Pence registered his own PAC yesterday

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The Resisterhood‏ @resisterhood
____Pence registered his own PAC today. Pretty unusual for a VP to do while in office, especially in the first term.

While President Donald Trump’s White House grapples with the fallout from his firing of the former FBI director, Vice President Mike Pence has taken steps to begin building his own political war chest.

Pence launched Great America Committee, a leadership PAC, a move that will enable him to channel money to congressional Republicans ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. The political action committee’s registration was posted Wednesday on the Federal Election Commission website...

It’s unusual for vice presidents to set up their own fundraising vehicles. Neither Joseph Biden nor Dick Cheney, the two vice presidents who preceded Pence, had one while in office. It’s not entirely unprecedented, though: George H.W. Bush formed the Fund for America’s Future when he was preparing for his 1988 presidential run.

“Launching a leadership PAC sometimes signals an intent to run for higher office, which in Pence’s case, has been a topic of public interest ever since he was first nominated,” said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsible Politics, which studies money in politics...

read: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-17/pence-takes-steps-to-build-war-chest-as-white-house-stumbles?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social


shauna‏ @goldengateblond 6h6 hours ago
Well SOMEONE is certainly counting his chickens, isn't he.

[SummerSnow]

1. He's thinking ahead.lol

[yardwork]

2. Unfortunately, he will probably be president within four years.

And he will run for reelection in 2020. Ugh.

[justiceischeap]

5. Don't know, I think the WaPo or Times will eventually tie him into the Russia scandal

Unless those involved in Russia scandal purposely left him out of it as a back-up plan but I find that hard to believe they're that forward thinking.

[yardwork]

7. From what little we know, nobody intended Pence to be VP until the last minute.

The stories are that Christie was supposed to be tapped as VP until Trump was tricked into picking Pence. Was Trump tricked by somebody who wanted Pence as VP because Pence is involved in the Russian deals, or for another reason? Was it part of the big plan or just collateral damage?

[justiceischeap]

9. I bet he wishes he hadn't hitched his wagon to the Trump train.

The ride is a bit bumpy.

[tblue37]

10. Manafort pushed Pence. Also, the attempts to maintain Pence's plausible deniability have been

full of holes.

[yardwork]

13. Well then. Looks like Pence is in deep with Russian money.

[WoonTars]

8. I think he was picked as impeachment insurance...

...doesn't look like that is going to pan out either...

I think Pence is in just as much shit as everyone else, and i don't think Flynn lied to him either...he knew what Flynn was up to..

[EL34x4]

11. GOP will close ranks around Pence.

Something they haven't really done with Trump. There won't be any hostility from guys like McCain, Graham or Sasse.

The GOP establishment will protect Pence. He's one of them. Trump isn't.

[LeftInTX]

12. I don't think they will find anything that is illegal

Look at Trump: He's in hot water because he's reckless, he's fired James Comey, he's obstructing justice etc.

Did Pence know about Flynn? Maybe/Probably. Was it illegal?
Did he support Trump publicly? Yeah. But I don't know if that is illegal.

The reason I ask if something is illegal, because I believe the VP unlike the president, is probably subject to regular criminal laws. (Agnew)

[crazycatlady]

6. I don't see his social conservatism flying in a state like PA

[MGKrebs]

14. Not sure about that.

Check out this map. It's about racism but in my mind the two are fairly closely linked.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/28/the-most-racist-places-in-america-according-to-google/?utm_term=.70188610069e

[CanonRay]

3. You've got to have some place toput

That Russian dark money!

[dalton99a]

4. Bingo.