The more I see of how things play out, the more I think that Pence has basically been the sacrificial lamb in order to get the deep state in Congress complacent and moving full steam ahead with their agenda, showing their true colors. I just can't get what Trump said on the 6th out of my head:

All Vice-President Pence has to do is send it back to the States to recertify [...] I just spoke to Mike. And I said, “Mike, that doesn’t take courage. What takes courage is to do nothing. That takes courage.

And now Pence is getting basically shunned by the military, drowned out when he tries to talk (the fighter jet taking off mid-speech yesterday) and a ton of people around the country basically turning overnight to hating him and throwing out threats his way.

But if he'd thrown it back to the states there'd be a giant power struggle either with legal battles in corrupt court systems or RINOs overriding people in their state legislature. I mean look at how many people that originally said they'd object in the House suddenly changed course and immediately voted to certify or supported this latest impeachment filing. By him certifying it revealed even more people in the legislature that were corrupt and bypassed the courts.

I dunno, I think the guy supports Trump. This was just the role he needed to play and he was willing to take one for the team.