Posted on 03/22/2022 12:59:07 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
After Donald Trump was caught on video bragging about sexually assaulting women, Mike Pence stayed on his ticket. As the coronavirus ravaged the U.S., the then-vice president praised the administration’s response. And after a violent mob threatened his life during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, Pence rejected entreaties to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
But after years of being a subservient sidekick, Pence is beginning to distance himself from Trump as he takes increasingly overt steps toward a White House bid of his own.
Last month, Pence called out Trump by name, saying his former boss was “wrong” to insist that he had the power to unilaterally overturn the results of the 2020 election — a power vice presidents do not possess. In a separate speech before top Republican donors, Pence urged the GOP to move on from Trump’s 2020 grievances and declared “there is no room in this party for apologists” for Vladimir Putin after Trump praised the Russian leader’s maneuvering as “genius” before his brutal invasion of Ukraine.
The moves show how Pence, a former congressman and Indiana governor, is working to craft a political identity independent of his former boss. The strategy carries substantial risk in a party still dominated by Trump and his lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
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Go Pants!
Pence distances himself from Trump
Pence doesn’t realize that’s like putting himself in a rubber raft in the middle of the Pacific. You’re just going to float around aimlessly and then die.
Jill The Swill weighs in
Trump has 95% approval of Republican base,
Pence has the other 5%
Pence is a disgrace.
The day that I vote for Fronthole Pence is the day the Earth explodes.
Acknowledging the existence and behavior of groupies is not "bragging about sexual assault".
“After Donald Trump was caught on video bragging about sexually assaulting women, Mike Pence stayed on his ticket. As the coronavirus ravaged the U.S., the then-vice president praised the administration’s response. And after a violent mob threatened his life during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, Pence rejected entreaties to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
“But after years of being a subservient sidekick, Pence is beginning to distance himself from Trump as he takes increasingly overt steps toward a White House bid of his own.”
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So we are to take from this that Pence was loyal, loyal, loyal, but at some point his independence of mind, unassailable integrity, and capacity to divine what’s best for the rest of us even as we repeatedly fail to make good decisions, all of these are driving him to emerge out from under Trump’s umbrella and bring us to the promise land.
Uhhh....no.
Nice try, but this transparently false narrative offered to promote Pence’s hidden brilliance and indispensable leadership is Dead On Arrival among actual people, actual voters.
Pence is just as empty a suit as Romney. His behavior leading up to, on, and since January 6th has revealed this to anyone who cares to notice.
He’s pants. The guy wouldn’t get 2%.
Hillary is that you?
If Mike Pence wasn’t even a presidential candidate in THAT scenario, then you can be sure he knows damn well that he’d never be elected himself.
Pence is as generic an establishment type as they come.
Even Super Mormon Mitt and McStain were less Generic.
He’ll never Be President.
Granted we said the same damn thing about that Pedo in the white Hospice.
They unmask their souls. Having not a clue how they will be seen.
I must be bored that I’m even commenting on this clown. Ass Press just spewing nonsense.
He knows he can never be POTUS.
He also knows he can rake in millions for himself, family and friends in campaign cash if he goes through the motions.
Yes, he is.
Yet another hit piece from Jill Colvin. Oh goody!
I just don’t think Pence is an issue - he had his day in the sun.
“Pence is as generic an establishment type as they come.”
IMO, the current “establishment” inserted itself against the will of the American people and against the law.
I think you nailed it. “Oh gee, I’m at 1%. Time to drop out with this 4.8 million of campaign donations...”
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