Pence says he supports peaceful protests after attacking them as disrespectful

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Source: American Independent



By Dan Desai Martin -June 1, 2020 1:39 PM

Vice President Mike Pence cost taxpayers $325,000 in 2017 for a political stunt to publicly oppose a peaceful protest.

On Friday, Vice President Mike Pence claimes that he would always support peaceful protests — less than three years after condemning them.

"We condemn violence against property or persons," Pence tweeted on Friday as thousands of Americans protested police brutality aimed at black people. "We will always stand for the right of Americans to peacefully protest and let their voices be heard."

But a few years ago, Pence actively opposed peaceful protestors.

On Oct. 8, 2017, Pence briefly attended a football game between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers. After several players from the 49ers kneeled during the national anthem to peacefully protest police violence, Pence left the game and condemned the protest.

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While serving as vice president, Pence has stood by Trump's side after Trump attacked peaceful black protestors and praised violent white protestors.

"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when someone disrespects our flag to say, 'get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He's fired. He's fired,'" Trump said in September 2017 about players who knelt during the National Anthem.

Earlier that year, Trump praised white supremacists and neo-Nazis who rioted in Charlottesville as "very fine people." One of those "very fine people" praised by Trump murdered a peaceful counterprotester and has been sentenced to life in prison.

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[murielm99]

1. His exit from the game was preplanned.

Trust nothing from this administration.

[NCjack]

2. Pence probably is sensing MFer-#45's departure, and he wants to be prez.

[jb5150]

3. Pence hasn't been right in the head ....

since he realized that the bathroom at his house is coed.

[truthisfreedom]

4. he and shitgibbon attack peaceful protesters across from the wh using rubber bullets and tear gas.

that's violence against peaceful protesters. and they did it so the shitgibbon could pretend to have religion on his side while standing in front of a church holding a bible, which should have burst into flames in his tiny orange-stained hand.

the hypocrisy is definitive. we could change the dictionary definition to say hypocrisy: trump or pence-like.

[Doreen]

5. Usually, the first thing that comes out of a persons mouth is how they really feel.

Some people have a hard time saying what they mean because they just aren't good at speech but this ass ( pence ) knew exactly what he was saying the first time.

[yankee87]

6. Setting up for when 45 leaves

Putting on my tin foil hat. I wonder if Mother is saying this to put some distance between him and 45 so when 45 quits after he loses his mind or election, he can pardon 45 and stay out of jail.

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. Fuck off you worthless POS