Mike Pence Wants the Votes of His Own Hangmen

At least you would have made it into the history books as a martyr if the Donald had his way.  But let's let bygones be bygones.
 
Vice President Mike Pence. (photo: Getty Images)

By Charles Pierce, Esquire

06 June 21

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Former veep and former boss agree to disagree about that whole "Hang Mike Pence" thing.

t is said that, immediately before the ax fell, Sir Thomas More told the headsman not “to fear your office, you send me to God.” I always thought that was just a tad too generous, but hey, different strokes for different martyrs. Anyway, up in New Hampshire on Thursday, former Vice President Mike Pence took the opportunity to tell the mob that attacked the Capitol chanting that he should be hung that it was very impolite to have done so, and that he and his former boss disagree on whether the crowd should have been chanting for Mike Pence to be hung, but hey, what about that tax cut, huh? From 10Boston:

As I said that day, Jan. 6 was a dark day in history of the United States Capitol. But thanks to the swift action of the Capitol Police and federal law enforcement, violence was quelled. The Capitol was secured…And that same day, we reconvened the Congress and did our duty under the Constitution and the laws of the United States. You know, President Trump and I have spoken many times since we left office. And I don't know if we'll ever see to eye on that day. But I will always be proud of what we accomplished for the American people over the last four years.

My god, Mike Pence is a weird man. We all are still mocking Ted Cruz for supporting the former president* after the latter slandered Cruz’s wife and his father. Here we have Mike Pence, supporting the guy who incited the posse that wanted to serve him with a necktie party. That is a singularly weird man.

That he’s dumb as a sack of hair is a given. The rest of his speech in New Hampshire was a whole mess of the latest conjuring words—“critical race theory” and “Joe Biden is a radical” boogedy-boogedy.

I will not allow Democrats or their allies in the media to use one tragic day to discredit the aspirations of millions of Americans. Or allow Democrats or their allies in the media to distract our attention from a new administration intent on dividing our country to advance the radical agenda...My fellow Republicans, for our country, for our future, for our children and our grandchildren, we must move forward, united.

The aspiration shared by hundreds of Americans on that “tragic day” was to dangle Mike Pence like a piñata on the National Mall. Were I Mike Pence, I might want to discredit that aspiration going forward, especially if I wanted to run for president, which he apparently does. But he is a Republican in 2021, and not a particularly bright one, either. He needs the vigilante caucus. He needs his hangman’s vote.

The noose was in place and waiting for Mike Pence on Jan. 6, but the Republicans called them just a bunch of everyday tourists.