Pence's parents ran 'WHITES ONLY' gas stations in Indiana

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OBAMA WON, TWICE!
‏@SCalaisS
IN's #MikePence, son of Nancy Jane & Edward J Pence
who ran a string of gas stations.. http://www.fampeople.com/cat-mike-pence_2 …




https://twitter.com/SCalaisS/status/582299085379670016

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Pence scares me much more than Trump.

He is the type of Republican that is a racist, sexist 1950s asshole but everything is done in dog whistles so the masses can tolerate him. The evangelicals will come out in force to elect him, especially if he has Ryan as VP.

I think it is to late, but I don't trust them. I won't sleep until November 9th.

[sarae]

4. I agree.

He's terrifying because there's a 'socially acceptable' veneer covering his racism, sexism and homophobia.

[TheBlackAdder]

23. X2 - I wonder if a last minute switcheroo was planned all along and in the works by the RNC.

[redstatebluegirl]

24. I wonder that as well.

[Democat]

2. It's not fair to judge Pence by his family, that's only fair of Clinton

[Lefthacker]

3. Was this already known?

Or is this just starting to make the rounds? Sad, that a lot of Americans aren't disgusted by this.

[Cakes488]

5. Pence's abortion stance is enough for me thanks....

I don't need Mike Pence in my you know what ! Look at me trying not to offend people but I trust you get what I'm saying.

[central scrutinizer]

6. Not relevant

As a kid, I was told never touch your lips to a drinking fountain because a ****** may have drank there. Among other racist things. I like to think have put all that behind me

[grossproffit]

9. You're not running for the highest office. He's second in line if Trump were to win.

[central scrutinizer]

14. So if his parents were Wobblies?

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree adage is often false

[Major Nikon]

25. It's also often true

You're talking about the guy who couldn't even manage to call David Duke deplorable. You're talking about a guy who signed a law allowing discrimination towards the LGBT community. You're taking about a guy that issued a racist and illegal executive order barring state agencies from disbursing federal funds to support Syrian refugees.

[Democat]

10. Bill Clinton is relevant, but Pence's family is not?

Sounds like hypocrisy.

[central scrutinizer]

15. What?

Where did I mention Bill Clinton?

[Democat]

17. You didn't, but Trump did

If they are going to bring Clinton's family into the discussion, then it's on the table.

[Cakes488]

12. My father was very racist too...he failed at making his children racists

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. Given Pence's long track record of bigotry, it's safe to infer the apple doesn't fall far

from that racist tree.

[uponit7771]

18. VERY relevant seeing Pence decided he'd run with an openly racist person. Him TOLERATING

... racism from tRump is notable and having a past history of it from his parents is too.

[SummerSnow]

20. He is one of those racist who think being racist is apart of the fabric of life.

[uponit7771]

21. +1, they don't know anything else

[wishstar]

7. Pence also invested in his brother's Tobacco shops while denying dangers of tobacco

Pence should have been vetted better before now, but hopefully his past will now be more fully exposed

[boston bean]

8. wow!

[asiliveandbreathe]

11. Pence and his voters - deplorables - bigots, racists

misogynists , fits in so well with the likes of drumpf and those republicans who support him - they could have stopped it years ago, yet, they continue to malign all races and women..except the white nationals - superiority, as they call themselves..

We MUST put a stop to the hate...

[Agschmid]

13. A lot of us have racism in our family past, I certainly do.

The difference is that most of us have moved on, we have opened our mind to differences.

Others, not so much.

[uponit7771]

19. This is relevant seeing Pence decided to run with an OPENLY racist person in Grope Em Donald

[BlueWarrior]

22. Not that I am defending Pence but

You really cannot punish him for the actions of his parents. But don't worry, there are plenty of other reasons to despise him

[JTFrog]

28. No one punishing him for his parents actions. Merely showing where his racist roots come from.

Not to mention his dangerous conservative ideology and demands to control women and their bodies.

[Generic Other]

26. There Aint No Bugs on Me

The night was dark and drizzly/
The air was full of sleet/
The old man joined the Ku Klux/
And Ma she lost her sheet;

Billy Sunday is a preacher/
His church is always full/
For the neighbors gather from miles around/
To hear him shoot the bull;

The monkey swings by the end of his tail/
And jumps from tree to tree/
There may be monkey in some of you guys/
But there ain't no monkey in me.

Chorus: There ain't no bugs on me (2x)/
There may be bugs on some of you mugs/
But there ain't no bugs on me.

In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan attained great influence in the Southeast and Midwest; it took a certain courage to make fun of them in public.

[vlyons]

27. My father was a racist police officer in Dallas

I got in a whole heep of trouble as a teen-ager for standing in line to desegregate a lunch counter at Woolworth's. Pence's Dad may explain WHY Pence is a racist, but it doesn't explain THAT he is a racist today. He's a grown man, a lawyer, a governor, and knows the law. He just doesn't like the law that gives all of us equal rights before the law.

I'm much more afraid of Pence than of Trump, because Pence is a Christian dominionist. Trump has no beliefs, except in himself. Whereas Pence is a true believer, who wants to impose his religious beliefs on everyone else and turn this country into a theocracy.

[procon]

29. If he was raised around racists, its had to overcome that early indoctrination.

I know. I still struggle with how I was raised 60 years ago. It's taken a conscientious effort to recognize the symptoms, and a lifetime of diligent work over a to overcome the world views of my family and growing up in a whole community of like minded racist, prejudiced people. Out of the dozens of people in my immediate family and relatives, I'm the only one that has even tried to break the chain of hate.

So, just from my own experience, I question that Pence's views on race are unchanged. From the laws and policies he's voiced agreement with, I don't see that he has escaped his past.