His group spent nearly $1 million on ads opposing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s health agencies. He’s delivering speeches urging the president to stand with longstanding foreign allies and lobbying members of Congress while aides write letters and opinion columns.
This weekend, he posted an article he penned more than a decade ago on the limits of presidential power after Trump claimed that, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
Mike Pence is emerging as one of the last Republicans in Washington willing to publicly criticize the new administration.
It’s an especially jarring role for the former vice president, whose refusal to break with Trump defined their time together in office until the two had a falling out over Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election and his efforts to remain in power.
When Mike Pence is the reasonable one, you know the timeline is fucked.
I guess the whole “Hang Mike Pence” thing really stuck in his craw.
The old guard Republicans are just mad the power is being taken from them.
They built this fucking monster, they get to own it. So fuck you Mike Pence, own this shit.
Nah, I’ll happily take a disillusioned Republican who want to fight. The more the merrier, really. They’re in no position for a redemption arc but still it’s good to have them on our side right now
I think the Democratic strategists said the same thing in 2024. And that’s part of how we got here.
I’m not advocating for parading Pence around as one of us. Any republican speaking out against Trump is a good thing, we need the party to fracture as much as possible.
He’s got nothing to lose and secret service protection. And he has no power to do shit to stop Trump either. He just has some shitty podcast that not one reasonable person should have to listen to.
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That secret service protection, for one. Trump’s pulled protection from John Bolton and others. Maybe because he was VP it might be harder legally for Trump to revoke it, but is there anyone still enforcing laws anymore?
It’s wild that like Pence the farmers, minorities, and other Trump supporters have to literally be threatened with their lives or livelihood to get the fucking message he doesn’t fucking care about anyone but himself and those that benefit him in a given instant.
Bingo. He’s a classic paranoid narcissist.
2016 me never would’ve believed pence would wind up adamantly the enemy of my enemy
Honestly fuck both of them. Let’s not pretend that pence has the average citizens interest in mind. He’s looking out for himself only
I don’t agree with Mike Pence on almost anything. I don’t respect much about him other than his conduct during the insurrection. He refused to get whisked away in a vehicle to god knows where and stayed in the capitol where a mob wanted to hang him to certify the election. He had physical courage at the one time he needed to and that is the one thing he has done that deserves to be recognized. Otherwise fuck him.
If that were the case, he’d just get in line to kiss the ring
Yeah but the enemy of my enemy may not be my friend but they can be useful to ally with against our shared enemy.
Pence is awful. But I’ll admit, I read him wrong a decade ago. I thought he was a Christian dominionist first and likes American democracy and the constitution if he can have it as well. But when push came to shove he turned out to actually support American democracy more than Christian dominionism, a thing he definitely still believes in. He’s not a good person, but he seems to not be a fascist actually, so to him I apologize for assuming him to be one based on his prior words, actions, and general vibes.
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Fucking coward won’t do shit when it matters, neither will Susan collins, murkowski or any of these fucking villains.
Enough of this defeatist “too little too late” bullshit. These comments are plagued with you fucks. We need EVERY little rock we can find to get stuck in their gears. We must move forward, so we can either accept defeat or beat back the second coming of Hitler. I don’t think anyone should be shamed for fighting for what’s right.
Too little too late Mike. The guy tried to have you killed and you still wouldn’t campaign against him with Kamala.
this smacks of a Ringwraith showing up at Helms Deep instead of the elves.
Fuck Mike Pence. He’s not getting a pass because he decided to do his job for a few hours one day.
I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure Trump didn’t quote it so he’s taking full credit for the statement. That just shows you who we’re dealing with. No couth
