I was just reading that on 8kun and twitter. Could this be part of what Lin Wood based his treason charge on against Pence? I originally thought that Lin Wood’s charge was dis-info. Now, I’m not so sure. Explosive, if true. I’d certainly like to know more about this.
I’m also wondering if the Pence of then has atoned and been salvaged into the Pence of now that servers Trump loyally. We’ll see.
According to this tweet from Wood, the Pence/Ryan conspiracy is alive and well and gunning for a 2024 presidential/veep run:
https://mobile.twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1346538752102064128
It’s worth remembering that Trump knew, from the moment he picked him, that Pence was on familiar terms with the GOP Establishment. Remember when Pence chose not to endorse Trump in the Indiana primary, enddorsing Cruz instead? But there’s more to the story than that. If you remember, his “endorsement” of Cruz was rather lackluster and ended up sounding more like an endorsement of Trump. It seemed clear at the time that Pence was conflicted and had been forced into endorsing Cruz over Trump. What leverage the string pullers had over him is unknown.
Trump knew all this about Pence before he even picked him. I think it’s reasonable to argue that, though Pence had ties with the Establishment, he was not entirely happy with the relationship. It seems likely to me that Trump picked Pence for that very reason. Did Trump fully trust him or not? Either way he could be useful.
Choosing Pence as his running mate may have given the GOP Establishment enough reassurance that they would be able to control Trump, that they consented to his nomination. Remember in the weeks leading up to the convention there were threats from the RNC bigwigs of denying Trump the nomination?
So whether or not Pence ultimately proves to be loyal, I’m pretty confident that POTUS already knows, one way or the other, and has planned accordingly.
Patrick Byrnes tweeted this morning that he himself had documented proof of the charges.