258 points

Makes sense, I wouldn’t endorse anyone who wanted to murder me either.

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On the other hand, I am a little surprised that he isn’t completely spineless.

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Mother probably enforced this.

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He made a play for ousting trump and it fell flat. There is no recovering for pence. Best to just take his toys and go home.

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“take his toys and go home” to a well paid think tank (like the Heritage Foundation).

He’s still paid for political influence.

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26 points

They rarely make sense though. McConnell for example endorsed him.

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IDK about you, but I don’t think I’d wait close to 4 years to start talking smack about the dude who tried to have me killed.

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14 points

Cruz didn’t mind. Most Republicans wouldn’t either.

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140 points

Doesn’t change the fact he refused to fully cooperate with investigations of Trump’s actions on and before 1/6.

Mike Pence will forever be a coward.

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And a traitor. Like nearly all republicans.

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132 points

Mike Pence, of “Hang Mike Pence” fame

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Are we sure they didn’t just want to hang with Mike Pence?

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39 points

Nobody wants to hang with Mike Pence.

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21 points

Even if they did… Mother wouldn’t give them permission.

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[hans moleman voice] I was saying hang with Mike pence

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9 points

It was poor grammar. It should have been “Hang, Mike Pence?”

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As a chaotic neutral soul I’m going to go with “Hang, Mike; Pence…?!”

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7 points

Yeah, you guys took the whole J6 out of context! /s

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It was just a bit of light treason among friends. No big deal!

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95 points

This just in: Victim of leopard mauling says he won’t give leopard second helping.

Fuck this guy. I’m not giving him credit for not being a completely horrible person when he has been a horrible person. He hasn’t learned anything, made amends, etc. He just doesn’t want the person who put hundreds of people on a mission for his head to have total power.

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think of the poor, hungry leopards!

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Everyone’s (rightly) focusing on 1/6 so I’ll go a different route and mention what I think was Pence’s biggest moment of public humiliation and utter servility as VP:

Remember back in 2017 when Trump made Mike Pence to go to that Colts v. 49ers game then throw a racist temper tantrum and storm out when players took a knee during the national anthem? Lmao

How’d selling your soul to be Trump’s VP work out for ya there Pence-y boy? Really gave your political career a boost, eh?

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Also, for anyone who thinks that maybe it was a spontaneous act, it wasn’t. Everyone in the Secret Service and the television network knew what was coming.

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Oh yeah, everyone knew exactly why he was there. It was a thoroughly choreographed racist hissy fit.

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A paid crisis actor if you will

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A hissy fit from an unfit hussy? Get me my fainting couch

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No, that’s pretty on-brand for Mike Pence. I don’t believe that Trump forced him to do that.

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I forgot he did this lol

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