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So glad he finally grew a spine. There’s hope for paralyzed people everywhere.
To hell with that.
It's only growing a spine if it risks costing you power, pence has none and is losing none. Glad he came out against the fascist, but all that might indicate is some small, at least partial return to and recognition of the rational world. He's patting himself on the back about how virtuous this may make him seem in history, nothing more.
A sitting Republican Congressperson or party official with no intention of retiring would be demonstrating bravery coming out against the fascist.
All true. He probably feels smug about keeping his mouth shut for this long.
I hope history remembers him for continuing to orate with a fly crawling around on his face :-)
Fyi, I didn't mean to diminish your joke, I just had a pedant moment, apologies.
LOL 😂 Nah it was great. I’m pretty sure we’re speced for serious discussions here anyway… I just don’t know how anyone 😉
Gotta make jokes. It's either that or cry/ be paralyzed by existential dread.
Credit due for Pence consulting Dan Quayle and getting sane advice. I'm no fan, but I'll give him that much.
"Hey man, can a VP just decide who is the next president? No? Damn, I guess I won't, then." So brave.
It's insane how low the bar is for Republicans to be given credit. Doing his job as VP and certifying a lawful election shouldn't earn him any praise. Not endorsing the man who sent an angry mob to stop him from doing his job shouldn't earn him any praise.
This is not a man who "grew a spine," it's a pile of wet napkins that got slightly more dry.
He should have used the 25th amendment on Trump on January 6th. His cabinet was fleeing like rats shortly afterwards, so he probably could have gotten a majority of them to sign on.
It would have saved his legacy and his party. He could have done so much good, but he chose not to.
It's only be a spine if he gets out there and basically campaigns for Biden. If he asks any remaining same conservatives to abandon the Republican party and join the Democrats, until the Republicans wither and die and the Democrats split into a sane pair of parties that can disagree but compromise like it used to be.
But he won't do that. None of them have so far.
That’s the fucking wild part. Even the few that kind of pitched a little fit on the way stopped short of a good “Look at yourselves, look at what you’ve become!” Type thing.
I don’t know if it’s a matter of future employment prospects or if they are all really ready to embrace fascism before conceding they broke the system… but it’s sad.
They only hate Trump, they love Trump's agenda.