A meeting between Donald Trump, Mike Pence, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office descended into chaos Tuesday as three of the four angrily argued over border wall funding — and reporters captured the whole thing. Mike Pence however, just sat silently and stared into space, often closing his eyes like he was asleep.
After Trump and Pelosi made some general comments, things spiraled out of control when Pelosi told the president that “you should not have a government shutdown” over border security. This seemed to set Trump off, and the two argued over whether he has the votes to pass a spending bill. “The fact is you don’t have the votes in the House,” Pelosi said, with Trump shooting back, “Nancy, I do.”
Schumer soon chimed in, telling Trump that The Washington Post gave him “a whole lot of Pinocchios” for his border wall claims, a comment Trump brushed off. “We want to do the same thing we did last year,” Schumer said of border spending. But Trump continued to insist that this is not enough, and the trio somehow began to trade barbs over the 2018 midterm election results. “When the president brags that he won North Dakota and Indiana, he’s in trouble,” Schumer said.
But most people had questions about Pence.
Take a look:
This photo was really from the Trump-Pelosi-Schumer fight today. Can someone please check to see if Mike Pence is actually still alive or is this a "Weekend at Bernies" type scenario where they just prop up Pence at meetings. pic.twitter.com/EX1qJvP5ft [1]
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) December 11, 2018 [2]
My favorite thing about this video is watching Pence trying to incinerate Nancy Pelosi with his eyes. https://t.co/br3SlVfexf [3]
— Wanda Sykes (@iamwandasykes) December 11, 2018 [4]
Prior to this meeting, Madame Tussaud’s rolled in this Mike Pence wax figure. pic.twitter.com/frH4FEG49U [5]
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) December 11, 2018 [6]
Does Pence ever move or talk? (and catch that bit at the end, "A lot of great people want the wall"…man oh man, Trump is out of his mind.) https://t.co/5z2YGNoCWA [7]
— debbie millman (@debbiemillman) December 11, 2018 [8]
Did Mike Pence say a single thing during the Oval Office meeting?
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) December 11, 2018 [9]
Was Mike Pence dreaming about getting Donald's job — or just Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s pool boy again? pic.twitter.com/1XmcuH0GwO [10]
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) December 11, 2018 [11]
We go live to Mike Pence pic.twitter.com/hWOo3qLemu [12]
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) December 11, 2018 [13]
Mike Pence staying perfectly still and quiet, trying to wish himself into a reality where trump is gone, and we all don't already know he's as guilty AF.
Too late, cottonhead.
We already know.You knew.
You're done. pic.twitter.com/EMsKN2jGM9 [14]— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) December 11, 2018 [15]
Does Mike Pence actually exist?
Or is this a tight-lipped hologram?#TrumpShutdown [16] pic.twitter.com/gQTRm6aajT [17]
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) December 11, 2018 [18]
mike pence honestly looks like he's about 10 seconds from letting out a bat-like screech https://t.co/dbaE7rOKeN [19]
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) December 11, 2018 [20]
Has Pence taken a vow of silence ?
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) December 11, 2018 [21]
pic.twitter.com/sDJIHqtXr9 [22]
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) December 11, 2018 [23]
Pence handled that well, though pic.twitter.com/QOk4cDaSSV [24]
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) December 11, 2018 [25]
Why the fuck did Mr. Smithers (Pence) just sit there like a hostage?
— IM????45 (@ChadwickFurr) December 11, 2018 [26]
the president doesn't even know how stupid he sounds. MY HEAD HURTS.
And Mike Pence is basically a non-entity did they fail to put the batteries in? He's in sleep mode.
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) December 11, 2018 [27]
I’m pretty sure the White House has a Weekend at Bernies thing going on with pence pic.twitter.com/bCeQJpuk8x [28]
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) December 11, 2018 [29]