Editing Dan Quayle (section)

=== Counsel to Mike Pence ===
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In December 2011, Quayle endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.<ref name="quayle">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Halperin |author-link=Mark Halperin |url=http://thepage.time.com/2011/12/05/ap-quayle-to-endorse-romney/ |title=Quayle to Endorse Romney |work=The Page |publisher=Time Inc. |date=December 5, 2011 |access-date=April 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142237/http://thepage.time.com/2011/12/05/ap-quayle-to-endorse-romney/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Quayle endorsed [[Jeb Bush presidential campaign, 2016|Jeb Bush]].<ref name="jebarizona">{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/azdc/2015/10/28/jeb-bush-arizona-supporters-dan-quayle-fife-symington/74756070/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160318001513/http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/azdc/2015/10/28/jeb-bush-arizona-supporters-dan-quayle-fife-symington/74756070/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 18, 2016|title=Jeb Bush's Arizona supporters include Dan Quayle, Fife Symington|date=October 28, 2015|work=The Arizona Republic}}</ref> After Bush failed to win the nomination, Quayle endorsed [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|Donald Trump]];<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 30, 2016|title=HUGE: Former VP Dan Quayle Endorses Trump, Says 'I Think He Can Win'!|url=https://en-volve.com/2016/07/30/huge-former-vp-dan-quayle-endorses-trump-says-i-think-he-can-win/|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=enVolve|language=en-US|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024143735/https://en-volve.com/2016/07/30/huge-former-vp-dan-quayle-endorses-trump-says-i-think-he-can-win/|url-status=live}}</ref> he was later seen visiting with Trump at [[Trump Tower]] in [[Manhattan]] before Trump's inauguration.<ref name="trumptower">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dan-quayle-visits-trump-tower-offer-personal-congratulations/story |title=Dan Quayle Visits Trump Tower to Offer 'Personal Congratulations' |date=November 29, 2016 |work=ABC News }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

According to the book [[Peril (book)|''Peril'']], by [[Bob Woodward]] and [[Robert Costa (journalist)|Robert Costa]], Quayle played a central role in advising his fellow Hoosier and Vice President [[Mike Pence]] to [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|certify]] the [[2020 United States presidential election]] as per the [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate|Senate rules]], rather than cooperate with a plan by then-president [[Donald Trump]] that sought to overturn the election.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stanley-Becker|first=Isaac|date=September 14, 2021|title=Top general was so fearful Trump might spark war that he made secret calls to his Chinese counterpart, new book says|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/14/peril-woodward-costa-trump-milley-china/|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=September 14, 2021|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210915233648/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/14/peril-woodward-costa-trump-milley-china/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 16, 2021|first=Virginia|last=Chamlee|title=How Dan Quayle Helped Convince Mike Pence Not to Overturn Election, According to New Book: 'Forget It'|url=https://people.com/politics/new-book-details-how-dan-quayle-convinced-mike-pence-not-to-overturn-election/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=people.com|language=en|archive-date=February 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206222119/https://people.com/politics/new-book-details-how-dan-quayle-convinced-mike-pence-not-to-overturn-election/|url-status=live}}</ref> Quayle attended President [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|inauguration]] on January 20, 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=Who was at Biden's inauguration |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/photos-attendees-biden-inauguration/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>

Quayle attended President [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Second_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump|second inauguration]] on January 20, 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mansfield |first=Erin |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Who attended Donald Trump's inauguration? Here's a partial list |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/20/who-attended-donald-trump-inauguration/77837059007/ |access-date=January 20, 2025 |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>