Oh Donald, you are all I aspire to be. I want to be just like you. Why, I think I’m even jealous of you. I pledge my complete allegiance and obedience to you, Great One. Uh, eh... no God, I was not talking to you - I'm talking to Donald.
I believe the answer to that question will likely be yes. He will try something so he can be patted on the head by Donald Trump, but legally he will not have much ground for doing so. This will not matter to someone like Trump, however; he still expects Pence to declare the election was rigged in an effort to hold on to the presidency. Trump’s woeful ignorance is shameful, but Mike Pence is far more shameless than Donald Trump. Pence as a seasoned politician knows better – same goes for the Republican Senate as well.
Mike Pence has proven himself to be a wimp; a man who cowered and groveled at the feet of Donald Trump the past 4 years. It is hard to believe Pence once governed the state of Indiana; now he seems hardly capable of leading anything at all. He is a follower, not a leader. A self professed Christian; Pence has aided and abetted the worse, corrupt president in American history. Pence is touting the election is rigged just like his master wants him to do – but Pence, like the rest of the Republican Senate know full well the election was legitimate.
What kind of man would be a willing participant to keep an autocratic leader in power? Better yet, what kind of man would deliberately strive to negate the will of the American people? Pence tried in the most pathetic way to portray an image he is a follower of Jesus Christ; but his actions prove it is only lip service. A godly man would not lie repeatedly, aid and abet evil, and would never be a part of such a malicious administration such as the Trump administration. Pence sole purpose the past four years has been to please and satisfy the whims of Donald Trump.
George Will wrote a wonderful editorial in the Washington Post once that nailed Mike Pence’s character about a year ago. Will attributed the term “oleaginous” to Pence’s character, which was the perfect description. Pence want to pretend and convey the image he is a stand up type of fellow, when in fact he is cut from the same dirty, cloth as Donald Trump.
One has to ask why any person with integrity would be a willing participant of such a nefarious administration. The answer is one would not if they were a person of good character. Pence lays prostrate at every command of Donald Trump, regardless of how vile or ludicrous it may be. George Will statements were tantamount to the fact we expect vileness, evil, and criminal behaviors from Donald Trump, but one would have thought Mike Pence would not engage in such things. He has 100%.
I’ll come out and flat say this; Mike Pence is racist like Donald Trump. Pence actually share an overwhelming majority of Trump’s rotten and depraved values. Don’t think so? Why do you think Pence is Trump’s right man for a lack of a better word? Not only did Trump chose him because he knew he would be a good toy soldier and attract evangelicals, but because he espoused many of the view he himself had.
Pence voted against The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act which was based on the gruesome death of James Byrd, Jr.; a black man dragged for 3 miles by a pickup truck driven by three KKK members. The bill also was named after the murder of Matthew Shepard, who was killed solely for being gay. Who would vote against such a thing as the Hate Crime Prevention Act? Mike Pence did – the same man who refused to say “Black Lives Matter.” I guess Pence who appears to view blacks and gays as being less, believes Almighty God does too.
Pence has stood by “Grab them by the pus*y” Donald Trump, like his faithful watchdog the entire time. He stood by Trump when he touted the values of white nationalism at Charlottesville. He stood by and covered up Trump’s attempt to extort the president of Ukraine. He stood by Trump’s efforts to obstruct justice in that investigation. Pence stood by Trump in the impeachment hearing, and successfully subverted a document during the joke of a trail that would have implicated him. He stood by Trump as he made Vladimir Putin his BFF.
The worse and most unconscionable thing (as if the other things are not bad enough) however, is how Mike Pence stood by Donald Trump knowing full well Trump was playing down the coronavirus. His being privy to the actions of Donald Trump made him just as culpable of what ultimately resulted in the deaths of thousands and thousands of Americans.
Pence stood by Trump when he declared the coronavirus was a hoax. Pence stood by Trump and imitated his assault and disapproval for wearing masks. He stood by Trump as he declared himself a war time president but refused to invoke the Defense Production Act to produce badly needed PPE.
An aggrieved Donald Trump before leaving for Mar-a-Lago on Christmas holiday, met with Pence to discuss his angst about the election. It has been said Trump was upset with Pence for not doing more to overturn the election results. Trump felt Pence was not doing enough to circumvent the election and declare it so-called “stolen.” Trump is hedonistic in his malevolent schemes, and does not mind if others see right through it. Pence is just as malevolent, but he prefers to window dress his misdeeds; as if somehow it shields his true intentions – it don’t.
This is the most corrupt presidential administration in American history, and Mike Pence will always be known for being a part of it. So, I still have some trepidation about January 6, when Mike Pence will have the responsibility of formally declaring and certifying the electoral votes before the Senate.
He has been Trump’s “yes” man from the beginning, so it begs the question will he be so to the end? He is devoid of integrity, as he actively participates in Trump’s amoral and criminal schemes. Pence loves to invoke the name of God as if it gives their schemes some kind of legitimacy, as those in the Republican House and Senate.
There are even Republicans who believe Mike Pence has proven himself to be a weak leader. His subservience towards Trump is to the point it appeared he was smitten with him. Pence has diminished any inkling as being someone capable of leading. Now, I don’t think Pence has the hots for Trump, but he has engaged in so much overkill in praising Donald Trump, that at times it seemed liked a comedy skit. The only thing Pence has accomplished the past 4 years is playing the role of servant well.
Unbeknownst to Mike Pence, it was all for nothing in the long run, because like I said before; if you know Donald Trump - he will eventually turn on you. And that is such the case here. Trump fully expects Pence will come out and declare the election was a sham; anything less will incite the ire of Trump and will be unacceptable. But if Pence choose that course, it will be the final catalyst behind his political suicide.
We will just have to wait and see. One piece of good news for me personally, as I thought maybe I was going insane. Finally, someone famous made a statement about Mike Pence that I and a few others have seriously wondered about. Seth Myers asked on his show, Late Night With Seth Myers, is Mike Pence even a real person? I have wondered this myself, and have concluded he might be made of Styrofoam or man-made upper materials; or perhaps he’s one of Satan’s right hand men. Given his actions, I am inclined to believe the latter. Regardless, I don’t believe it will help him now.
