Pence is persona non grata, who had an unexpected role to play in the counting of electoral votes January 6. But as with everybody in Washington DC, he knew the fix was in.
We all saw various states Secretaries of States pushing through sketchy election results, he saw Courts punting the issue, he saw State Legislatures themselves fumbling on their own electors, and he saw the mainstream, corporate media backing it all up.
It all had the cover of legitimacy, and nobody was going to stand up to it, least of all Pence.
Assigning powers, roles, and authorities to the Vice President that he doesn’t have does not an argument make.