Mike Pence is outraged about the price of gasoline!
In his latest attempt to come across as a real human being, the beleaguered ex-VP filmed his newest campaign ad at a gas station, where he bemoans the rising cost of fuel.
Gas pump in hand, Pence whines about Joe Biden‘s supposed “war on energy” and his plan to once again make America the leading energy producer the world.
That sounds like a pretty normal campaign spot, except for one problem: Pence appears to be playing pretend.
The gay-hating politician takes the pump off the handle but never presses the button to select which type of fuel he’s using. Another telltale sign is the constant beeping in the background.
Watch.
That’s right: Pence strolls out of his shiny red pickup truck (definitely his real car) and plays gas station make believe. The whole world is a stage, after all… especially for this fraud.
Needs Curb Your Enthusiasm sound.
— Chris Hickman (@frotuss) August 9, 2023
You can hear the beeping from the pump throughout asking either for a form of payment selection or a fuel type selection.
— Ron Waxman 🏳️🌈🇺🇦 (@RonWaxman) August 9, 2023
Man is holding it the entire time 💀
— wadah (@wadahup) August 9, 2023
It seems unbelievable that a presidential candidate’s team wouldn’t flag the obvious deception and tell their boss to actually fill his gas tank, but this is Mike Pence we’re talking about!
A few months back, he entered a Dunkin’ Donuts in New Hampshire, and acted like he discovered some hidden New England treasure. Never mind that Dunkin’ is the largest franchised coffee chain in the country. The former vice president, who’s 64 years old, claims he’s never been inside one.
Maybe he’s lying? Or maybe he’s not? It’s hard to figure out which scenario is sadder. (By the way, notice how nobody is at the register. Did Pence pretend to buy coffee, too?)
I heard of this place called Pizza Hut and *had* to try it out!
— JT3 (@iAmJ0HN3) May 17, 2023
You are the saddest human ever.
— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) May 17, 2023
It’s been a brutal campaign for Pence, who’s not fooling anybody when it comes to his presidential chances.
Since Donald Trump was indicted last week for trying to overturn the election, Pence, who served as his obsequious pain sponge for four years, has been trying to present himself as some great protector of faith and democracy.
But once again, nobody is buying it.
The dude waited three years to call out his former boss’ disregard for democratic norms…when he had a book to sell and campaign to get off the ground. All the while, his revelations to investigators about Trump’s attempts to subvert the election were cited more than 100 times in the 45-page indictment.
Pence is screwing Trump publicly and privately. No wonder why the MAGA crowd is done with him, too (that was apparent on Jan. 6, when the insurrectionists stormed the capital and screamed they wanted to hang him).
Currently, almost 55% of Americans hold an unfavorable view of the ex-VP. A recent New York Times/Siena poll found him garnering support from just 3% of Republican voters. Sad!
While that’s just enough to qualify for the upcoming GOP debate, Pence is trailing all of his rivals, including anonymous North Dakota governor Doug Burham, who qualified for the debate before him.
Despite near-universal name recognition, he has no chance. He raised a scant $1.2 million during the last fundraising period
His campaign, and gas tank, are both running on empty.
Scroll down for more reaction to Pence’s latest blunder…
Penergy!
— RandoKazcpu (@kazcpu) August 9, 2023
You have to press the type of gas so the beeping stops.
— diatribe (@d06h0201) August 9, 2023
abfab
The red truck is precious. They think of everything!
Kangol2
All it needs is a glitter crucifix on each door!
abfab
NRA STICKERS
JESUS SAVES BUMPERSTICKERS
and
DON’T SAY GAY HUBCAPS THAT TWIRL IN RAINBOW COLORS (he’s not very bright)
Fahd
I never thought I’d say this, but he’s no Dan Quayle.
abfab
One thing we can say about Dan Quayle….he was animated. Pence looks and acts like petrified wood.
I loved it when he messed with Candice Bergen. Dick.
decrans
Since President Biden took office, the overall price of energy is up 36 percent. The price of gasoline is up 46 percent. The price of natural gas is up 31 percent. The price of home heating oil and diesel fuel is up 49 percent. And the price of electricity is up 23 percent.”
How exactly do corporate liberals plan on switching to green energy without screwing over their working-class voters? Again, I realize corporate Dems love screwing over the working-class voters, gaslighting them and doing a whataboutism with Trump. That’s the playbook. But what exactly is the plan?
LumpyPillows
Yeah and more jobs have been created and the average wage has increased and the economy continues to grow…funny.
decrans
That’s what they say. But the facts also remain that energy bills have increased. Probably why the vast majority think the economy is headed in the wrong direction. (Shrugs)
Bosch
Energy prices are up, globally, because of Russia, not because of Biden. Follow current events much?
LegionKeign
Here’s some facts for your trump-loving butt:
“To be sure, gas prices are still down by 72 cents a gallon from a year ago. And the national average remains far from the record high of $5.02 a gallon last June.
