Mike Pence: My Son Had to Remind Me Not to Let Trump Steal the Election

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Mike Pence: My Son Had to Remind Me Not to Let Trump Steal the Election

By Eric Lutz, November 28, 2023

The former veep reportedly told Jack Smith that in January 2020, he was worried certifying Joe Biden's win would be “too hurtful to my friend,” i.e., Donald Trump.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/mike-pence-donald-trump-2020-election-certification

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Were it not for the Marine son of Mike Pence, the nation might have endured a constitutional crisis worse than the one wrought by the January 6 riot. At least, that’s what the former vice president apparently suggested to the Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting the federal election interference case against Donald Trump.

According to ABC News, Pence told investigators that he had decided to give in to Trump’s demands that he allow someone else to preside over the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory—worried, he reportedly wrote in his notes, that performing his constitutional duty would be “too hurtful to my friend.” But his son, a Marine, reminded his father during a Colorado vacation that “you took the same oath I took.”

“An oath to support and defend the Constitution,” Pence is said to have told prosecutors.

He ultimately decided to oversee the count. His “friend,” Trump, ultimately sent an armed mob to try to stop the proceedings, with many of the insurrectionists shouting “Hang Mike Pence!”

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* thanks to my cousin for the suggestion

[Emile]

1. Like Pence is some kind of hero for

doing his job and we owe Mike Pence marine son to convince him.

Republicans are so pathetic.

[madaboutharry]

2. Mike Pence is worse than we thought.

He is a weak man with mediocre intellect, if even that.

I thought it was Dan Quayle who reminded him about a thing called The Constitution.
But apparently he needed to be told twice.

And WTF did Trump’s feelings have to do with anything? JFC!

[RockRaven]

3. Good Christian Mother's Boy had to have Mother's boy remind him of the oath

he swore by GOD HIMSELF to do his explicit Constitutional duty... because he didn't want to "hurt" his prideful, greedy, wrathful, envious, lustful, gluttonous, slothful "friend" -- do I have that right?

[FHRRK]

4. Gutless wimp

Ffs show me a Repuke who isn’t gutless

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. This is such a bizarre story.

Pence seems to have NO critical thinking skills. He happened to drift into the convictions of others to decide what he should do. He could only do the right thing because of the convictions of others. He absorbed Trump because Trump was the magnanimous bully whom Pence needs to legitimize himself. Pence was the Prince of Worshippers. He nearly swooned over Trump. So Pence is no hero. He's more like The Fool in tarot parlance.

[Skittles]

6. OH FFS

Pence had to be REMINDED not to put the interests of a TRAITOR over the interests of AMERICA

[Cha]

7. Pence is Dumb as Fly Shit. I think

perhaps he was scared of what the Bloated Putin's Puppet would do to him.. and apparently his son the Marine reminded his Dumber than even imaginable dad the VP(omg) he took an Oath to he Constitution of the USA which trumps the Traitor.

[Sal_NV]

8. The same oath I took also when I enlisted in the Army.

M. Pence is nothing more than a weaselly piece of cow dung.
He saw just what kind of a friend D. Trump really was on 1/6.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. This Is A Thing He Should Have Kept To Himself

He clearly doesn't realize this makes him look worse.
He thought about treason but decided against it because his son convinced him not to?
A horrible look.

[The Magistrate]

13. I Must Say, Sir

I do enjoy that he ruined his political prospects by performing the sole virtuous act he's managed to over the course of his adult life.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. A Fair Point

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But, that he even considered participating in a coup should be the whole story.
The parts about his kid & Quayle are irrelevant.

[The Magistrate]

18. True, Sir

[TheRealNorth]

26. That is the modern-day Republican Party

The wicked are rewarded and acts of virtue are punished.

[NowISeetheLight]

10. A Trend

So we have a former VP whose son reminded him of his oath and duty, and a Speaker of the House who has his porn viewing monitored by his son.

Sounds like being the Son of one of these RepubQcans should earn them hazardous duty pay like we had on Subs in the Navy or something.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. His son told him to do his job? That seems like a change in the story ...

... I thought it was Dan Quayle who told Pence to do his job, that he had no options.

Maybe it was really George Santos who told Pence to go to work.

[Jersey Devil]

12. So at one point Pence was willing to let Trump pull off a coup so his tender feelings wouldn't be hurt

Pence certainly is no hero.

[Deep State Witch]

14. In This Case

"Semper Fidelis" really did mean "Always loyal."

[JI7]

16. What happened to Jesus ?

[mountain grammy]

17. and trumpers are pissed at Pence

for listening to a Marine sucker and a loser instead of Jeeeeeeeeeesus!

[musclecar6]

19. As someone said

That spineless jackass didn’t do the right thing, he just didn’t do the wrong thing.

[redqueen]

20. Thanks for the thread!

K&R

[Autumn]

21. Your son proved that you are nothing more than fly shit.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

22. I was under the impression that it was a call to former VP Dan Quayle

that convinced Pence NOT to follow Dipshit's orders?

Which is it Mikey? You ain't got balls!

[republianmushroom]

23. Why mike did it take your son to remind you ?

What an A-O .

[Escurumbele]

24. Many people need to retract the pat in the back they gave Pence for "doing the right thing".

The SOB wanted to allow Grassley to screw up Democracy by doing trump's criminal deed. Grassley should be investigated, what a piece of s^*&t that guy is.

From now on, anyone who praises Pence for "doing the right thing" must be laughed off, if it had not been for his son that SOB would have sold his country just to make "his friend who wanted people to hang from the throat", happy. Imagine that "it will make my friend unhappy", what a COWARD!

[GuppyGal]

25. He didn't want to upset his 'friend' *eye roll* didn't want to get him so upset he wouldn't eat huh?

This guy is lower than fucking low

[spanone]

27. So pence took an oath not to be too hurtful to his friend....?

Fuck off mike, you're an embarrassment to mankind

[Joinfortmill]

28. WTHH

[kacekwl]

29. So the spineless idiot

who can't understand what the oath of office he took meant wanted to be president. Go buy a church and be done with it. Then you can fleece people who want to be fooled not the whole world.

[Javaman]

30. In summation:

The sentient houseplant had to be told by his son to do his job.