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.”
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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.
Mike Pence, another Republican grifter with a book. Why does it take making a profit for Republicans to tell the truth about Trump?
— David Weissman ✡️ (@davidmweissman) November 14, 2022
It took lying bigot Mike Pence nearly 2 years to admit that orange traitor endangered his life simply because he sees the GQP are turning against him for their huge election losses. That’s some cowardice right there.
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) November 14, 2022
Mike Pence is a common opportunist and a coward, with neither conscience nor conviction.
— Stefan Bethlenfalvay (@SBethlenfalvay) November 14, 2022
Mike Pence needs to testify before Congress, not go on a book tour.
— Erie Siobhan 🇺🇸 (@ErieNotEerie) November 14, 2022
(Queerty notes that while Pence hasn’t testified in front of the January 6th Committee, he has said he would ‘consider it’ if asked).
Even before the rise of MAGA fascism, Mike Pence was a religious extremist out of step with most Americans on social issues. When mainstream media depict Pence as a voice of reason and moderation, they’re trying to sell us a dangerous lie.
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) November 14, 2022
Republicans do horribly in the midterm elections, they openly turn against Donald Trump, and suddenly Mike Pence finds his voice to defend his daughter.
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) November 14, 2022
Your evergreen reminder: @Mike_Pence spent the 2022 midterm elections campaigning for election deniers up and down the ballot.
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) November 14, 2022
It took 2 years for brown nosing Mike Pence to acknowledge that his pathetic sycophancy was met with his boss’s desire to see him hanged. We can’t wait any longer to see that boss be Criminally Indicted.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) November 14, 2022
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