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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 11:54 AM Jun 2022

Pence Plots 2024 Bid as Jan. 6 Hearings Remind Voters of His Break From Trump

As the House committee investigating the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol focused almost entirely Thursday on the role Mike Pence played in averting a constitutional crisis, the former vice president was far from Washington.

Rather than watch the hearing, Mr. Pence was in Ohio, campaigning for Gov. Mike DeWine and a Republican congressman—the latest step in a carefully managed re-emergence onto the national political scene as he appears to lay the groundwork for a 2024 presidential campaign.

“Ultimately, I believe that most Americans understand that we did our duty that day under the Constitution and the laws of this country,” Mr. Pence said in an interview of his actions on Jan. 6, when he rebuffed pressure from then-President Donald Trump to reject electoral votes for Joe Biden.

It was the most visible break Mr. Pence displayed after four years of loyalty to Mr. Trump. Committee members said the president’s resulting actions helped trigger an attack that included calls for the vice president’s hanging.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pence-plots-2024-bid-as-jan-6-hearings-remind-voters-of-his-break-from-trump/ar-AAYAq76

May the GOP destroy themselves in a circular firing squad.

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Pence Plots 2024 Bid as Jan. 6 Hearings Remind Voters of His Break From Trump (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
Dream on, Mike... Ocelot II Jun 2022 #1
And he naively thinks Trump no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #2
Given his sycophancy towards trump Turbineguy Jun 2022 #3
To repubs, Pence is simultaneously a loyal kissass to Trump and a traitor to Trump. keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #4
He knows they wanted to kill him, right? 🤷‍♀️ onecaliberal Jun 2022 #5
Pence thinks he could be President? Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #6
Pence will never win over the Trumpers, thus he is done in the GOP andym Jun 2022 #7
A reluctant break Mad_Machine76 Jun 2022 #8

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)
4. To repubs, Pence is simultaneously a loyal kissass to Trump and a traitor to Trump.
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 12:24 PM
Jun 2022

To repubs, Pence is simultaneously a loyal kissass to Trump and a traitor to Trump.

Most Americans understand that Pence tried to find a way to subvert the Constitution but failed.

Mad_Machine76

(24,406 posts)
8. A reluctant break
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 01:00 PM
Jun 2022

at best. He didn't just outright shoot the idea of overturning the election down right away like anybody else with even a minimum of knowledge of the Constitution would. He obviously researched the idea until Dan F**king Quayle told him to not even consider it.

He also hasn't ruled out supporting Trump again despite what happened.

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