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."
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“ He is not “doomed”. He is done.”
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He’s done with elected by his own choice. He’s on the corporate board of directors gravy train. Which is ok.
Thats not true. 2 states legislatures , PA and AZ asked for a 10 day delay in certification so they could review the election irregularities. It was in Pences power to delay certifying their electors. Instead he ignored them and illegally certified them. He is a coward and a villian.
Pence failed his constitutional obligation. He is no hero.
Pence has firmly implanted himself w/ the Lynn Cheney arm of the NeverTrumpers that claim the “Capitol ‘insurrection’ was the worst attack on it since 1814”. Idiots.
Sorry, dude, you thought you had a future. You just didn’t do anything to ensure it.
Own it.
Some hee-row! A turn-coat in the Bennie Arnold tradition.
Hero?
Crappola.
Not interested.
Go back to Indiana and be today’s Dan Quayle.
Never to be heard from again.
That’s the way I see him - neither a hero nor a villain, just a Peter Principle example who managed to get two levels above the one on which he could perform competently: OK as a Representative, not effective as a governor, invisible as a VP.
That is quite the fantasy
PA and AZ legislatures did not ask for a delay. That would have required a vote. A couple of state legislators asked, which has zero effective power.
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