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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Oct 30, 2021, 02:36 PM Oct 2021

Mike Pence endorses a fringe dissident group to lead Iran, calling the leader of the group that

forbids members from sexual thoughts 'an inspiration'

Former Vice President Mike Pence offered his support on Thursday to a fringe Iranian dissident group that seeks to overthrow the Iranian government, calling the group's long-time leader, Maryam Rajavi, an "inspiration to the world."

Pence, along with former Sen. Joe Lieberman, spoke at the 2021 Free Iran Summit in Washington, DC, a conference held by an organization affiliated with the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), which maintains a secretive compound in Albania.

"One of the biggest lies the ruling regime has sold the world is that there's no alternative to the status quo," Pence said, referring to Iran's theocratic government, where an ayatollah wields supreme power and influences who can run for elected positions. "But there is an alternative, a well-organized, fully prepared, perfectly qualified and popularly supported alternative called the MEK."

The room then erupted in cheers, with members of the audience chanting the phrase "M-E-K" repeatedly.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-pence-endorses-fringe-dissident-184405876.html
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Anybody who will pay Mike Pence big bucks to speak Haggard Celine Oct 2021 #1

Haggard Celine

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1. Anybody who will pay Mike Pence big bucks to speak
Sat Oct 30, 2021, 03:33 PM
Oct 2021

is going to get an endorsement, most likely. The article says that it's paid Giuliani hundreds of thousands for speaking and has paid Bolton and Pompeo, who all endorse the group. These guys are such whores! The MEK is getting money from the Saudis, though, so I guess that makes it okay. One way or another, Saudi money is destined to flow into Republican pockets.

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