It’s a Little Late for Mike Pence to Pose as a Brave Dissenter to Donald Trump
Mike Pence built his political career on theocratic extremism, Dickensian economics, and sycophancy toward Donald Trump. It's a little late for him to be posing now as a defender of democracy and a counter to Trump's authoritarianism.
US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the White House in April. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
When Mike Pence announced Wednesday morning that he did not have the power to stop the transfer of presidential power from loser to victor, many outside the QAnon community rightly breathed a sigh of relief. The vice president had reached his limit; like most Americans, he’d had it with Donald Trump’s nonsense. By afternoon, Trump’s rage over Pence’s refusal to aid his anti-democratic plot led him to incite his fans to storm the Capitol, which they did. The day ended with Pence cowering in a secret location and phoning the Pentagon.
News outlets are reporting that Pence is “angry” at Trump. Good grief. Now he’s angry, just because his own narcissism has been injured by Trump’s taunts? These two have deserved each other along.
Yesterday, Newt Gingrich called the eerily blank-eyed Ken Doll of a VP a “profile in courage.” Is he kidding?
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