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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at Washington and Lee University for the Mock Convention. (Credit: Hayden Robertson, WSET)

Mike Pence, former United States Vice President, spoke at the annual Mock Convention held at Washington and Lee University Tuesday afternoon.

The Mock Convention, also called "MockCon" is a 115-year-old tradition that university students have planned for whichever political party does not control the White House.

After the former vice president gave his speech, Fox News Host and Chief Political Correspondent Brett Baier held a question-and-answer event with him.

While Pence has not said if he will run yet, Baier said his toughest competition would be former President Donald Trump, who consistently blames Pence for what happened on January 6.

The political commentator impersonated Trump asking Pence about what would happen on the campaign trail.

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"The former President, if you run, is going to say, you know Mike is a great guy," Baier said. "Totally a great guy, but he is responsible for January 6."

Pence laughed and was impressed with his impersonation calling it "one of the best impersonations he has ever heard," but also reiterated that what happened that day was awful.

The former Vice President said that he never wants to see something like that ever again.

"140 police officers were hurt on that tragic day," Pence said. "I'll always believe because of the courage of those officers and the federal officials that joined, we turned a day of tragedy into a triumph of freedom."

After Baier questioned Pence on the legal challenges Trump is facing, including the election fraud case in Georgia, Pence says Republican voters will ultimately decide on what they believe, but he also pushed back against the new voting laws enacted during the pandemic.

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"It is not to say there weren't any irregularities in the election that undermined public confidence," Pence said. "And the truth is, in the name of COVID, there are half a dozen states that changed the rules for elections. Ultimately, the courts upheld those changes, and there was never evidence of widespread fraud that would have changed the outcome of the election. But that undermined public confidence continues to play a role in our lives today. Once states certify their elections and send electoral votes to our nation's capital, my judgment is our duty is clear. The Constitution of the United States says Congress meets in joint sessions to open and count the electoral votes sent in by the states. No more, no less."

Pence ended the question-and-answer by taking jabs at President Joe Biden and his handling of foreign affairs issues like the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

"They've been slow getting aid to Ukraine," Pence said. "They announced in January that we were going to send them 33 tanks, and then two weeks later said it would take them a year and a half to get there. We ought to be giving them tanks, giving them planes, and missiles. President Biden said we're there as long as it takes; my response to that is that it shouldn't take that long."

The former vice president also took a jab at President Biden's handling of China.

"China is the greatest strategic and economic challenge facing the United States in the 21st Century," Pence said. "I think by the free world supporting Ukraine to repel the Russian invasion will send a defining message to China and its ambitious invasion in the Pacific will not be tolerated."

Mike Pence ended his time by speaking to students and viewers.

While leaving the University Chapel, Pence thanked every member of the media for being there to cover his speech.

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