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[Miles Archer]

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[tonyt53]

1. Apparently churches to not cure insanity, because it isn't working for you Mikey.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It sounds like something he'd say, but he didn't actually say it.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-jesus-care/

In early May 2017, an image macro went viral via social media bearing a pronouncement on health care attributed to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who supposedly said (grammatical anomalies in the original):

What the American people need is not more health care. What we need is more Jesus care. I believe the if we can just get more of these people with pre-existing health conditions back to churches you would see a lot of healings and many of these problems would just go away. People who lead Godly lives don’t worry about Doctors. We have The Lord to take care of us.

The statement had currency because efforts by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a bill (popularly known as “Trumpcare”) repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (popularly known as “Obamacare”) were, at the time, reaching a fever pitch. The statement also echoed remarks made by a prominent backer of Trumpcare, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Alabama), who had gone on record as saying that “people who lead good lives” are healthier and less prone than others to have pre-existing health conditions. And it tapped into a popular conception of Mike Pence as someone who is overly pious and preachy.

The quote was entirely fabricated, however. There is no public record of Pence ever saying such a thing. Despite the inclusion of what appears at first glance to be a Fox News logo on the image macro, Fox News wasn’t connected in any way with its circulation.

[Miles Archer]

14. Well, that's disappointing...

...it came from the "Stop Trump" Twitter feed, which usually posts a fair amount of snark, but it's the first time that I've seen them post something that was fake and debunked.

Thank you for the clarification. I'll grab photos and such from them in the future but won't be so trusting when they post "quotes."



https://twitter.com/StopTrump2020

[dhol82]

3. Is he really that brain dead?

But I digress.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. He's brain-dead, but he didn't say that. See above post.

[dhol82]

9. I saw.

Still think he is brain dead.
At least for all but the WORD OF JESUS!
Whatever.

[exboyfil]

5. Fake quote

It does say something that I had to verify that fact.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-jesus-care/

[tonyt53]

12. Yeah, but it sure is fun to poke at him.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Snopes says this is false.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-jesus-care/

[ginny skinny]

15. Thank you!

I wish I would have read your link before I posted. We are the party of reality, sometimes I am too quick to believe things that seem “truthy”

[Arkansas Granny]

20. I've been fooled myself. It's rather telling that the people running our country are so despicable

that stories like this are believable.

[Va Lefty]

8. Well, can't really reply to that because I'm not INSANE!

v

[C_U_L8R]

10. Would you buy an insurance policy from this man?

Fake quote or not... What a sleaze.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

11. I met jesus in the greyhound bus station in Philadelphia,

I think he needs some medical help himself!

[ginny skinny]

13. Holy shi--!

What the ever lovin’ hell do these people take away when they read the Bible?
Not the same stuff I see.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. He didn't actually say it. See above posts.

[Trust Buster]

17. Fake news. Are there no standards on DU about this kind of garbage postings ?

[Matthew28]

18. This idiot

wants to send us back to the stone age.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. He didn't say it. See above.

[democratisphere]

19. F'ing Magic (FM) Healthcare.

Pence is drumpf's replacement? Jesus!

[salin]

21. While it is tempting to believe due to his extremism... It's a fake meme. Snopes link below:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-jesus-care/

[tblue37]

22. He got smacked upside the head with an idiot stick.

OK--it isn't a real qote, but he is still an idiot.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. That is certainly true, but the "quote" in the OP isn't.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

23. I think he wants to replace the Constitution with the,

ten commandments.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. He probably does, but the quote in the OP isn't real.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. You might want to delete. Too many people are taking the bait.

[Hoyt]

28. If true, my REAL Christian grandparents would still be alive at 120+.

[bitterross]

30. Number of times prayer has cured someone: ZERO

What a tool he is. Everything is always better with a little Jesus sprinkled on it.

Also, I don't know of may First Baptist or Southern Baptist ministers where I grew up who didn't take their kids to the doctor or dentist.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Pence is a tool but the quote is fake.

[Comatose Sphagetti]

31. I'm from Indiana and I don't care for Pence at all.

But please, don't post false memes.


https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-jesus-care/

[mr_lebowski]

33. I literally laughed the second I read it and went 'no f'ing way did Pence say something THAT dumb'

I mean, I could him saying something ALMOST this dumb, but not THIS dumb.

Thanks for trying to set the record straight TVO ...