Rep. Elise Stefanik, possible Trump VP contender, signals she wouldn't have certified 2020 election

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, who is being floated as a possible running mate to Donald Trump in 2024, signaled if she had been serving as vice president in 2020 she wouldn't have certified the election results.

«I would not have done what Mike Pence did,» Stefanik said.

Stefanik made the comments Thursday night during an appearance on CNN's «The Source» with Kaitlan Collins. Collins asked Stefanik if she'd been part of any vetting process yet with the Trump team.

«I would be proud to serve in a future Trump administration, but we have a lot to do,» she said, referring to priorities for House Republicans and her role as conference chair.

Stefanik was later asked what she would've done if she were in Pence's shoes on Jan. 6, 2021 — the day the congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election results was interrupted by a violent mob breaching the U.S. Capitol.

Pence, who said Trump endangered his life and his family's lives on Jan. 6 by disparaging him in social media posts while the riot was happening, oversaw the certification of results and announced the final results: 306 votes for Biden, 232 for Trump.

«I don't think that was the right approach,» Stefanik said of Pence.

Stefanik was one of the 147 Republicans in Congress to vote to reject the election results, though she only rejected electors from Pennsylvania, not Arizona like many other GOP lawmakers.

«So, you would have rejected the votes?» CNN's Collins asked.

Stefanik responded by repeating false claims that there was «unconstitutional overreach in states like Pennsylvania» and that the 2020 presidential race was not a «legal and secure» election.

Pence has made clear that he did not have the authority as vice president to unilaterally reject the results.