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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 05:30 PM Apr 2023

Cleanup on Aisle Trump: Well, I guess Pence REALLY won't be his friend after today.

SO sad.

SO unfair.

WITCH HUNT!

PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!

All Trump wanted to do was overthrow our Democracy, and the weaponized government, which exists only to give Trump a bad day, forced Mike Pence to sit down and tell them all about how Trump wanted him to carry out that wish.

I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.

(I know I am)

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Eliot Rosewater

(31,138 posts)
1. I havent looked, do we know what he said?
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 05:38 PM
Apr 2023

If not, dont put it past him to all of a sudden lose his memory or take the 5th.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
4. I've just seen the "Breaking News" chyron so far
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 05:43 PM
Apr 2023

MSNBC mentioned it, he was there from 8 AM to 4:30, I believe, still waiting for details.

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
16. A lot in the allotted regular courtier of one full day, 9am to 4:30 pm...lots said and 100%
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 07:52 PM
Apr 2023

Pence, who did not appeal a lower Court futile and lame attempt at not testifying.
speaks volumes to me!

And to Jack Smith guaranteed…the tea leaves are clear on that!

JanLip

(846 posts)
5. Mr. Goody 2 shoes
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 05:43 PM
Apr 2023

Can’t lie. God wouldn’t approve would he. He prolly play dumb which is nothing new for him.

Jan

Oh and either way I’m happy too

Aussie105

(5,494 posts)
17. Agreed. Pence doesn't have the gumption to straight out lie.
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 07:53 PM
Apr 2023

Best he can do is lie by omission.
Or plead the 5th.

BComplex

(8,092 posts)
8. I just hope he told the truth.
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 05:56 PM
Apr 2023

After all, he's a republican, and I haven't seen one yet that knows how to tell the truth.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
11. I know, I was goofing on Trump's remarks that day...
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 06:15 PM
Apr 2023
‘I Don’t Want to Be Your Friend Anymore’: Trump Gave Pence a Jan. 5 Ultimatum, Book Claims

In his desperation to remain in the White House after Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump reportedly resorted to schoolyard threats against Mike Pence to convince him to overturn the results by rejecting certification. “You can do this. I don’t want to be your friend anymore if you don’t do this,” Trump told Pence after the then-vice president declined to throw the election, according to a new book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. The book, titled Peril, details Trump’s final chaotic days in office. According to excerpts published by CNN on Tuesday, Trump apparently pinned his hopes on Pence wanting to be “cool” and impress the MAGA fans pushing for Trump to stay in the White House. “If these people say you had the power, wouldn’t you want to?” Trump reportedly asked, referring to supporters. When Pence objected to the idea of “any one person” having that much authority, Trump shot back: “But wouldn’t it be almost cool to have that power?” according to CNN.


Aussie105

(5,494 posts)
15. "You can do this. I don't want to be your friend anymore if you don't do this,"
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 07:50 PM
Apr 2023

Why does this sound so much like a line from a bad gangster/Mafia/Cosa Nostra movie?

I can imagine Marlon Brando, mouth stuffed with cotton wool, muttering that line suggesting to an underling the choice was between co-operation or his widow weeping over his grave.

But I smile every time Trump mentions 'Not Fair! Witch Hunt!' and correct it to 'Warlock Hunt', and then agree.
But what is a little gender confusion in the scheme of things? (A big thing in Florida, I hear.)

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
12. I can't even imagine what working at Mar-a-Lago must be like.
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 06:21 PM
Apr 2023

Successful people in the service industry know the #1 quality they will call upon again and again is a thick skin. It's never a matter of when they will be abused and / or disrespected...it's a matter of when. I would not want to be in any of their shoes these days.

calimary

(81,605 posts)
18. I still believe the donald picked him as a running mate
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 08:30 PM
Apr 2023

because he was - and still is - the whitest white guy on the planet. I think trump saw him and realized there was some major subliminal symbolism that could quietly reinforce some unspoken “realities” throughout his base. Pence is so white-on-white that he could go as Casper the Friendly Ghost for Halloween and wouldn’t need a costume. Or, he could always go as a lightbulb.

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