Pence will receive the Profile in Courage Award from the JFK library for his actions on Jan. 6

Former Vice President Mike Pence volition person the John F. Kennedy Profile successful Courage Award for his refusal to spell on with President Donald Trump's efforts to stay successful bureau aft losing the 2020 election, Kennedy's household announced Thursday.

The grant recognizes Pence “for putting his beingness and vocation connected the enactment to guarantee the law transportation of statesmanlike powerfulness connected Jan. 6, 2021,” the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum said.

Trump pressured Pence to cull predetermination results from plaything states wherever the Republican president falsely claimed the ballot was marred by fraud. Pence refused, saying helium lacked specified authority.

When a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, immoderate chanted that they wanted to “hang Mike Pence.” Pence was whisked distant by Secret Service agents, narrowly avoiding a confrontation with the rioters.

“Mike Pence didn’t person the courageousness to bash what should person been done to support our Country and our Constitution, giving States a accidental to certify a corrected acceptable of facts, not the fraudulent oregon inaccurate ones which they were asked to antecedently certify,” Trump wrote connected Twitter, arsenic rioters moved done the Capitol and Pence was successful hiding with his family, aides and information item wrong the building.

Pence rejected the Secret Service's proposal that helium permission the Capitol, staying to proceed the ceremonial predetermination certification of Democrat Joe Biden's statesmanlike predetermination triumph erstwhile rioters were cleared.

Two years ago, Pence said Trump's “reckless words endangered my family.”

The Profile successful Courage Award, named for a publication Kennedy published successful 1957, earlier helium became president, honors nationalist officials who instrumentality principled stands contempt the imaginable governmental oregon idiosyncratic consequences.

“His determination is an illustration of President Kennedy’s content that an enactment of governmental courageousness tin alteration the people of history," Caroline Kennedy and Jack Schlossberg, JFK's girl and grandson, said successful a statement.

Pence said successful a connection he's “deeply humbled and honored” to get the award.

“I person been inspired by the beingness and words of President John F. Kennedy since my younker and americium honored to articulation the institution of truthful galore distinguished Americans who person received this designation successful the past,” Pence said.

The grant volition beryllium presented May 4 astatine the JFK room successful Boston.