This is a level of over-the-top milquetoast fence-sitting that only Mike Pence can achieve...
The Republicans are a fucking caricature of themselves, I swear.
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I mean, of course he said that. He's trying to win a republican primary race right now. Would disagreeing with the overwhelming majority of the primary voting repub electorate be a good strategy for accomplishing that?
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit."
- W.C. Fields
He didn't accept it last time the American people rejected him.
So brave
In other words: I like the two-tier justice system and see no reason why a traitor shouldnt be president. God what a spineless sycophant.
spineless
So this is why he is not afraid of "Hang Mike Pence!" chants.
The fact that Pence can turn around and start sucking off of Trump again, even after Trump literally tried to have him lynched for doing his job, shows how spineless the Republicans really are
Pence must have mob ops on him too. Roger stone we want to see the American mafia crumble. Quit being naive people there's more to politics... It's not just a few bad actors it's organized crime that'll do anything for power and control, while they place blame on petty criminals.
Your comment changed everything
What a coward.
pence has always been an idiot
Pandering much?
He is technically correct, the best kind of correct. If convicted of anything he is currently being tried for, he would remain legally able to run for president. Whether or not I morally agree with him running, the constitution doesn't concern itself much with my personal morals.
If the people want to elect a convicted criminal, disqualifying him isnt going to solve the real problem you have
That's true, it won't, but the opportunities for solving the root problem(s) are much less with said convicted criminal in power than they are with him in prison.
Not related to the headline/article, I'd just like to comment on funniness the picture, from left to right: confused disbelief, dismissive disbelief, indignant disbelief. Much furrowing of brows, such concern.
Of course he said that because if Trump is disqualified because of J6, then so would also half the GOP's varsity team from Congress. I think if all of Trump's in-government co-conspirators (just to name a few, but not an exhaustive list: Meadows, Scott, Hawley, Boebert, Gaetz, Greene, etc.) were expelled and never allowed to return to government, I'm pretty sure at least half those seats would go to middle of the road Democrats (I mean at least Boebert's seat, minimum) and the GOP would lose their razor thin margin in the Senate.
I think this is one of the many major reasons Pence keeps towing this line for Trump.
Okay, then YOU should be disqualified alongside him, you Vanilla Tic-Tac.
Bro they want to murder you!
The dude in the middle looks AI generated
I mean Pence decided not to leave it to the American people when Trump encouraged them to hang him. He ran away and hid.
Say what you want about Pence but he's not going to claim something about the constitution that he doesn't believe is true, even if it helps him. That is like, his whole thing.
I'm gonna say that that's not true, I think it was anyone else he would absolutely say they shouldn't be allowed to run. I guarantee you that if it was Biden or any other Democrat he would absolutely not be giving them this same treatment.
The fact that Pence can turn around and start sucking off of Trump again, even after Trump literally tried to have him lynched for doing his job, shows how spineless the Republicans really are
You triple posted
Ah, did I? Unfortunately I can't see the duplicates, but thanks for letting me know
Noo you don't understand, he's not spineless he's principled! /s