1/ When tapped by Trump, Mike Pence was an unpopular governor on the way out of a job. There were scandals: He regularly used his personal AOL account for government business, and he used campaign contributions to pay his mortgage.
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2/ Indiana was sick of him—and BECAUSE of him. His signature achievement as governor was causing an HIV outbreak in the state. Read this. People got terminally ill & died because of this faux-religious asshole: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-indiana-hiv_n_57f53b9be4b002a7312022ef …
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3/ Pence ended federal funding for Planned Parenthood because of his Draconian anti-choice stance—AND THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE YOU COULD GET TESTED FOR HIV IN SCOTT COUNTY, INDIANA. Retrograde religious beliefs have real-world consequences. Moving on…
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4/ In 2016, Mike Pence is an abject failure. He’s mired in scandal, he’s violated campaign finance rules, and he’s needlessly caused a major AIDS outbreak in his state. But because he hates gay people, the Evangelicals think he’s boss.https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mike-pence-supported-gay-conversion-therapy/ …
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5/ In 2016, in short, Mike Pence is DESPERATE. His political career appears over. What will he do now? What would Mother say? And THAT'S when Paul Manafort came calling.
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6/ Manafort, as is now clear, was dirty. He was working for the Russians then. He’s STILL working for the Russians, in his prison cell, instructing Giuliani how to properly treason. Paulie recognized the desperation. He pegged Pence as a politician who could be easily controlled.
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7/ Trump famously did not want Pence. Manafort arranged for his campaign jet to be “stalled” in Indiana so Trump could meet the governor. He ran an “op,” basically. The rest is history.
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8/ Pence’s function was, and is, to stand by Trump & affect calm by lying in a radio-friendly voice. He’s very good at this. As a liar, he’s head and shoulders above the rest. An example of an egregious Pence lie:https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/884162507291676674 …
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9/ So: Putin picked Manafort, Manafort picked Pence. Pence worked closely with Manafort’s deputy, Rick Gates, long after Paulie Walnuts resigned after his fishy Ukraine ties became too damaging politically. (Oh the irony!)
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10/ You will recognize the name “Rick Gates” from the Mueller Report. Gates flipped and is a key government witness. And, again, was in lockstep with Pence for months.
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11/ After the Kushner coup, Pence usurped Chris Christie as head of the Trump transition team, which is basically a Rogue’s Gallery of future inmates. His deputy? Moscow Mike Flynn!
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12/ Mike Flynn was dirty, and many people warned Trump and the transition team about this. Yates, Cummings, Obama himself. Trump hired him anyway. And Pence went along for the ride.
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13/ So: Either Pence is a complete f*cking moron, too stupid to realize that literally everyone around him had a KGB handler...or he knew. If you look at the timeline, there's no middle ground:https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/what-did-the-vice-president-not-know-and-when-did-he-not-know-it …
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14/ Pence HIMSELF knew he was in iffy legal territory, which is why this happened:https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/937221252716158976 …
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15/ Note: Everything I’m talking about here happened IN TWENTY F*CKING SEVENTEEN. Great job, media! I’m cribbing from a thread I wrote a year and a half ago:https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/989636888901423111 …
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16/ In 2018, Trump asked Pence’s longtime Chief of Staff, Nick Ayers, to replace John Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. Ayers resigned to spend more time with his family, as one does when one is 36 and offered the job of a lifetime:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nick-ayers-trumps-once-likely-replacement-for-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-wont-take-the-job/2018/12/09/5ecf5a10-fbf9-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html …
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17/ Just before the Ukraine story broke,
@KarenPence launched her own personal Twitter page, ostensibly to normalize her husband’s treasoning. Not gonna work, Mother. https://twitter.com/KarenPenceShow this thread -
18/ So it’s no surprise that Mike Pence was in on the Ukraine call, the Zelensky shakedown, and all the rest. He knew about Trump’s extortion, just as he knew about Flynn. Pence must go BECAUSE HE KNEW, AND HE IS THEREFORE A TRAITOR.
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19/ Again: Flynn's guilty plea means that Pence either knew or is a moron. And I don't think he's a moron. Not in that sort of way. All evidence suggests that he knew damned well what he was, and is, doing.
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20/ I'm excited for Congress to spotlight Pence's sedition. They asked for documents yesterday. It's all, ahem, coming out.https://twitter.com/gregolear/status/1180082412170207232 …
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Agnew left before Nixon. Pence must exit before Trump. The traitor CANNOT EVER assume the presidency. [END]
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PS. Have not read it yet, but the release date of the new Pence biography by
@tomlobianco could not be better timed:https://twitter.com/tomlobianco/status/1180158672498053122 …Show this thread -
PPS He’s not that dumb:https://twitter.com/politidope/status/1180163224144093186?s=21 …
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PPPS Another thread to check out, this one examining the relationship between Pence & the Russian Orthodox Church: https://twitter.com/OpWolverines/status/885596627083329536 …
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