Sure... and I guarantee you 15 minutes later he will be praising trump and talking about what a great president he was. "sure, he tried to get me and my family killed but he was a tremendous president, a great president...."
Pence is a weasel.
Remember when trump insulted Cruz wife? Cruz went on to shit talk him at the RNC, only to turn around and bend the knee. Sad.
Genuinely will depend on the audience he has in front of him. Absolute coward.
I just can't see how clinging onto power like that makes sense. He's been actively mortally threatened by the people he called friends and supporters. Yet he still stays with them. How can anyone be so spineless. It's crazy how weak they all are.
Pence knows what he testified during the Jan 6 investigation, and I’m guessing what he told that grand jury means Trump is utterly fucked from his testimony alone.
So my guess is he is right now doing his best to bury Trump in public opinion for these early charges first, well before the Jan 6 findings come out and he really cops the blame for fucking over Trump later on (lest those pesky MAGA terrorists try and hang him, again).
Do you know the cartoon gif of the cat with a sandwich strapped to its belly that just spins forever in space and will never hit the ground? That’s basically Mike Pence, the ultimate flip flopper.
So, this indictment is prompting republicans to dip their toes in anti-trump waters. Hutchinson, Christie, Haley, Scott, Buck, Pence, Turley, Barr have all started to make some comments that the charges are quite serious. Whether this means anything in the long run is highly suspect based on how fickle and cynical they all are but still something to watch. I think the incredibly poor showing of his supporters yesterday even after he specially requested their presence and was bussing them in will prompt yet more republicans to speak out. He has more Indictments coming which will drag on the party even more.
I wouldn't say Christie has tipped his toes in the anti-trump waters, I would say he's decided that he can jump in the water while everyone else isn't allowed on the beach..
He's decided that there's a political path for him to be the antiTrump in the room. His entire campaign is antitrump (and hoping you ignore Christopher Wrey hiding his cell phone during an investigation).
I think he’s still pissed off that Trump almost got him killed. (Trump knew he had covid just before the debate, but hid it on purpose from everybody* and still didn’t wear a mask. Christie caught covid from Trump, ended up on a ventilator and almost died).
*i’m certain Trump did this hoping Biden would catch covid from him during the debate, remember when the Trump party all turned up at the very last minute, none wearing masks, didn’t get tested etc.
Yeah, but if he survives it will turn around a full 180.
As to how he might get away with it, see https://kbin.social/m/politics/t/14896/Will-the-Judge-in-Trump-s-Case-Recuse-Herself-or-Be-Forced#entry-comment-66846
They'd definitely 180 if he somehow came out on top, it's always like this. They can support him or not doesn't make 'em better in my eyes.
@audiostatic82 Back in my day we'd call this "flip-flopping". John Kerry lost an election partly from being labeled as one! 🩴
I didn’t know Pence could read…
But seriously, the only reason he’s slightly turning on trump is because he’s also running. If he wasn’t running, I assume he’d be cheerleading for him (which is so weird since trump’s people wanted to kill him on Jan. 6).
The town halls have been hilarious to watch. Chris Christie just laying down suppressing fire on Trump. Meanwhile Pence, a man who Trump nearly had publicly executed, gives the most mild admonishments. I remember when Pence was afraid to get into a USSS car because he didn't know the driver and thought they might be taking him to be quietly assassinated . How do you even stay in the same party after that?
Sheer stupidity is the only thing I can think of. Rather than thinking of parties, I'd just get out of politics altogether, but maybe folks like Pence are just in too deep to be able to escape.
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