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brooklynite

(94,331 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 07:28 AM Feb 2021

Pence speaks highly of Trump in meeting and plans to launch a political group

Source: CNN

(CNN)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, while noting that he plans to launch a political organization that will defend their administration's record over the past four years.

Rep. Jim Banks, an Indiana Republican who chairs the conservative Republican Study Committee, told CNN that a group of members met at Pence's transition office in the Washington area on Tuesday afternoon, talking about the way forward for their party while also touting the accomplishments of the past.

Pence harbored no ill will towards Trump over the January 6 riot, where pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol with many looking for Pence who was presiding over the congressional certification of Joe Biden's victory. In fact, Trump's actions ahead of the riot "never came up," Banks said.

"He spoke very favorably about his relationship with President Trump," Banks told CNN. "I got the sense they speak often and maintain the same personal friendship and relationship now that they have for four years."



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/23/politics/trump-pence-congress/index.html
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Pence speaks highly of Trump in meeting and plans to launch a political group (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2021 OP
Well, you know what they say. NanceGreggs Feb 2021 #1
I know. Words fail. ananda Feb 2021 #3
They "maintain the same personal friendship and relationship"? lonely bird Feb 2021 #2
Well ok then. Good luck with that. Joinfortmill Feb 2021 #4
Pence was an unwitting pawn in the chess game bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #5
LOL! n/t EndlessWire Feb 2021 #33
Pence is a demented, 21st century version of Oliver Twist. ClusterFreak Feb 2021 #6
After a FAILED assassination attempt, Pence IS STILL kissing Trump's ass? ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2021 #7
I swear the con's got something on pence onetexan Feb 2021 #32
Pansie. Mr. Evil Feb 2021 #8
Stockholm Syndrome...he fell in love with his abuser from day one, we could tell on those Escurumbele Feb 2021 #9
Spineless, groveling jellyfish. Beneath contempt. Paladin Feb 2021 #10
Such musclecar6 Feb 2021 #11
Coward. sarge43 Feb 2021 #12
Another sad example of "tap dancing for your life." catbyte Feb 2021 #13
I think he is just pandering to the tRump voters.. He wants them to join "his" club now...nt mitch96 Feb 2021 #14
pence still kissing llashram Feb 2021 #15
Mike, snap out of it! Blue Owl Feb 2021 #16
Mike Pence: The President's repeated lies to the American people are grounds for impeachment keithbvadu2 Feb 2021 #17
When Bill Clinton was in office, republicans whined that 'character matters'. keithbvadu2 Feb 2021 #19
LOL! n/t EndlessWire Feb 2021 #34
Will someone please tell me of ANY accomplishment by Fat Donnie? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2021 #18
He has accomplishments. We just don't like them. Lonestarblue Feb 2021 #21
And his accomplishments that count not fooled Feb 2021 #23
Oh, they're pissed at your #6 though, because they've ruled AGAINST him so much!! oldsoftie Feb 2021 #27
You're right, it all depends on your point-of-view. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2021 #35
As they say xxqqqzme Feb 2021 #20
He just can't quit Trump bigworld Feb 2021 #22
If he doesn't have self respect, there isn't really much to say. Jay25 Feb 2021 #24
yeah right...and barron is doing public speaking.. samnsara Feb 2021 #25
Alrighty then... Zoonart Feb 2021 #26
That slack we cut Pence -- he just used it all up. NCjack Feb 2021 #28
"a political organization that will defend their administration's record" CaptainTruth Feb 2021 #29
He's just following advice of personnel consultants who tell you never to demean your former boss Texin Feb 2021 #30
GOP - Groveling old putzes Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 #31
I wish I could insert Corgigal Feb 2021 #36
Pence is a spineless non-entity. Mickju Feb 2021 #37
Mike Pence: hadEnuf Feb 2021 #38
Sometimes our good friends encourage angry mobs to try and murder us. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2021 #39

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
1. Well, you know what they say.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 07:34 AM
Feb 2021

Nothing cements a friendship like inciting an angry mob to track down your BFF and hang him.

lonely bird

(1,676 posts)
2. They "maintain the same personal friendship and relationship"?
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 08:09 AM
Feb 2021

Well, first off, Trump has no personal friendships or relationships. Everything he does is transactional. Thus Mikey wants to try and maintain any relevance in the GOP which is Trump’s party.

bucolic_frolic

(43,044 posts)
5. Pence was an unwitting pawn in the chess game
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 08:31 AM
Feb 2021

Trump would have called off the dogs, if they would obey, at the scaffold's door. Allegedly.

Mike, tell us about these submissive feelings you have toward powerful rich men.

ClusterFreak

(3,112 posts)
6. Pence is a demented, 21st century version of Oliver Twist.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 09:01 AM
Feb 2021

Thank you sir, for sending your bloodthirsty mob to try and seek me out and hang me.

May I have another??

Escurumbele

(3,377 posts)
9. Stockholm Syndrome...he fell in love with his abuser from day one, we could tell on those
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:03 AM
Feb 2021

loving eyes, the way he looked at him, mother must have been very jealous...You never look at me like you look at donald!

He is trying to tell those who want to kill him that he is friends with the buffoon so that he and mother can go out without anyone threatening them. Well...that is not going to happen, they hate you for not turning the election on Jan 6, 2021 to the buffoon, you are a marked man and the one you adore sent them for you.

