, Trump held a large rally, called out Pence several times and urged his followers to march to the Capitol and "fight like hell" that day.
18% : U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat representing that same district, made waves over the summer when he predicted a Trump victory in November while criticizing the Democratic Party's claim that reelecting Trump would jeopardize the future of democracy.

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