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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 12:17 PM Nov 2017

Pence served Thanksgiving dinner at Military base while Trump dined at Mar-A-Lago

http://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-karen-pence-thanksgiving-military-donald-trump-721243

While President Donald Trump and his family prepared to sit down for a holiday feast at their Florida mansion, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, were headed to a military installation to dish one out.

With the president at his 20-acre Palm Beach estate, the Pences spent Thanksgiving at Naval Air Station Meridian in Mississippi, where their son, Michael, is training to be a Marine aviator. They were there to serve, not be served.

Pence's dedication to marking the holidays with a salute to the military isn't new. Nor is the often sharp contrast of the optics of his public appearances with those of Trump, whose Thanksgiving in Florida marked the 100th day of his presidency he's spent at one of his private properties.

Twin States News posted a Facebook photo of Pence wearing an apron and gloves and giving a thumbs-up to his wife beside him. A second picture showed the couple smiling alongside uniformed servicemembers.
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Pence served Thanksgiving dinner at Military base while Trump dined at Mar-A-Lago (Original Post) Miles Archer Nov 2017 OP
The snake is trying to put together a presidential photo album dalton99a Nov 2017 #1
Of course...it's all about the "optics"... Miles Archer Nov 2017 #3
Pence is working so hard to appear Presidential Pachamama Nov 2017 #2
I know, he wants the job so bad he can taste it. What a fake wad. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #5
Proving that he has more political instincts than cheeto. shanny Nov 2017 #4
dt's an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t Upthevibe Nov 2017 #6
Pence had better be careful NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #7
I guess there were no bigger and better homeless shelters in Palm Beach fierywoman Nov 2017 #8

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
3. Of course...it's all about the "optics"...
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 12:22 PM
Nov 2017

...like Paul Ryan "washing" already-clean pots and pans in that soup kitchen a couple of years ago.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
2. Pence is working so hard to appear Presidential
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 12:20 PM
Nov 2017

Too bad his little Kabuki theater will mean nothing when it is revealed that he wasn't as "clueless" about Russia as he claims...

It doesn't work for me....I am not buying this act...

Irish_Dem

(47,070 posts)
5. I know, he wants the job so bad he can taste it. What a fake wad.
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 12:32 PM
Nov 2017

Hope Mueller has Pence in his sights.
Though Mueller may figure he cannot get both the Pres and VP.
Has to leave one of them standing.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
4. Proving that he has more political instincts than cheeto.
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 12:24 PM
Nov 2017

There's a shocker! and also too not difficult. Still a puke tho.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
7. Pence had better be careful
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 01:30 PM
Nov 2017

Some of his Christian friends won't like that. Although it would be even worse if he was serving the poor.

fierywoman

(7,683 posts)
8. I guess there were no bigger and better homeless shelters in Palm Beach
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 02:03 PM
Nov 2017

for f-ing moron & family to serve at to out-do the Obamas.

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