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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 09:50 PM Feb 2021

Pence Speaks Highly of Trump to Lawmakers

Pence Speaks Highly of Trump to Lawmakers

February 23, 2021 at 8:38 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/23/pence-speaks-highly-of-trump/

"SNIP.....

“Former Vice President Mike Pence told a group of conservative lawmakers on Tuesday that he maintains a close personal friendship with former President Donald Trump,” CNN reports.

Said Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN): “He spoke very favorably about his relationship with President Trump. I got the sense they speak often and maintain the same personal friendship and relationship now that they have for four years.”

......SNIP"

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Pence Speaks Highly of Trump to Lawmakers (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2021 OP
Republicans are going to be filled with fawning patsies. By all means applegrove Feb 2021 #1
Thank you for ordering my death, good sir... Blue Owl Feb 2021 #2
lol, there never was a personal friendship over the 4 years. It was always JI7 Feb 2021 #3
They are all forced to kiss the ring Dave says Feb 2021 #25
OMG Dorian Gray Feb 2021 #4
Then he's dumber than I thought. Totally Tunsie Feb 2021 #5
When you look up "pathetic" in the dictionary... hlthe2b Feb 2021 #6
He'll turn on you just to punch down and his cult will never accept you underpants Feb 2021 #7
So when Trump goes to prison and is out of their lives Bev54 Feb 2021 #8
He's Not Going To Prison sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #12
That's why Trump made his VP Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 #9
Trying to save some sort of career in the Trump-oops I mean Republican party. PA_jen Feb 2021 #10
LOLZ! Trump thinks Mike is a peasant bit of schmutz. Maru Kitteh Feb 2021 #11
Could he possibly be any more of a groveling, ass-kissing, doormat? smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #13
This is actually worse than Cruz licking on the scoundrel who insulted Mrs. Cruz. dawg day Feb 2021 #14
There's a lot bdamomma Feb 2021 #15
look up 'Mike Pence' in the dictionary... Enter stage left Feb 2021 #16
Sounds like the GOP is . . . . Iliyah Feb 2021 #17
Romney, Pence and Cruz all have been fucked by Trump to one degree or another...but they like it. Thomas Hurt Feb 2021 #18
Romney voted to convict Dumbf twice. speak easy Feb 2021 #21
But he did kiss the ring when he was looking for a cabinet position applegrove Feb 2021 #24
Stockholm Syndrome? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #19
Yet "it" said he would not attend cpac if pence was there Thekaspervote Feb 2021 #20
Exactly. Like always, any relationship with that former guy is one sided. Marie Marie Feb 2021 #22
Stockholm Syndrome ZonkerHarris Feb 2021 #23
... sprinkleeninow Feb 2021 #26

JI7

(89,247 posts)
3. lol, there never was a personal friendship over the 4 years. It was always
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 09:53 PM
Feb 2021

Trump holding power over Pence for whatever reason.

And coward Pence always looking for approval.

And that still looks to be happening.

Dave says

(4,616 posts)
25. They are all forced to kiss the ring
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:31 PM
Feb 2021

Trump still holds strong sway over Republicans. By not convicting him when impeached, they surrendered power to him for the forceable future.

Dorian Gray

(13,493 posts)
4. OMG
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 09:53 PM
Feb 2021

if that's true, it's pathetic. But good lord help me, I don't believe it's true at all. No clue why they'd even bother to pretend.

hlthe2b

(102,230 posts)
6. When you look up "pathetic" in the dictionary...
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 09:56 PM
Feb 2021

don't be surprised if it is illustrated (or if the same image appears for "schmuck":

underpants

(182,778 posts)
7. He'll turn on you just to punch down and his cult will never accept you
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:00 PM
Feb 2021

But hey I’m just a guy who pays attention

Bev54

(10,048 posts)
8. So when Trump goes to prison and is out of their lives
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:01 PM
Feb 2021

are they all going to turn around and say all they hated about him??

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
12. He's Not Going To Prison
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:14 PM
Feb 2021

And even if he did, they would probably defend him, and say it was a "witch hunt."

That's how they roll.

Maru Kitteh

(28,339 posts)
11. LOLZ! Trump thinks Mike is a peasant bit of schmutz.
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:11 PM
Feb 2021

These are the nascent whispers of a new storyline that's been crafted to attempt to lure enough of the MAGA zombies towards a more palatable candidate to win something.


yup.





 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. Could he possibly be any more of a groveling, ass-kissing, doormat?
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:16 PM
Feb 2021

How absolutely pathetic! In a way, I am beginning to think they should have strung him up. What a useless excuse for a human being.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
14. This is actually worse than Cruz licking on the scoundrel who insulted Mrs. Cruz.
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:17 PM
Feb 2021

This is Pence loving up the demagogue who put his own wife at risk of death.

This is not a man. It's not even a mouse. A mouse would at least nibble for his spouse.

bdamomma

(63,837 posts)
15. There's a lot
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:29 PM
Feb 2021

more to this, Pence's family was in danger and there was a "hit" to be done on Pence. Turn the other cheek, on someone who was inciting to kill his VP while your family is there.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
18. Romney, Pence and Cruz all have been fucked by Trump to one degree or another...but they like it.
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:09 PM
Feb 2021

He may still be the Idiot King who gets them their christian theocracy.

applegrove

(118,622 posts)
24. But he did kiss the ring when he was looking for a cabinet position
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:31 PM
Feb 2021

in 2016 after Trump won. Romney had had a dustup with Trump when Trump was running for the nomination. I can't remember the details but Romney did visit him at Trump Tower.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,455 posts)
19. Stockholm Syndrome?
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 11:13 PM
Feb 2021

Or part of the power play? Pence made himself scarce after 1/20....should he not be a friendly witness of the Insurrection? If my boss threatened me and my family, why would I ever want anything to do with this guy? Unless, I played my role in the play?

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