In some ways, pence should be thanking trump for saving his political career twice.

The first time was when Trump picked him to be his VP. Pence was destined to be an after thought after his governorship - no path forward with his complete lack of policy chops and charisma.
The second time is now: suddenly Pence is a hero for doing what any sane person would do. He even got a NYT puff piece out of this whole mess:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/politics/mike-pence-trump.html