Mike Pence did not have the authority to do what was asked of him. The President was given bad information.

You want to blame people -- blame the state legislatures, who had the power to actually do something about the election, but sat on their hands for two months. Then, at the 11th hour, they expect Mike Pence to invent some new Vice-Presidential power that doesn't exist to "give them 10 more days".

They had 2 months and did nothing. Ten more days wouldn't have helped.