Still, gas prices have increased by 8 cents over the past week.
Lipow blamed two powerful forces: OPEC and Russia cutting production, and extreme heat.
Since last fall, Saudi Arabia-led OPEC and Russia have announced plans to slash output by almost 5 million barrels per day through July, according to Lipow.”
From: CNN Gas prices just saw their biggest one-day increase in a year
PubisHairus
No, no, no. You all don’t know what you’re talking about. Decrans, The Transformer is being an economist today, so they know everything there is to know about the state of our economy.
More tax cuts for billionaires, please! I need that trickle down.
decrans
Yeah, some of it has to do with Russia. Some of it has to do with the fact that the DEMOCRATS HAVE NO ENERGY PLAN. They refuse to drill here and remain dependent on adversaries for energy needs (Russia, China.) Like most things out of the corp Dems mouth, they want that green energy. Any ideas how to get there, gang? So yeah, Bosch, some of it has to do with Russia. Some of it has to do with Biden not tapping energy reserves here and putting our chips in the hands of other global superpowers.
COTTONTOP
Please ignore the troll. Attention is what it seeks; don’t give any to it.
LifeinShaw
Gas prices jumped under Trump. Remember when Republicans complained that gas prices were too low under Obama and the oil companies were suffering? Trust me. Republicans are thrilled because big oil is making money hand over fist.
greekboy
Pence’s father owned a string of gas stations in Indiana. Pence and his bro, gov of Indiana, inherited them, ran them so ineptly that the went out of business. We are left with manyof those stations now being SUPER FUND sites. These sites are so polluted that the taxpayers have to pay to clean them up…millions of dollars per site. Fly hair will ignore any questions about this, even in an open forum. You think fly hair is trash, you ain’t seen nothing til you meet his brother
Kangol2
You are correct! The Pences are not just a political disaster but an economic and environmental one too!
COTTONTOP
Please ignore the trolls, folks. Ignore them and they go away. All they seek is attention; don’t give them any.
Openminded
OK Queerty, you’re no better than Pence on this one. You are both pretending to know what you are talking about. He DOESN’T have the “pump” in his hand. He’s holding the nozzle. There is no “handle” on a fuel dispenser. You remove the nozzle from the nozzle hook or nozzle boot. Not a big deal for average people to misidentify proper names for equipment, but really it’s not a big deal for Pence to “pretend” to be fueling a vehicle as a prop in a campaign commercial either. There are much larger and more important issues to be taken up against Pence than this minor blip. Numbers don’t lie either, fuel costs have risen under Biden’s watch so he does have a valid point.
abfab
You were in Grease Monkeys! What a turn on…you know so much about pumps. HE NEVER HAS VALID POINTS! WAKE UP.
abfab
VOTE PENCE! BE AN ASSHOLE!
mailliw110
Not sure why you don’t understand the subject of the story.
Openminded
@Abfab, I’m actually in the petroleum industry so yeah, I know a thing or two about fuel management. I”m wide awake and actually understand what the writer was attempting to do.
@mail110, I actually read the article and the basis of the story is trying to make Pence look stupid, which Queerty didn’t need to help him with, but by attempting it, they just showed how stupid they are.
I’m not supporting Pence here, I’m just stating the fact that so many people jump on a bandwagon without realizing the driver doesn’t know where he’s going.
barryaksarben
oh please wee all know he doesn’t have afukin clue as to what he is doing never has. Murders of reporters world wide went up tremendously during the orange clowns reign and that was because he supported the bloody prince’s murder of kashoggia and Putins poisoning of reporters – see you can make that correlation too.
abfab
@openminded
”….. I’m actually in the petroleum industry so yeah…” Let’s all take a guess…..The Petroleum Jelly Industry?
LumpyPillows
Seriously, if everyone should be terrified of the changes in our climate – the in your face changes – like Maui burning to the ground. Gas prices need to go way up to push people to change, because even the liberals continue to guzzle down the gasoline. Mike Pence misses the entire issue in one stupid ad made for the stupid masses.
abfab
Move to a hood with a high walk-score. Cars are so last century. 4 rubber tires. I’m not into GOD but really………..this is not how he saw us getting around. It’s like a bad animated cartoon. Life today is like a really bad B Movie………..and we have a few GOPers spearheading the parade.
Thank you FORD. Thank you FIRESTONE. Thank you STANDARD OIL.
decrans
And lumpypillows perfectly illustrates why corporate liberals are losing the messaging war. Gas prices should go up! The other side of the mouth: Protect the working-class. The other side of the mouth: We will change America to a green economy at some point. And we don’t have an overall plan on how to do this. The Democratic Party, gang! Y’all are a hoot-and-a-half.
LumpyPillows
The planet is burning and you worry about the message. You can’t fix what you won’t admit and you, my dear, are part of the problem. Pence is pandering to the mouth breathers, like decrans.
