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blogslut

(38,000 posts)
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:34 PM Oct 2017

Pence got his feelers hurt because NFL players took a knee in front of his eyeholes. UPDATE!

Last edited Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:28 PM - Edit history (1)




Vice President Pence‏ Verified account
@VP

I left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem.


UPDATE! BLOTUS steals the credit!




Donald J. Trump‏ Verified account
@realDonaldTrump

I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am proud of him and @SecondLady Karen.
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Pence got his feelers hurt because NFL players took a knee in front of his eyeholes. UPDATE! (Original Post) blogslut Oct 2017 OP
Dignify? You dare use that word while enforcing the Trump agenda? Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #1
Snoooooowflake! BannonsLiver Oct 2017 #2
Good riddance to bad rubbish vlyons Oct 2017 #3
I like how he thinks his presence "dignifies" whatever events he attends. GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #12
Go back to your safe space, snowflake! Initech Oct 2017 #4
LOL at your OP title... LuckyCharms Oct 2017 #5
He should have saidsimplesimon Oct 2017 #6
I didn't realize he was such a drama queen. n/t GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #7
Pence is running for president. nt Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #8
I think that pence knew that they would take a knee and probably justhanginon Oct 2017 #9
It was only the visiting team that took a knee. GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #15
What a true asshole TEB Oct 2017 #10
What a patriot ailsagirl Oct 2017 #11
These people disgust me. demmiblue Oct 2017 #13
You have to be joking dude. Cmon Pence, really. Afromania Oct 2017 #14
fuck mike 'let me be perfectly clear' pence: UPDATED: fuck trump too spanone Oct 2017 #16
What a brave, bold, brash move by Tight-White-Mike! VOX Oct 2017 #17
I'd love to know how many games he's attended. nolabear Oct 2017 #18
ROFLMAO! Pence, you are such an ineffective tool! MoonRiver Oct 2017 #19
Hurrrrryyyyyyy and call the whambulance. onecaliberal Oct 2017 #20
He was just there to disregard and disrespect the REAL REASON for the protests CakeGrrl Oct 2017 #21
What about the person behind him: demmiblue Oct 2017 #22
And the players said, Ilsa Oct 2017 #23
Kicking for the update. demmiblue Oct 2017 #24
Nicolle Wallace: demmiblue Oct 2017 #25
Waaaaahhhh! I'm going to run home to mother! smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #26

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)
12. I like how he thinks his presence "dignifies" whatever events he attends.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:51 PM
Oct 2017

He's an arrogant fuck, too.

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
9. I think that pence knew that they would take a knee and probably
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:45 PM
Oct 2017

walked out to pretend faux outrage phot op. If anyone has disrespected the soldiers, flag and national anthem it would be this administration's complete disregard for the safety, health and welfare of the average citizen of this country. He is as phony a pious bastard that ever walked the earth with the possible exception of his boss and that would end up a tie.

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)
15. It was only the visiting team that took a knee.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:53 PM
Oct 2017

His hometown team, that he is allegedly a fan of, did not. He walked out on them, too. Hopefully, most will see it for the stunt that it is.

Afromania

(2,768 posts)
14. You have to be joking dude. Cmon Pence, really.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:52 PM
Oct 2017

Every single action, reaction, tweet, word and utterance from him and moronic running mate are an exercise in disrespect for this country. He don't give a flying fig shit about the troops. He's going to probably sit his ass by and let idiot boy send them off into a war zone they didn't have to go into. He's throwing serious disrespect every single time he runs his flunky ass down to Washington to cast a vote for something that's going to negatively affect the very soldiers he claims so much respect for.

Every single one of them makes this country smaller in the eyes of 7.5 billion humans. So roughly about 98-99% of the world and 15 billion eyes think you are full of shit and a walking talking kettle of hypocrisy disrespect. He can go straight to hell and take idiot boy with him.

Further more, and the main point really. I love how he is pandering to the false narrative and that sicko ass base of people who REFUSE to do anything but spin in circles, fingers in ear, screaming "neeener-neener I can't hear you" in response to the protests.

spanone

(135,831 posts)
16. fuck mike 'let me be perfectly clear' pence: UPDATED: fuck trump too
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 01:59 PM
Oct 2017

spanone: 'i will not dignify any administration that puts their bullshit over the constitution'

VOX

(22,976 posts)
17. What a brave, bold, brash move by Tight-White-Mike!
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:01 PM
Oct 2017

It takes John Wayne-caliber guts to walk out of a football game, then tweet about it. JFK would have made you one of his “Profiles in Courage.” Take the rest of the day off, you’ve earned it. Whew!

Mikey, count your lucky stars you weren’t veep in the ‘60s, you’d have worn out the fainting couch.

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
21. He was just there to disregard and disrespect the REAL REASON for the protests
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:14 PM
Oct 2017

And keep the deflection and the divide going.

Particularly odious after yet another unarmed black man was shot dead in UT running away from police, and there will yet again be no consequences for the killer.

demmiblue

(36,850 posts)
22. What about the person behind him:
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:24 PM
Oct 2017



I'm sure he will have words for that fella.

The whole thing is so incredibly staged.
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
26. Waaaaahhhh! I'm going to run home to mother!
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 07:01 PM
Oct 2017

Another whiny little man-baby! And they dare to call US snowflakes?

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