Mike Pence not endorsing Donald Trump
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Makes sense, I wouldn't endorse anyone who wanted to murder me either.
On the other hand, I am a little surprised that he isn't completely spineless.
He made a play for ousting trump and it fell flat. There is no recovering for pence. Best to just take his toys and go home.
"take his toys and go
home" to a well paid think tank (like the Heritage Foundation).He's still paid for political influence.
Does he have any? Does anyone actually like that guy or think he has anything of substance to say? Anyone at all?
They rarely make sense though. McConnell for example endorsed him.
IDK about you, but I don't think I'd wait close to 4 years to start talking smack about the dude who tried to have me killed.
Cruz didn't mind. Most Republicans wouldn't either.
Doesn't change the fact he refused to fully cooperate with investigations of Trump's actions on and before 1/6.
Mike Pence will forever be a coward.
Mike Pence, of "Hang Mike Pence" fame
Are we sure they didn’t just want to hang with Mike Pence?
Nobody wants to hang with Mike Pence.
Even if they did... Mother wouldn't give them permission.
That’s just women and of all the 0 people that want to hang with Mike pence women are especially absent from the list
[hans moleman voice] I was saying hang with Mike pence
It was poor grammar. It should have been “Hang, Mike Pence?”
As a chaotic neutral soul I'm going to go with "Hang, Mike; Pence....?!"
Yes this is better, mine didn’t seem quite right
Yeah, you guys took the whole J6 out of context! /s
It was just a bit of light treason among friends. No big deal!
This just in: Victim of leopard mauling says he won't give leopard second helping.
Fuck this guy. I'm not giving him credit for not being a completely horrible person when he has been a horrible person. He hasn't learned anything, made amends, etc. He just doesn't want the person who put hundreds of people on a mission for his head to have total power.
think of the poor, hungry leopards!
Everyone's (rightly) focusing on 1/6 so I'll go a different route and mention what I think was Pence's biggest moment of public humiliation and utter servility as VP:
Remember back in 2017 when Trump made Mike Pence to go to that Colts v. 49ers game then throw a racist temper tantrum and storm out when players took a knee during the national anthem? Lmao
How'd selling your soul to be Trump's VP work out for ya there Pence-y boy? Really gave your political career a boost, eh?
Also, for anyone who thinks that maybe it was a spontaneous act, it wasn't. Everyone in the Secret Service and the television network knew what was coming.
Oh yeah, everyone knew exactly why he was there. It was a thoroughly choreographed racist hissy fit.
A paid crisis actor if you will
A hissy fit from an unfit hussy? Get me my fainting couch
No, that's pretty on-brand for Mike Pence. I don't believe that Trump forced him to do that.
I forgot he did this lol
I wish that mattered.
I hope he's miserable.
Not surprised in the slightest.
it's a shame he didn't have this opinion a bit earlier... say... Jan 2021?
it's "nice" that he said that, but.. too little too late dude
I am. I thought he'd lost his spine again.
$10 says he would have accepted being VP again.
There's no spine left to lose. Trump stirred up the mob against him, and there's no way Republican voters are going to forgive him for what they perceive as a slight against their cause.
If he was actually smart he'd just flip sides completely. Throw it all out there.
I'm seeing a bunch of people who haven't learned from the last 50 years. He doesn't endorse him now. He will when he's named nominee.
Who else could be named nominee?
Doesn't matter. Repugnicans fall in line behind their demagogue only once they have no other path to remain in the good graces of the party.
So you're saying he'll sacrifice himself to the group at a severe risk to his personal safety?
He'll be convinced that falling in line is in the best interest of his continued safety.
This is the comment. News like this propagates the way it's supposed to on social media without enough people pointing out this happens time and time again
Media: Mr. Pence, will you be endorsing Trump in 2024?
Pence: No. Wait yes... maybe? Wait... yeeee-no. No. Yeah I'm sure. Yes. I mean no. No.
Pence knew what Trump was planning. He even went to former Vice President Dan Quayle for advice.
All Pence had to do was go on some of the national news shows and personally tell the public that Trump had lost and that Biden would be sworn in not matter what.
A man who's mainly remembered for being an enormous dumbass
Two thoughts.
Yes, he picked a man known as an idiot to decide the fate of the Republic.
Compared to most of the current GOP, Quayle stands like a colossus
It's mildly interesting to consider how many people Trump has near-literally shat on just for them to open their mouths and say yes please after. Why not Pence? This can't be a spine, right?
At one point he said it wasn't a fair play for Trump to try to have him hung, but then later apologized for saying that
Could be that Pence is one of the people Trump is planning to have his revenge on.
Maybe mother told him to.
I think Mother was done with all of it.
I almost forgot about Mike Pence. The only thing I remember about him is I thought he was well spoken. I didn't agree with anything he said but I liked his voice for some reason.
He looks like a used condom
he's been fucked like one.
The fly finally got control of the host.
That’s…surprising? A republican with some sort of a spine. Huh.
It's not spine. It's the MAGA wanting to murder him leopard eating his face.
There were still plenty of other Republicans in that position on J6 who have come out to support Trump
Yeah, but they still need to be elected and can't piss off the trump cult. Pence is almost 65 and after his dismal showing in the primaries has probably decided to quit politics. So he has a little more leeway to speak out.
Mitch McConell is 82, can comfortably expect re-election indefinitely, faced just as much threats by the MAGAts during J6, and is still endorsing Trump.
I'm not one to say that Mike Pence is a good person, but he's taking an unpopular step against his party on his own principles. It's kind of "a broken clock is right twice a day," but I will applaud a shitty person standing up to a really shitty person.
Fair point.
A spine would make him endorse Biden, this is more of "he actually tried to murder me, I won't endorse anyone then".
I mean, he was threatened with hanging
Wait, wait, wait, there was a spine under that facade after all?
The stick was shoved far enough up that it provided some support.
Every time I see this guy he looks a little.more like cotton hill
He's decided to go all in on supporting hemorrhoid cream instead.
I’m honestly surprised Mother is letting him do this. It almost seems as if he has a will of his own.
Mmmm.... That's some good shitposting