I generate more solar power than I use. I have an e-bike and do not own a car. I do live in a walkable city. I’ll be fine. Will your kids?
decrans
What is the message? What is the plan about how to achieve what y’all want to achieve? Same thing with liberals and mass gender transition care for children. A lot of trans youth are homeless. What is the plan to get a pipeline system in place to get these people the care they need? This is basic liberalism 101 and why I left that bankrupt ideology. You don’t have any idea about what to do just the same as the Republicans. That’s why I vote third party and/or don’t vote.
barryaksarben
oh you were in the oil industry – doesn’t matter the article is about how ridiculous this buttmunch looks. trying to look like an average Joe. You have terrible comprehension if you think the article was on his enegery plan. we all k now the. GOP hasn’t had an energy plan or a party platform for over a decade now. I know you were too busy in your energy job to probably know what a party platform is or how political commercials are supposed to work but Pence failed miserably in both areas. Let’s talk about. which party is trying to do ANYTHING for climate change and which party refuses to admit it is even happening. Yes, the dems are noting too slowly but the right is pushing to go backwards wanting to drill everywhere they possibly can and owe have seen how the resist supporting in any way any cleanup of any kind so the difference between the two parties is pretty glaring and the dems if not coming out smelling like a rose at least dont stink to high heaven like the GOP and its climate deniers
Brian
It’s fun to get a second round of laughs about that Dunkin Donuts post. He spent all of three seconds on it. The post lacks pretty much all of the basic things you’d expect from one of this campaign tour diner visits.
– You can’t see his face.
– He’s waiting at an empty counter.
– You never get to see what he ordered.
– He didn’t say what he ordered.
– He didn’t say if he enjoyed it.
It looks like a random candid photo of a nobody. Does he have *anyone* on his team besides his wife?
cuteguy
It looks like “Mother” does all the pumping, literally and figuratively.
DBMC
So Pence is going to take on the oil companies? Because they’re the ones setting gas prices.
decrans
Biden’s decision to stop importing Russian oil was the trigger for oil prices surging above $120/bbl. They have retreated from that level for now, but the inefficiencies involved in rerouting Russian imports and backfilling that oil kept up a premium on prices.
Peter
We haven’t forgotten he was VP/kissup to the worst president in history, a man so incompetent, amoral and traitorous he almost got away with destroying our democracy. The gas prices went down during blubberbutt’s years in office because of Covid, not because of any cogent energy policy. Trump destroyed the economy (and increased the deficit) like he did everything he touched, and Biden’s revived it, as all Democratic presidents do. Biden has little-to-no effect on gas prices; ever hear of the Middle East? But I despise Pence most for his phony Christianity and hatred of gays. And for the love of God, would someone please slap that stupid, smug look off his face? And where’s the fly when you need it?
DBMC
So much misinformation being spread on this site. Don’t take anything anyone says on these boards as gospel. There are a bunch of liars here.
decrans
If my facts are misinformation, refute those above-mentioned numbers then as opposed to virtue-signaling, Davey.
barryaksarben
Have to laugh at the troll who could not resist spreading the lie of mass children sex changes when we are talking about what a douche Pence is. they cant reisist since most of them are the. child molesters like the clergy and kids coaches and it turns them on to talk about kids transitioning. they get tiny little boners
DBMC
These trolls are insane. They claim to be SO concerned about children but you don’t see them doing anything about gun violence, which is that main cause of death among children.
decrans
I don’t see you doing anything to ensure a homeless trans teen’s transition is smooth when they show up on the doorstep of your shelter state. You donate $20 to the LGBT Center every Christmas? My god, you deserve a medal.
decrans
And here comes idiot Barry. Didn’t mention a god–mn thing about mass sex changes, you twit. I mentioned that y’all prattle on about the trans homeless youth while the progressive states have them in spades entrenched in the same poverty cycles for years on end. That’s your gun violence issues, you brainless hypocritical fool.
decrans
Here’s a fun fact from Bay Area Reporter: “The overwhelming majority (70%) of homeless LGBT people in San Francisco lived in the city before losing their housing.” You can’t blame it on The Evil Conservatives, Daveyboy. Once again, the phone call is coming from within the house. Get off your a$$ and pick up the god–mned phone, gang.
dbmcvey
Once again. Conservatives are triggered.
PubisHairus
I think all the conservatives in the Queerty comments are just one lonely person in Vietnam going through psychosis.
dbmcvey
I would not be surprised.
decrans
Once again, you want to lump everyone who disagrees with your lunacy as conservative. How quaint!
PubisHairus
How’s Vietnam this time of year?
Dwight
Can’t stand the guy or his “Mother.”
I’m guessing there were several takes and the tank got filled on one of the earlier ones and couldn’t hold any more.
abfab
Such a shame Miss Pency Poo wasn’t yapping on his cell phone………………KA-BOOM!