Pence admits on hot mike that he is carrying empty boxes into medical center

[Maraya1969]

Last edited Fri May 8, 2020, 04:31 PM - Edit history (2)

EDIT: They removed it from Twitter!!!! If anyone downloaded it please post it. Found it under Joe Scarborough

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Well, can I carry the empty ones just for the cameras?” <br>—Mike Pence <a href="https://t.co/vN8SPwAwqd">https://t.co/vN8SPwAwqd</a></p>— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href="

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[kskiska]

1. An empty man

carrying empty boxes. Symbolic of our "leaders" today.

[Livluvgrow]

2. An empty suit

with an empty head and an empty soul carrying an empty box.

[Traildogbob]

12. Not so empty.

Seeing him without a jacket, exposed he is as Lardy as his idol pig man. Fat boy with a tiny brainless little head.

[Eyeball_Kid]

21. They are getting away with EVERYTHING. n/t

[First Speaker]

24. To paraphrase Orwell--he isn't even an empty suit...

...he's just a hole in the air...

[Mike 03]

4. Perfect metaphor for this administration during a crisis.

Empty handed.

[underpants]

5. A Captain of the Space Force

[bullwinkle428]

6. Remember Paul Ryan washing perfectly clean pots and pans?

[Thomas Hurt]

7. Empty Box, Empty Suit, Empty Head...authoritarian drone.

[MineralMan]

8. Everything the Trump Administration delivers is an empty box.

[Beakybird]

9. What a disgrace!

[fishwax]

10. wow -- that really is the perfect metaphor for this empty shell of an empty man

[Blue Owl]

11. Look busy -- mother is watching

n/t

[dlk]

13. A poser of the first order...

[Neema]

14. Also, they literally filled a van with empty boxes for a photo op. And, when

informed the boxes were empty, Pence didn't skip a beat or raise an eyebrow. So not only was everyone in in this farce, but they must do it all the time if Pence didn't pause for one second.

[Scarsdale]

15. Fake Christian.

What did Manafort see in Pence, that he pushed tRump to make him his VP? Pence has zero qualities, zero character. Maybe tRump said "Get me the blandest guy you can find, and HE will be VP" Ass kisser supreme.

[BlueIdaho]

16. The perfect metaphor for the Trump Administration. nt.

[gademocrat7]

17. Despicable stunt by Pence.

[Botany]

18. Pence what a shit.

Link to tweet

It is all one big con.

[calimary]

19. So we've got Fraud, and Vice Fraud.

LIAR and Vice Liar.

[NRaleighLiberal]

20. fake box, fake faith, fake intellect, fake empathy. is he even alive?

[Under The Radar]

22. The perception of governing - indicative of this entire administration

it Is all an act, an orchestrated reality show based upon no truth whatsoever

[TNNurse]

23. Just how stupid do you have to be to think this would not get out???

I shared it every way I could on Facebook.

[Hav]

25. One should better follow the development at that nursing home

No protection and not enough distance between people at a place with one of the most vulnerable demographics. It's stupid and reckless, endangering lives for a publicity stunt and because you are an ahole that doesn't care about protecting others by wearing a mask.

[DFW]

26. The Mike Pence nursery rhyme

There was an empty man, and he served an empty con
He had an empty conscience, sucked up to empty Don
He brought some empty boxes, empty promises to fake
We hope he goes home empty in this November's wake

[reACTIONary]

27. +100 nt

[IronLionZion]

28. Excellent

[NCjack]

29. At least the "lucky recipients" got boxes. That' more than I can get.

The prez promised everyone a CV test. I'm still waiting -- no one in town knows how to get it.

Both Trump and Pence are liars.

[captain queeg]

30. I like how he pretends it so heavy, has to use his leg to move it onto the dock

And the guy who’s helping him just grabs a box and almost tosses it to him

[sarge43]

31. Ah yes, the plastic turkey ploy, a Repug favorite.

During the hot days of the Iraqi war, Bush visited the troops there on Thanksgiving. A photo op was staged with Shrub carrying a cooked turkey into the mess hall. Reported later it was plastic.

[warmfeet]

32. What an utter disgrace.

This is who, supposedly, represents our interests. Truly the nadir of the U.S.A. - just sad.

[FailureToCommunicate]

33. Okay so the box he moved was empty. Did the medical facility get ANY PPE? Or just cardboard?

The moving van was full of...cardboard and air?

[Wednesdays]

34. This is a hoax. See Snopes.com

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pence-empty-boxes/

Did Pence Deliver Empty PPE Boxes to a Rehabilitation Center?
The vice president had made a joke about carrying an empty box for the news cameras.
DAN EVON
PUBLISHED 8 MAY 2020

Rating: False.

[IcyPeas]

35. well I, for one, choose to believe it.

[Duppers]

37. True! I posted below before seeing your post.

Had the thread pulled up for an hr, doing a search & making dinner. I had not refreshed the thread before posting.

Thanks! We Dems must not become the liberal equivalent of Fox News.

[Duppers]

36. Full story @ Snopes

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pence-empty-boxes/

I kept reading conflicting reports, including this from the Independent:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mike-pence-ppe-hot-mic-nursing-home-coronavirus-a9505706.html