Election 2020

Mike Pence Is Desperately Trying to Rebrand Himself and Literally NO ONE Is Buying It

Mike Pence has been rather tight-lipped about January 6, 2021. Until now, that is, as he spills his own personal beans about the tragedy while promoting his new memoir So Help Me God. 

Pence’s book is due to be released Tuesday, and Queerty notes the notoriously anti-LGBTQ former vice president is chatting up his new book, and in an appearance on ABC News World News Tonight, finally talking about the terrible day when his former boss, then-president Donald Trump unleashed an angry mob on him and other lawmakers in a failed attempt to prevent the lawful certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election.

In an interview with host David Muir, Pence described Trump’s words and actions on that day as “reckless,” which is a huge understatement. Trump’s activities on that day went well beyond “reckless.” Nevertheless, in his interview with Muir, which is the first appearance Pence has made on network TV since that fateful day, he had this to say:

“I mean, the president’s words were reckless. It was clear he decided to be part of the problem.”

Pence said it made him angry when Trump, as the riot raged on, criticized him on Twitter, saying “he didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done,” by stopping the certification of Joe Biden as president.

“I turned to my daughter, who was standing nearby, and I said, ‘It doesn’t take courage to break the law. It takes courage to uphold the law,” he said “self-righteously” (per Queerty).

“The president’s words were reckless and his actions were reckless,” Pence continued. “The president’s words that day at the rally (prior to the riot) endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building.”

But the question remains: Why did Pence sit on this for two years? Perhaps because he’s eyeing a run for president in 2024? It’s inconsequential most likely, and Queerty notes:

“Who knows?”

“Who cares?”

“Most people, Democrats and Republicans alike, agree that his political career is over and he’ll likely go down in history as one of the most complicit, spineless, tragic, pathetic (not to mention outwardly homophobic and transphobic) vice presidents in American History…”

Now it’s my turn to remind you that Pence is no hero. He’s a homophobic, transphobic coward of the worst sort who, as governor of Indiana, signed Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a horrible measure that allowed individuals and businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people. He’s really every bit as awful as Donald Trump is, he’s just less likely to yell about it.

Leave it to the Twitterati to have their own thoughts about Pence’s seeming quietude. I’ve also included Pence’s interview with Muir.

(Queerty notes that while Pence hasn’t testified in front of the January 6th Committee, he has said he would ‘consider it’ if asked).

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Megan has lived in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida and she currently lives in Central America. Living in these places has informed her writing on politics, science, and history. She is currently owned by 15 cats and 3 dogs and regularly owns Trump supporters when she has the opportunity. She can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GaiaLibra and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/politicalsaurus

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