Posted on 03/17/2024 4:13:31 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A procession of prominent Republicans who wanted to guide their party away from Donald Trump in 2024 have come around to him as the former president became the party’s presumptive nominee. And many have offered virtually the same justification in grudgingly offering support: He’s at least preferable to President Biden.
“I think he’d be better than Joe Biden,” said Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. “It’s as simple as that.”
“I mean, the alternative is Biden,” said New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu.
“The choice before the American people is crystal clear: It’s Donald Trump or Joe Biden,” said Senate Minority Whip John Thune (S.D.).
Trump’s own vice president offered a very different take Friday. In declining to endorse Trump, Mike Pence made a major statement that undercut other Trump-skeptical Republicans who have suggested through their actions that there is no alternative. His decision could also provide a permission structure for others whose endorsements are up in the air, like Nikki Haley, to hold off.
“It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” Pence said told Fox News on Friday.
But it did come as something of a surprise. Pence, after all, had raised his hand at an August debate when he and the other GOP presidential candidates were asked whether they would support even a criminally convicted Trump if he were nominated.
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As if people needed another reason to vote for Trump?
When the Dems stole an election and made it illegal to petition the government for redress of grievances; when they barricaded Washington DC and made patriotism illegal; when they took over the government by hook and by crook and demonized all who protested, laying upon the patriots the accusations of crimes which they themselves were committing. I mistakenly typed 2020 when I meant 2021. Sorry about that.
They must have something devastating on Pence for him to carry on this way.
Precisely!
President Trump GAINS support when Pence declines to endorse him!
Pence is a liar, he’s just a very skilled liar so many were fooled by his holier than thou act. I think God is having a great time exposing all these fakes.
“After facilitating the insurrection by the election-stealing Democrats on January 6th 2020, this comes as no surprise from Pence. He was briefly disguised as an angel of light, but has revealed himself by his actions to be a demon. Satan’s favorite hiding place is in the church, and in a suit, with a $300 haircut, a facial, and a manicure.”
Perfectly stated.
Pence is a ZERO.
What a cop-out, Mitt…errr…Mike.
Another part of the Democrats’ attempt to make the election about Trump personally rather than the issues. Pence’s refusal to endorse won’t matter if Trump nationalizes the election around the issues. Thing’s like: pictures of ruined cities, examples of shrink-flation, looters, freakish transgenders, etc. It’s Trump’s to lose — if he can tame his tongue and focus on the issues.
Both President Trump and Biden are so well known by everybody that there are not very many true undecided voters.
If a third party can get most of them President Trump will be the next president—and the “issues” won’t even matter.
I agree with you totally. I think many of those rotten picks came right from Ivanka and Jared. I am ecstatic that they are OUT of the political arena.
It’s a fart in a windstorm. A foul odor that passes quickly and is forgotten.
He would have to also denounce Christianity & embrace Satan for Democrats to vote for him.
I personally wouldn't put it past him to do so though.
He's a complete phony.
They are saying permission structure.
The RINOs are simply seeing the groundswell support for Trump, the utter failure of their Trump alternative Nikki Haley to gain traction with the electorate and the prospect of another disastrous four years of Biden. Any port in a storm. However, if Trump is elected the RINOs will go back to the get along politics with the Democrats to line their pockets and not give a rip about rebuilding the country.
“That would be like expecting Benedict Arnold to endorse George Washington. Who writes this nonsense?”
Complete idiots and beltway stooges. And they will write similar trash tomorrow.
Pence is gay and screw little boys.
Thanks - it’s good to hear a voice of reason.
People think as a newly appointed CEO you can go in on day one, fire and hire, and make the company over as you sees fit.
It doesn’t work that way. There is a board of directors you need to answer to and a bunch of them don’t like you - they preferred someone else for CEO. Half the officers reporting to you resent the fact that you got picked instead of them.
You don’t get to do whatever you want - but you do get blamed for everything that goes wrong. Getting rid of the CEO is BY FAR the favorite way a board of directors signals to major stockholders that they are ‘serious’ about growth and profitability.
President Trump waded into the DC swamp promising to drain it - did people expect he would get a friendly welcome?
Who?
NIKKI IS STILL NOT ELIGIBLE
NEVER WILL BE
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