"Pence" is trending at #1...yeah, it ain't pretty, folks

[Leghorn21]

After Trump—who just tapped Pence to lead the effort—turns his back, Sec. Azar seizes the room's attention to insist that HE remains the "chairman" but is glad to have the Veep "helping," while Pence stands motionless with a vacant middle-distance stare. So that happened. (yikes)

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My dad (a doctor) had signs in every bathroom in our house that said, “Handwashing prevents infection!” with a teddy bear and a heart. I wouldn’t mind seeing those signs everywhere now. More effective than Pence.

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Before entering politics, Pence was a failed radio talk show host. He has zero healthcare experience, and is, quite frankly, a useless fucking moron. If Trump, who is also a fucking moron, is depending on Pence to contain the #CoronavirusOutbreak, then we are all going to die.

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[Iliyah]

1. End Days - Pence . . .

[Midnightwalk]

2. Under the emergency powers act

Twice daily prayers have been made mandatory.

[malaise]

3. It's much worse than that

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/26/21155286/mike-pence-coronavirus-response-hiv
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Pence is not a public health expert, either. Instead, as governor of Indiana, he slashed public health spending and delayed the introduction of needle exchanges, which led to the state’s worst outbreak of HIV. He takes over from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar who has been heading the White House coronavirus task force since the beginning of January.

Yale epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves, who conducted the research linking the Indiana HIV outbreak to Pence’s policies, tweeted that the decision “speaks to a lack of seriousness by the White House.”


Gregg Gonsalves
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Oh my f—cking god. He’s putting @VP Mike Pence in charge of #coronavirususa. This is a man that totally botched HIV outbreak in Indiana. This is not a good idea and speaks to a lack of seriousness by the @WhiteHouse.

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Pence also has a history of downplaying the link between smoking and lung cancer, writing in a 2000 op-ed that “despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn’t kill.”

[sandensea]

4. Dense Pence as Corona-czar.

We're saved!

[Ilsa]

9. We'd be better off if Pence was czar of

?fit=scale

[MontanaMama]

16. That would be the best

we could hope for. Mother wouldn’t let him drink one tho...

[Ilsa]

17. More for us! Even if it is only Corona.

(Do not add disinfectant.)

[sandensea]

22. Someone should make an ad mocking 'Mike Corona'

And of course set it to...

[smirkymonkey]

5. Oh dear.

We are so screwed.

[Wounded Bear]

6. We're all going to di!

[Dirtdude]

7. He didn't appoint Pence for the health concerns

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He appointed Pence to navigate the political and legal intricacies of using Coronavirus as the pretext for Marshall Law in early November.

[central scrutinizer]

20. I agree on the martial law/cancelling the election possibility

This crisis is the new LIHOP. But Pence seems like too big of a dolt to run that operation

[cwydro]

23. Martial.

[Duppers]

33. Brought this point up the other day.

Gawd help us all!!!!

😩

[Dirtdude]

35. I'm so tired of saying it won't happen here

But once you think we have gone as low as we can, we go lower. Two weeks ago I posted the similar thought on my FB page asking any republicans if they thought the argument that if trump thinks it’s ok for America then it’s ok applies to ignoring the results of the election. One dude could never answer that simple question.

[slumcamper]

8. Pence looks and acts like a Cyborg. Evangelical hero is a fucking CREEP. Sorry. n/t

[live love laugh]

25. Pence aka Squint Eastwood nt

[Initech]

10. If there was ever a day to enact the 25th amendment, that day is today.

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. Hilarious - "We are all going to die"

[Grokenstein]

12. "and is, quite frankly, a useless fucking moron"

Unca Vladimir: "Nyet, is not true. I find him very useful."

[SWBTATTReg]

13. He has a zero personality and a zombie appearance. He's going to scare people far more than...

help. God help us.

[djacq]

14. "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

[link:

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[salin]

15. two things:

1) The Pence - stubborn (didn't act and didn't act) in the face of an extreme crisis was horrible. I don't know how sincere his beliefs were against the idea of providing sterile needles were as "it encourages the negative behavior" - vs. how much it was to pander to what he considered his national audience/base from the reactionary rightwing religious voters (known at the time as the Talibornigan). Doesn't matter which was his motivation - one of those motivations was more important to him as Governor - than was facing down and trying to save lives of citizens of his state. That state, is my state. He was compromised either by extreme religious beliefs, or by pandering to those who hold those beliefs (and his ambition to run for president.)

He is the most unserious person - per trying to prevent a mass emergency/health crisis - that Trump could put in charge. The response will not be about public health/security for people in he US. It will be about sycophancy to Trump.

2) *warning a snarky shallow comment on Trump's looks in this video.* He usually wears red or blue ties - sometimes with diagonal stripes and small variations - but today = pink? It distracted me - hmmm why does this draw my eye's attention to his tie? Then I noted that his lips seem to match. And are shiny. Is he wearing a coordinated color scheme of tie and lipgloss? Yikes - why did I ask myself that? Because once I did (look again at it) I couldn't unsee it.

[FoxNewsSucks]

18. "Before entering politics, Pence was a failed radio talk show host."

Think about that for a minute. Every crackpot willing to shill for the right gets a radio show.

Mullah Pence is so bad he still failed.

[Meadowoak]

30. Pence does have a face for radio.

[maxrandb]

36. Donnie Shit for Brains lost money running a casino

and Pence couldn't make it in radio as a right-wing asshat.

That, my friends, is some biblical level of failure.

[yaesu]

19. so tRump named pence the official russian czar. nt

[eleny]

21. Talk about fluffing an image!

[riversedge]

24. I missed Maddow earlier. But just turned on tv to catch her later show. looks like she will

cover the press briefing.==

[chillfactor]

27. Rachel's coverage was excellent!

She completely nailed several stories!!!!!!

[Leghorn21]

26. "Pence" still #1 for 5 hours now, with 268,000 tweets - thanks, America!!

”The CDC tells men to get rid of their beards to protect against Coronavirus.

Who's going to break the news to Karen Pence?“

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[3catwoman3]

32. Chaps are NOT a good...

...look on you, Mikey.

[cheezmaka]

28. It's okay everyone... Mike's in Charge

While 45 goes overseas to play another game of golf...

[mr_lebowski]

29. This is a dog-whistle for the Cult, Pence in Charge means Jeebus Will Save Us!

Of course what he's really doing is passing the buck like the shitweasel that he is.

If the outbreak is bad, PENCE failed, not Donnie Boy, oh gosh no!

Then he picks himself a new VP for November.

[3catwoman3]

31. "...stands motionless with a middle-distance stare" is pretty much...

..Pence’s MO. He looks like that all the time.

Cardboard cutouts have more personality. And probably more brains.

[maxrandb]

37. He always looks like he's pinching off a loaf

[3catwoman3]

38. I had to look that up.

After 40_ years in pediatrics, I thought I knew all the euphemisms for poop. One can always learn something here at DU.

[Duppers]

34. K&R whole thread.

Great post, Leghorn.