Former Vice President Mike Pence launched his 2024 presidential campaign Wednesday by recounting the successes of former President Donald Trump — before lambasting him over the events of Jan. 6, 2021, that drove a wedge between the two men.

Pence, 64, referred to the Capitol riot as “a tragic day in the life of our nation” and said Trump had forced him to “choose between him and the Constitution.”

“Now voters will be faced with the same choice. I chose the Constitution, and I always will,” he said, receiving a standing ovation from his audience in Ankeny, Iowa, outside Des Moines.

“I believe anyone that puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president of the United States, and anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be president of the United Sates again,” he added.