A Desperate Plea to Pence

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https://theintercept.com/2020/03/23/25th-amendment-pence-remove-trump/

The truth of the matter is that President Donald Trump does not have the mental capability to “discharge the powers and duties of his office.” Amid an unprecedented political, economic, and public health crisis, the commander-in-chief is unwell — and unfit.


You know this. On Friday, you were standing next to the president in the White House briefing room when NBC correspondent Peter Alexander asked him what he had to say to Americans who “are scared right now” because of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump responded with inexplicable rage, denouncing Alexander as a “terrible reporter” for asking a “nasty” question, and then mocking the owners of NBC — telecom giant Comcast — as “Con-cast.”

It was an insane response to the simplest of simple questions, but don’t take my word for it. “These are psychiatric symptoms, not simply boorish behaviors,” tweeted John Talmadge, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. “Trump is mentally ill, cognitively compromised, brain impaired. He can’t even recognize a softball tossed his way.”

But you can, Mr. Vice President. You later went up to the podium and answered Alexander’s question: “I would say, ‘Do not be afraid to be vigilant.’” You seem to be able to do the job of president that Trump is manifestly unable to do. You have won praise for your handling of the crisis from senior Democrats like Washington Gov. Jay Inslee — in stark contrast to your boss, who lashed out at Inslee and called him a “snake.” As the New York Times has also reported, some of your former critics at the state level “have changed their mind about Mr. Pence, who has given near-daily briefings and, they said, has become a reassuring presence even as Mr. Trump has intermittently tried to retake the stage.”

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1. I'm sorry,

You don't plea or grovel before psychopaths and sociopaths like that. You just give them more pleasure in the hunt and kill predator sense. Just look at that deadpan expression, those beady little eyes, and the romantic devotion he projects as he gazes devotedly at his Orange Savior.

We should not have to beg or plead for officials who are bound by clear and definite oaths to do their duty as per the Preamble to the Constitution and the Constitution itself. He should be thankful he is even allowed to do the half-ass job as best as a walking, cotton zombie, evangelical Q-Tip with Mother issues can.

Pence isn't even qualified to do what he is being pleaded to do. What we could do is just ask him to stay out of the way and only allow experts and professionals handle this, IMHO.