Oh, man. Mike Pence is not gonna like this.
As Kamala Harris preps for the vice presidential debate on October 7 in Salt Lake City, which is expected to draw huge audiences, her team has tapped none other than Pete Buttigieg to play Pence in mock the debate.
Bloomberg reports:
Buttigieg was selected to play the role of Pence because of his familiarity with the vice president, who was governor of Indiana when Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend. Buttigieg often talked about Pence on the campaign trail, using him as a foil especially on religion.
… Buttigieg has become a top surrogate for the Biden campaign. Buttigieg received a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention, was added to the transition team’s advisory board and is expected to join the administration if Biden wins.
In many ways, it’s the perfect casting.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Pence and Buttigieg have a lot in common. They’re both from Indiana. They were both raised Catholic. (Pence was an alter boy; Buttigieg attended a Catholic high school.) They’re both married to teachers. We could go on and on.
They also both dislike one another immensely.
During the Democratic primaries, Pence rarely commented on any of the candidates… except for Buttigieg, who he seemed to have an obsession with.
Karen Pence, too, disparaged Buttigieg during the primaries. In a radio interview, she accused him of attacking her husband’s religious beliefs when he called him out for using Christianity to justify his homophobia.
Last year, Buttigieg told Stephen Colbert: “[Mike Pence] seems to think that the universe was created a few thousand years ago and that people like me get up in the morning and decide to be gay. … What he doesn’t realize is that his quarrel is with my creator. My marriage has moved me closer to God and I wish he respected that.”
Harris has expressed some trepidation going into the debate.
“[Mike Pence] is a good debater,” she said at a fundraiser earlier this week. “So, I’m so concerned, like I can only disappoint.”
We think she’s downplaying expectations. Because if there’s one thing Kamala Harris knows how to do, it’s completely eviscerate an opponent on the debate stage. Just as Joe Biden.
Related: Pete Buttigieg claps back at Mike Pence, says he needs to stop being such a sniveling homophobe
Cam
Nice to see that Harris is allowing gay actors to play gay parts.
jayceecook
Damn you CamCam. I’ll give you props for that one. It is funny AF. I came here myself to say something similar.
Liquid Silver
She does know how to get Pence’s goat.
Of course, there are rumors that Pence knew how to get Pence’s goat as a youth as well.
mateo
This is just too delicious! Here’s hoping that both of them are able to raise a glass and toast each other, after Kamala FRIES Biden on the debate stage.
David Myers
“after Kamala FRIES Pence on the debate stage.”
Gaymikey1960
I hope Harris eviserates Pence for being the biggest Hater and Bigot Indiana has ever seen! He did his best to bulldoze RFRA through the Indiana house of course with other republicans help completely ignoring Democrats (Which is what Republicans do 100% of the time), tried signing it into law behind closed doors away from cameras. Then we LGBTQ Hoosiers and our allies jumped on our band wagons and raised our voices about him making the right for religious idiots to use descrimination against us legal and a law for the state! and WE WON! Pence found out when you rile a bunch of gay people and their allies you’re going to get bit! And when we bite we draw blood! GO GET HIM KAMALA PUT THAT BIGOT IN YOUR DUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
barryaksarben
She should have found someone less of a man than Pete as Mike is such a wimp and Pete isnt. Mike is a cowardly bully who only attacks people from the dark. And that tank of a wife of his makes Norman Bate’s mother look less bossy. Id wish for trump to die of covid except it would give Pence a place in history which he does not in any way deserve. Pete has his place in history while Pence will fade away as at best a footnote. I bet pence and his wife would be like Falwell Jr and his wife except they cant find anyone to F88k karen
winemaker
So far, Mike Pence has kept his tongue and is too classy to deal with camel faced ‘heels up’ harris like she needs to be dealt with. . That being said, let the mud slinging begin., about time ‘Heels up ‘ has more dirt and mud on her than my vineyard in Sonoma county but unlike my vineyard which produces consistently award winning wines, harris seems to produce nothing but BULLS**T. Just what has she done for the people of California that’s benefitted anyone? I’ll wait for a logical answer but won’t hold my breath. For a real eye opener, on ‘heels up’s character, just ask willie brown. ‘Heels up got her start screwing willie brown and has kept up the act and now she wants to screw America. God help us of this POS gets within one inch of the White House. She’s a liar, disingenious, thief and opportunist who’ll say and do anything to get what she wants with the attitude ‘screw everyone else as long as I win’. And yes I’m gay, have lived in San Francisco for over 35 years and know a lot about ‘heels up’. It might surprise some people but there there’re many here in San Francisco, both gay and straight who can’t stand this pig and wouldn’t, wouldn’t spit or piss on her if she was on fire and this pretty much goes for many of the ‘do nothing for anyone but themselves’ liberals running California into the ground. and making it more and more unaffordable. and unlivable
barryaksarben
One more thing. If it wasnt for California and its tax dollars there would be three or more southern USER welfare states going even further down the crapper as they cant pay their own way since they are GOP run and the white trash that live there are too stupid to realise the gop only cares about them for their vote and are disgusted by them and have never done a damned thing for them
Cam
What a shock, the same troll that always defends bigots and attacks LGBTQ people attacks a woman for her looks and calls her a slut.
You Republicans aren’t even TRYING to hide your sexism and bigotry anymore area you?
mailliw110
Is there a point to your post or are you hoping for a book deal?
bachy
Lately it seems as though every public bigot is breezily explained away as a “closeted gay man.” Pardon me, but aren’t there any other reasons why someone might despise people for being “different”? Aren’t gay people scapegoated enough as it is? Apparently we’re not just the victims of injustice – we’re also the perpetrators. Let’s try harder to understand our oppressors lest we end up inadvertently placing the blame on ourselves – closeted or otherwise. Isn’t that just what our enemies would like us to do?
nitejonboy
Oh no, what would Mother say!!!???