General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Mike Pence May Be Damaged Goods Before Stepping Into White House [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)There is certainly no indication of that in the section of the article you posted. Reading the entire article I saw very little that Pence fcan be held responsible.
When the article references to the "EPA", one normally brings to mind the federal agency. Unless the "EPA" in this case is a State of Indiana environmental protection agency, how can Pence as governor be held responsible for what the EPA did or did not do?
If anyone were stupid enough to try to lay the blame on Pence for this disaster, I could see him pointing out that the fault lay with the EPA, a federal agency, which is under the direct leadership of the executive branch of the US government. So essentially he could easily shift the blame directly onto President Obama.
I don't like being put in the position of having to defend a Republican like Mike Pence who was stupid and self serving enough to sign on with Trump, but we need to be careful about making stupid accusations ourselves. If we cry "Wolf!" when there is no wolf, who will believe us when the wolf is really at our door.