Paladin

(28,243 posts)
10. Spineless, groveling jellyfish. Beneath contempt.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:05 AM
Feb 2021

Pence will maintain that same ass-kissing view of trump, even when overwhelming evidence points to trump's murderous intentions.

musclecar6

(1,684 posts)
11. Such
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:09 AM
Feb 2021


Bullshit. It’s foolish to believe anything a member of the Deplorable Party says, whether it’s spineless kiss ass Pence or this guy Banks or any of the rest of them. The only way to deal with them, is at the ballot box and to use every bit of legal leverage in congress to get good things passed.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
15. pence still kissing
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:27 AM
Feb 2021

trump's ass even though trump allegedly sent his dogs after him to "hang him". This part of insurrection was all kabuki theatre. I think.

keithbvadu2

(36,650 posts)
19. When Bill Clinton was in office, republicans whined that 'character matters'.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:39 AM
Feb 2021

When Bill Clinton was in office, republicans whined that 'character matters'.

Looks like they got over that feeling.

MESA, Ariz. -- Mike Pence took aim at Bill Clinton on Thursday, saying “character matters to the presidency.” Sep 2016

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/mike-pence-bill-clinton-character-228563
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18. Will someone please tell me of ANY accomplishment by Fat Donnie?
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:36 AM
Feb 2021

His sycophants keep touting "the president's accomplishments," but I can't think of a single thing he did to better the lives of the common citizens -- even his followers -- or the position of the United States as the leader on the world stage.

The only "accomplishment" I can think of is transferring millions of taxpayer and MAGAt dollars into his pockets, as well as those of his children and major donors.

Oh, there is the fact he fulfilled every item on Putin's "destroy democracy" wish list. Had T***** been installed for a second term, I imagine one of his first acts would be to pull us out of NATO.

Lonestarblue

(9,958 posts)
21. He has accomplishments. We just don't like them.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 11:56 AM
Feb 2021

I think these are the “accomplishments” his supporters like.

1. He elevated right-wing religious goals by giving them prominence and publicity throughout his four years in office.
2. He pushed immigrants out of the country by any means necessary, including violence, and his supporters were fine seeing babies and toddlers screaming for their parents because they were brown babies.
3. He promoted white supremacy from the bully pulpit of the presidency. He undermined the right to peaceful protest by black and brown people by making them enemies of the (white) people and their causes seem like enemies of white freedom.
4. He reveled in violence and gave his supporters encouragement and the right to use violence to change things they didn’t like, essentially giving them permission to violate state and federal laws.
5. He appointed extremist and young, inexperienced judges to the federal courts, and we are already seeing them thwart Biden’s agenda (for example, the Texas judge who has allowed deportations to continue).
6. He appointed three right-wing Supreme Court justices who will control public policy for decades.
7. And finally he did everything possible every day to say and do things to irritate the media and liberals. That allowed his supporters to feel that through him, they were getting the best of us.

The Republican Party has cultivated hatred of all things non-white and liberal for decades. Trump was simply the messiah who brought it all out into the open so they could be the public racists and haters they’re always been. There are many millions of them, and they still have the capability of destroying our democracy with the support of Trump and billionaires like the Mercers who support them.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
23. And his accomplishments that count
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 12:44 PM
Feb 2021

with the money that is the real power behind the GQPee: the tax scam, trying to destroy as much of the Federal government as possible, furthering privatization of the USPS, trying to destroy Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid...oh yes, red don has accomplishments.

Oh, and Pence is pathetic. I hope his attempts to become president in order to establish a white "christian" oligarchic theocracy fail as miserably as possible.

oldsoftie

(12,487 posts)
27. Oh, they're pissed at your #6 though, because they've ruled AGAINST him so much!!
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 01:16 PM
Feb 2021

Especially with the election lawsuits & his tax returns

35. You're right, it all depends on your point-of-view.
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 03:36 PM
Feb 2021

I mean, look at all of Hitler's accomplishments:

He made the trains run on time.
He rebuilt the Luftwaffe, even though he wasn't permitted to do so after WW I.
He created the V-2 rocket and a post-war job for Werner Von Braun.
He enabled cities in Europe and England to begin major renovations to their architecture and infrastructure, creating thousands of jobs.
He supported a winning Olympic team -- except for that American black guy who out ran all his German Aryan competitors.
He taught thousands of adults and children to dress alike, think alike, and gather in huge formations to listen to his long, long speeches.
His submarines sank hundreds of Allied ships, providing American jobs in the ship-building industry.
He expanded the geographical area of Germany to provide more room for recreation like war games.
He inspired the Von Trapp family to relocate to America so their talents could be seen by millions of people watching "The Ed Sullivan Show."
He was responsible for huge advancements in all areas of U.S. manufacturing and science, as well as creating a national identity of Americans as "The Greatest Generation."

Of course, there's that little matter of the Jews, but that's something put forward by Hitler-haters to detract from his accomplishments. Besides, they got their own country as a result, so it wasn't a total loss.

CaptainTruth

(6,573 posts)
29. "a political organization that will defend their administration's record"
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 01:29 PM
Feb 2021

When you need a whole organization to defend your administration's record, your administration's record clearly wasn't very good.

Texin

(2,590 posts)
30. He's just following advice of personnel consultants who tell you never to demean your former boss
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 01:50 PM
Feb 2021

or your prior employer.

If Pence is looking to further his political ambitions, he can't openly insult or blame tRump within the current retrumplican political climate. As far as anything he said being true or what he honestly feels, I don't believe it for a New York second.

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