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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Pence hoped being Trump's worshipful manservant would protect him from the president's collapse
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/mike-pence-hoped-being-trumps-worshipful-manservant-would-protect-him-from-the-presidents-collapse-but-the-pandemics-on-him-now/Mike Pence hoped being Trumps worshipful manservant would protect him from the presidents collapse but the pandemics on him now
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Mike Pence is now fully engaged in saving Trump, not saving American lives. He has big ambitions of his own and plans to run for president. But hed better hope Trump wins in November, because if he thinks he can run in four years if they lose this time, he needs to think again.
Theres a reason Trump put him in charge of the worst crisis of his presidency. Its Pences pandemic now. And you can bet that Donald Trump will be the first one to hang it around his neck with one of his extra-long red ties. After all, if Trump loses this fall, theres every reason to think hell be running against Pence in 2024.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)You support me for two terms, I push the christian theocracy agenda and queue up their real candidate Pence for a coat tail run.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)RWers are whacked.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Being worshipful doesn't save you no matter how close you are to tyrants. As they collapse, their wrath moves closer and closer to the center of power. Could Pence go down like Goebbels or Bormann? Maybe. But I think it's more likely Pence will do exactly what Himmler, Goring and Speer did: panic and try to save himself at the very end.
underpants
(182,271 posts)I always saw it as Trump putting Pence up so that he could step in and grandstand. Pence was there to be the lesser. Pences whole role is to be a bland backdrop for Trump.
Yes the task force briefings were a good idea especially almost everyone was locked down and starved for information. Aside from actually leading, they had everyones attention and could have finished off the election. Bad advise from Jared, general buffoonery, and Trump rushing through stage like Kanye created a disaster both in strategy and imagery.
I loved this line from the article
From that moment on, Pence has worked overtime to lose whatever small amount of credibility he was able to cultivate in those early days.
Me.
(35,454 posts)When he's 78 and can barely function now? Nonsense.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)not even down a ramp
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)brush
(53,467 posts)RUN AGAIN. Even the repugs won't stand for his scandal-a-minute ass to present himself for even dog catcher.
And considering his age and what poor physical shape he's in now, no way.