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Rhiannon12866

(202,961 posts)
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 10:55 PM Jun 2022

Pence Aide Warned Secret Service Of Threat Against VP Posed By Trump: Report - All In - MSNBC



Chris Hayes: “The vice president’s chief of staff on January 5th thought that the vice president was going to be put in physical danger because of the president—because the president would go after him publicly in a way that would target and incite violence towards him.” Aired on 06/03/2022.


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Pence Aide Warned Secret Service Of Threat Against VP Posed By Trump: Report - All In - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 OP
Pence refusing to get in the car indicates that he didn't trust the USSS either. nt doc03 Jun 2022 #1
People in the secret service were in on the coup, gab13by13 Jun 2022 #2
Yes just like the other criminals who will skate and keep working. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #7
that segment was bone chilling nt msongs Jun 2022 #3
It made my blood run cold, too. His words: "I'm not getting in the car." Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #4
My take: Pence woke up. no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #5
I've often wondered how he felt about TFG all along. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #6

Irish_Dem

(45,616 posts)
7. Yes just like the other criminals who will skate and keep working.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 02:56 PM
Jun 2022

Especially chilling when it is the SS, Law enforcement and military in on the coup. Who will have no consequences whatsoever.

no_hypocrisy

(45,770 posts)
5. My take: Pence woke up.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 06:50 AM
Jun 2022

He had been a sycophant for Trump every day since he was tapped to be VP. When he realized that Trump was ready to throw him to the mob, I believe that Pence had a 60 second epiphany: That Trump was not the biblical figure that he had accepted. That Trump was a False Prophet. That Trump would let him be killed. Or if he left the Capitol Building, that would be the end of American democracy and it would be his fault.

And this mindset is why Pence is not afraid now to challenge Trump for the nomination of the Republican Party in 2024. Sure, he still has a craven desire to be a Christian Nationalist President (the real thing, this time). But it appears that Pence would be satisfied with frustrating Trump's ability to either win the nomination or to win the general election. He'll be convinced he's doing it for biblical prophecy or something, but he'll do it.

Postscript: Has the J6 Committee subpoenaed the SS detail for Mike Pence?

Rhiannon12866

(202,961 posts)
6. I've often wondered how he felt about TFG all along.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 08:58 AM
Jun 2022

For their entire "campaign" and term, I can't remember him ever even speaking. Even when he had the VP debate with Kamala Harris (the "fly" incident), he said nothing about what he thought or what he hoped to do, all he did was talk about TFG's intentions. Maybe he'd finally had it after channeling TFG for all that time - and he had to know what he had been accused of and what he was capable of. If he is, as he was portrayed, sincerely religious, he can't have approved of TFG at all. In any case, he finally saw the light and did the right thing and I'm grateful for it - if not for him in general.

AS for your question, I don't know, but here's hoping that we find out on Thursday. According to Jamie Raskin, there are going to be a lot of revelations.

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