Pence: Trump 'Has The Right To Defend Himself' Against Rep. John Lewis

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ESME CRIBB Published JANUARY 15, 2017, 11:15 AM EDT

Vice President-elect Mike Pence said in a Sunday interview that he was "deeply disappointed" in Georgia congressman and civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D) for saying that President-elect Donald Trump is not "a legitimate president."

Pence said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday" that he has "great respect" for Lewis but was "deeply disappointed" in his comments.

"I was deeply disappointed to see someone of his stature question the legitimacy of Donald Trump's election as president and say he's not attending the inauguration," Pence said. "I hope he reconsiders both positions."

Pence argued that Lewis' remarks were "an act of irresponsibility" and Trump "has the right to defend himself," according to Fox News' writeup of the interview.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-pence-trump-tweets-john-lewis

[SHRED]

2. tRump will be busy "defending" himself a lot

His buttons are too easy to push and Twitter is too handy.

[procon]

3. What a skewed interpretation of Trump's personal attack on John Lewis. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Pence is not a "legitimate VP" either

so there. They were not elected separately. They came as a pair.

[ananda]

6. Yep.

Pence is just as bad as Trump, if not worse because
he has one of those nice middle-class evangelical
veneers.

[lastlib]

5. Pence's EXISTENCE is an act of irresponsibility!

Daddy shoulda used a ccondom (two, in case one broke); Momma shoulda used birth control, and kept her legs together. Both should've abstained from procreating.

Same goes for Momma and Daddy Drumpf.

And WE have the right to defend ourselves against pee-Resident-Select Drumpf. And Pence. And Ryan. And McTurdle. And their minions of evil.

[dalton99a]

8. Amen

I said it because it's a Sunday

[dalton99a]

7. Typical Trump M.O.: Inane stupid shit, to be followed by more blatant hateful stupid shit.

[SayItLoud]

9. Thin Skinned Money Grubber

Agree with him or be flamed. How the SEC doesn't indict him for what he does when he bashes a company with a tweet to his "millions" of LessEducated Lemmings...and then the shares of that company fall. OR he touts LLBean because they FUNDED his PAC or bashes Mexico and the peso falls....all this is not against SEC rules and regulations for a President Elect? Hope some smart tekkie person is watching the "insider trading" activity around tRUMP45* minions. You just know these greedy bastards are profiting by knowing and acting on THE ASTERIX pres elect.
The asterisk applies to any achievement gained through questionable means.

[PearliePoo2]

10. Pentecostal Pence is an 'End Times' Dominionist whack-a-doodle along with Palin, Cruz & Perry

I'm 'praying' the Senate Investigating Committee puts a subpoena up his righteous, puckered ass.

[Judi Lynn]

11. The only decent thing Pence can say is "I resign." The sooner, the better.

[groundloop]

12. Defense logically refuting the points you disagree with, NOT childish namecalling

tRump is nothing more than a bully who managed to always get away with it.

[wishstar]

13. In the VP debate he tried to deny Trump had made any offensive remarks

Tim Kaine had to repeat the worst of Don's remarks several times, and still Pence refused to admit Don had said those things

[truthisfreedom]

14. Disgusting farts always follow horrifying shits.

We expect as much from these buffoons.

[joanbarnes]

15. Reply: Pence, with any luck, you could wind up as not a legitimate president too!

[Blue Idaho]

16. Why does Pence always look like

He's just walked into a bathroom with the stank of a burnt match after a spectacularly bad dump?

[Coventina]

17. Please proceed, Governor

[Gothmog]

18. Reince is an idiot

[GeorgeGist]

19. pssst ...

In response to Lewis, Trump didn't defend the legitimacy of his presidency. He tried to change the subject. Mr. Pence is an useless idiot.

[roamer65]

20. The Dump and Dense show.

Fuck 'em.

[Bradical79]

21. Trump can defend himself however he wants

He simply chose to defend himself against John Lewis's statement by making a false claim driven by racism. His right to defend himself isn't an issue.

[ds4animals]

22. Kudos to Rep. John Lewis

"Trump has the right to defend himself" ? Really? To defend himself against being a narcissistic, sexist, xenophobic bully who only seeks to enrich and empower himself by being president! He and his buddy, Putin, "rigged" the election and it is only a matter of time before the whole truth comes out. Kudos to John Lewis and others like him for the courage to keep the spotlight on this issue until that happens.

[JHan]

23. welcome to DU! :)