![]() ![]() “James Madison,” Pence replied, pausing for effect. One student accused Pence of certifying Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump merely to further his own presidential ambitions: “My question is, what is the name of the person who told you to buck President Trump’s plan and certify the votes?” He opened up about why he hadn’t joined the military like many in his family, telling a rare anecdote about his father. ![]() As he worked the room of students in the critical early-voting state late last year, he came across as confident, at ease, even funny-albeit in a dry, Mike Pence-y way.Īfter delivering the equivalent of a stump speech touting his work in the White House, he moved on to a question-and-answer session with students, loosening his grip on the podium and engaging with them directly. Pence, who’s known as much for his anti-LGBTQ positions as his awkward stiffness, has been loosening up-an observation that, this side of New Year’s Day, mere months from midterm elections, has those close to him betting on a bid. Pence had just delivered a speech that may come to be seen as a pivotal moment should he cement what already seems obvious: He’s running for president, and doing so regardless of who his opponents might be. In the forthcoming election, I recommend voting against the pair of them.“You hear it here first, shadow front-runner,” texted one of Mike Pence’s longtime friends after the former vice president’s November appearance at the University of Iowa. Mike Pence may be better at aping the norms of normal politics, but his ability to smoothly lie and dissemble about any subject on cue shows that he would be every bit the threat to America's constitutional government as his boss. Indeed, he isn't even the first dimwitted Republican celebrity to hold the highest office in the land. Pence is clearly on board with the party line that democracy only counts if Republicans win.ĭonald Trump's erratic personality and world-historical failure as president has tended to obscure how similar the rest of his party is to him, at bottom. Then he moved on to crackpot accusations that Democrats had somehow attempted to "overturn the results of the last election." The plain fact is that Trump, Pence, and the rest of the wretched Republican Party are currently attempting to cheat their way to victory through legal chicanery, preventing people from voting, wrecking the Post Office, hysterical lies about voter fraud, threats of violence, and so on. ![]() "I believe in my heart that President Trump will be re-elected for four more years," he said. It was clear he did not want to speak his true belief, that abortion should be illegal - probably because that position is horribly unpopular.įinally, when the moderator asked Pence if he and Trump would respect the results of the election if they lose, Pence dodged again. Wade, Pence pivoted to Iran, and then to a maudlin pity party about an imaginary parade of liberal attacks against Barrett's religion. When the moderator asked about whether Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett would overturn Roe vs. Then when his opponent makes any point, true or otherwise, he smarmily shakes his head while saying "that's not true." It's what he did with Tim Kaine four years ago and it's what he did this time. His signature debate technique is to refuse to answer any question, either by bringing up different topics entirely or by throwing up a lot of chaff. Pence is not as boorish and uncouth as Trump, but he is every bit the dissembler. If he does indeed become president, we know what to expect : more of the same. He dodged practically every single question, and lied constantly about nearly every subject of discussion. Harris evaded her fair share of questions, but Pence was worse by far. Yet the debate told the American people very little about how either of them would govern as president.
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