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Mike Pence Was a January 6 Hero. But He's Still Doomed
Newsweek ^ | July 23, 2021 | Jacob Jarvis

Posted on 07/23/2021 10:28:04 AM PDT by Trump20162020

As more reports reveal the actions of former Vice President Mike Pence amid the violence of January 6, his purported heroism stands in contrast to many other high-profile Republicans, whose reputations are tarnished for how they acted about the Capitol riot.

But the former vice president appears trapped in a political stalemate; too loyal to Donald Trump for those who stand firmly against the former president and not loyal enough for the MAGA diehards convinced, despite all the evidence, that Trump won the last election.

Preceding the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Trump had pushed Pence to reject the electoral college votes as he presided over a joint session of Congress to certify them.

The then vice president refused, pointing out that his constitutional role was "largely ceremonial" and that it would be wrong for him to have unilateral power to accept or reject electoral college votes.

Trump, alongside staunch allies and followers, criticized Pence fiercely for defying their demands and has continued to question the election outcome even with President Joe Biden several months into his term.

In the aftermath of January 6, Pence also resisted calls by Democrats in the House to invoke the 25th Amendment and oust the president prematurely as he faced a second impeachment, this time accused of stoking an insurrection.

At the time, the prominent constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz praised Pence to The Washington Post as "the hero of this whole thing," citing Trump's "inappropriate pressure" and House Democrats' "improper efforts."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
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To: Trump20162020
The only "violence" on January 6 was when an unarmed protestor was shot by the police. Except for that it was truly a "mostly peaceful protest". Any "news" article that says otherwise is a joke. Even focusing on the protest and not on the cheated election is a distraction from the real story.


The same for any discussion about Mike Pence. Whether or not Pence is a "hero" or "turncoat" is a distraction. The #1 story is the election was cheated. That's the part we should focus on.

21 posted on 07/23/2021 10:43:48 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Trump20162020

Lol. Everything about this story if 180 degrees out from reality.


22 posted on 07/23/2021 10:44:00 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: KevinB

He’s got a face that just screams “deliveries in the rear.”


23 posted on 07/23/2021 10:46:02 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Trump20162020

“The then vice president refused, pointing out that his constitutional role was “largely ceremonial” and that it would be wrong for him to have unilateral power to accept or reject electoral college votes.”
Until the 17th amendment made the Senate ceremonial, there was nothing ceremonial in the Constitution.
Everything in the constitution was in there for a reason.
One theme that ran through the constitution was to protect the minority from the tyranny of large cities. That protection has been eroded in the USA.


24 posted on 07/23/2021 10:46:05 AM PDT by rellic
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To: Trump20162020

Hero for commies he was.


25 posted on 07/23/2021 10:46:15 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Trump20162020
…amid the violence of January 6…

Is this referring to the murder of Ashli Babbitt by the known mystery murdering Capitol cop?

26 posted on 07/23/2021 10:47:27 AM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: Trump20162020

Some hero.....sells out our country and hides his head in the sand.


27 posted on 07/23/2021 10:48:38 AM PDT by wardamneagle (c)
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To: Trump20162020

Newsweak, huh? Natch.


28 posted on 07/23/2021 10:49:32 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: Trump20162020

I regard Pence with particular contempt. He is a hypocrite, a liar, and a traitor to the American people. A hero? Don’t make me spray my iced coffee all over the screen!


29 posted on 07/23/2021 10:51:33 AM PDT by EinNYC
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History is written by the winners. Pence will hailed as a hero for bravely reducing the Constitution to a mostly ceremonial document.


30 posted on 07/23/2021 10:53:38 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Trump20162020; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Derp State Savior Pence. A traitor to the Constitution and America.


31 posted on 07/23/2021 10:57:36 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: Trump20162020; All

Pence did the same thing every politician would have done. There is only one person in politics who would have taken thr arrows that a different play would have produced and it’s Donald J. Trump. For all of the DeSantis fans I suggest to you he would have done exactly the same thing as Pence. Trump is different everyone else is just a politician.


32 posted on 07/23/2021 10:58:28 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: KevinB

Definitely a soy boy still living with his mommy.


33 posted on 07/23/2021 10:59:31 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: wiseprince

There’s no way to know unless they were in that position. Pence chose his fate.


34 posted on 07/23/2021 11:01:50 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: Trump20162020

Only to RHINOs, liberals and Democrats is Pence a hero.


35 posted on 07/23/2021 11:02:42 AM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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To: Trump20162020

Pence lead a stealth 25th Amendment. He helped the steal.
Then after the velvet rope riot, he functioned AS president and told Trump he was officially still in office, but could make no decisions. No pardons without Pence approval, no military would follow his orders, no DOJ, no FBI, no CIA would either.
Notice the mass exodus of Cabinet after the 6th?
Notice like all coups, they “seized the radio station”?.
Trump frozen out of all social media. All MSM coordinated the message.
Troops flooded the streets.

He was told if he played ball, he could leave without prosecution. If he resisted, they would openly 25th him the next day, and he and his kids would be arrested.

The Rosetta Stone of the coup, is WHO ordered 2 divisions of soldiers into the streets and kept them there for months? That is where the power of the presidency actually was. Trump did not give those orders.

I say it was Pence the traitor.


36 posted on 07/23/2021 11:02:48 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: Trump20162020

FUMP and Jacob Jarvis.


37 posted on 07/23/2021 11:08:44 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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To: \/\/ayne

Both sides hate the traitor.

***************

Both sides are on the same side. Its the Swamp versus freedom loving people.


38 posted on 07/23/2021 11:14:44 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Trump20162020

Gaslighters gonna gaslight.


39 posted on 07/23/2021 11:17:01 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Trump20162020

How was he a hero?????? He’s yet to show “hero” status to me in any shape, form or fashion! If I ever saw his lemon sucking face again it would be too soon!


40 posted on 07/23/2021 11:17:22 AM PDT by Dawgreg
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