Pence Feared What Trump Would Do

[leftieNanner]

On January 6th.

According to Nicole Wallace:

"Pence feared a conspiracy, feared that the Secret Service would aid Trump and his ultimate aims that day," said Wallace. "This is the most harrowing version of Mike Pence's day I've seen reported."

https://www.rawstory.com/mike-pence-feared-secret-service/

Incredible addition to the story of the insurrection.

[PortTack]

1. Pence could do the right thing..agree to tell all..oh yeah he's a gqp...never mind

[leftieNanner]

2. He Still Thinks

That he will be in the Oval Office one day.

Can't piss off his Lord and Master if he wants to do that!

Idiot.

[True Blue American]

6. I think

Eventually Pence will tell all. The surprise in the book is that Ivanka tried to get him to stop the mob. Didn’t Trump eventually come out, tell them to go home now?

[wnylib]

19. Only after Biden made a public speech

demanding that he call them off.

And when he did finally tell them to go home, he told them what wonderful people they were and how much he loved them.

[True Blue American]

31. Yes.

[Skittles]

8. Pence will talk when he realizes he can make money off of it

after he finally understands he will NEVER be president because

1) in the end he didn't hump Trump hard enough and

2) he has the personality of a paper towel

[hibbing]

10. And not a Brawny either, lightweight store brand n/t

[Skittles]

11. you got that right

[Dakota Flint]

15. More like cheap one ply toilet paper

[Escurumbele]

14. He might be afraid, I have to think he knows he will never be president, and the 0% he got at the

CPAC should be a warning to him. Even if he was a good man, which he is not, republicans will never vote for him because the see him as a traitor who was not able to turn the election results to the side of the buffoon.

I think he knows he is still being looked at as an enemy, he must be very paranoid.

I tell you, republicans have no guts, no principles, they are all a bunch of cowards. It is amazing.

[renate]

30. Maybe it's just me, but he *did* do the right thing at least once

And he didn’t just do the right thing for show (we never heard about this until now) or, conversely, pretend to be unwilling to subvert democracy by allowing himself to be whisked off to Alaska “for his own safety“ and leave Trump to carry out the treasonous plan.

He actually may have been the last firewall between us and tyranny. I loathed him for all four years of the Trump horror show, but I am impressed by his actions on January 6.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. The GOP failed to remove Trump from office with the first impeachment

We escaped because as concentrated as power is in the White House, and as many stooges as Trump installed, power was still divided enough for just enough gatekeepers to do what was in the best interests of the country. But this was a narrow escape.

Big take-away: Pence was thinking. Call me amazed.

[True Blue American]

4. I just heard that!

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SS told Pence to get in the car, he refused to saying,” I know you guys will drive away!”

Pence and his wife went to a safe place. Pence actually refused to leave untoil the Secret Service convinced him they were in the building..Jim Jordan said they needed to protect the ladies. Liz slapped his hand away and said,” You Fin caused this!” She is good friends with MIlley. Talks to him often.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Traitorville USA

Heads need to roll. We punt at our own great peril.

[PatSeg]

7. Holy crap!!!

[keithsw]

9. Fuck Pence

I hate him as much as, if not more than shitty britches. He could have spoke out and stopped everything before it started. He knew EXACTLY what was going on

[Mr. Ected]

12. What an indictment of our Secret Service

The politicization of that agency should be the cause of great alarm. I wonder what has happened post-Trump within the agency.

[Metatron]

13. That is also my reaction. Very concerning.

[oldsoftie]

22. I dont buy it. I dont think the SS liked trump

I doubt he treated them very well or showed any appreciation

[True Blue American]

32. Trump had his loyal supporters

In the SS. I think that is why Pence refused to get in the car.

[obamanut2012]

37. Incorrect -- Trump's SS agents loved him

They literally reassigned some both after the election and after January 6 and January 20, because they feared for both the Republic and Biden and Harris.

[kentuck]

16. The Committee should call in the Secret Service detail...

and find out the whole story.

[tanyev]

17. That is an angle I hadn't considered.

The gallows the MAGAmob built was chilling, but just getting Pence off the premises, even for his own safety, would have effectively halted the vote certification. Got to give him some grudging props for doing the right thing there.

[leftieNanner]

18. The reason he wouldn't get in the car

Was because he feared that the person driving might be a Trump fan. He was worried about being kidnapped!!

At least, that's my understanding.

[Poiuyt]

25. That was my understanding too

Chilling. Why the hell Pence still supports trump is beyond me.

[True Blue American]

33. 100% right!

[Buns_of_Fire]

41. "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." nt

[oldsoftie]

23. I was under the impression that Grassley would've taken over.

Or if everyone left, it would simply have happened the next day

[tanyev]

27. Perhaps I should have said temporarily halted the vote certification.

And the longer the delay, the more time Donny would have had to rally his faithful minions in the House to obstruct and delay further. Not that they would have changed the outcome, but they could have added even more mess and chaos to an already bad situation. It was the right decision to get back in there and finish it up as soon as they could.

[oldsoftie]

35. I certainly agree with that!!

[FakeNoose]

20. I'm guessing Mike Pence is writing his memoir

... but it won't be published until after he and Chump are dead.

Or Chump anyway.

[bringthePaine]

21. no sympathy for snivelimg Putz

[czarjak]

24. I knew it.

[IcyPeas]

26. I would love to hear what Karen (Mother) Pence thinks... she despised TFG to begin with

She was disgusted with trumps grab em by the p.....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Yikes

Link to tweet

?s=20

[David__77]

29. He had good reason to be concerned about being a casualty of a coup.

I’m sure Pence knows that Trump would snuff him out in an instant without hesitation.

[True Blue American]

34. With that Hang Mike Pence Gallows?

You betcha. Loyalty is not in Trumps mind!

[Paladin]

36. Pence feared he'd have to do something decent and proper.

Fuck him and the rest of the trump enablers.

[obamanut2012]

38. The OP says actually the opposite of what you claim

[Paladin]

40. That doesn't make it believable. (nt)

[obamanut2012]

42. I didn't say that

[obamanut2012]

39. It is bizarro world when Liz Cheney and Mike Pence are the "sane" GOPers

[barbtries]

43. so did i.

but all i could do was sit here and fret.

clearly there were people both in the police and in the military and secret service who were on board with the insurrection. question was, were there enough? fortunately not, but i was scared that day. I knew there would be violence that day, though i didn't foresee an actual insurrection at the Capitol.

what trump did must have validated pence's worst fears. and what is that cowardly weasel saying these days?

just ordered the book.