If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
That’s exactly what Mike Pence plans to do after Congress certifies President-elect Joe Biden’s win on January 6.
According to multiple sources, the one-term vice president will immediately depart on an extended “foreign trip” after he fulfills his constitutional duty of confirming the election’s winner.
Three U.S. officials tell Politico that Pence is planning to be gone for at least a week, possibly longer.
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Pence’s aides are keeping tight-lipped about the whole thing, but Politico managed to get a copy of at least a partial itinerary that shows the outgoing veep traveling to Israel, followed by Poland, with the possibility of more stops being added in the coming weeks.
Considering that Donald Trump still refuses to concede the race and, according to CNN, has told advisors he might refuse to leave the White House on January 20, Pence having to officially acknowledge Biden as the winner is most definitely going to cause some hard feelings inside the Oval Office.
“I suspect the timing is anything but coincidental,” an insider tells Politico. “By no means is this going to be an easy moment for the vice president or president to stomach.
The trip will mark the second time since Trump’s historic loss that Pence hightailed it outta Washington, D.C. to avoid his boss’ ire and/or cash in his PTO before he’s out of a job next month.
Almost immediately after the election was called for Biden in November, Pence and his wife, Mother, jetted off to Florida for a five-day, post-election vacation getaway on Sanibel Island.
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Cam
Most countries won’t even allow Americans in since Trump ad Pence have screwed up the Covid response so badly.
Roy Ajax
Trump tried to close borders early, it was the democrats that called him xenophobic. Trump said there would be a vaccine by end of year… and now we have it. How did he screw things up? He has no authority to tell each state how to handle the pandemic, that mess belongs to the governors.
kevininbuffalo
Pence will be going on a diplomatic passport at taxpayer expense.
MacAdvisor
“Trump tried to close borders early”
Utter hogwash and Trump propaganda. Trump barred entry by foreigners who had travelled in China in the past two weeks on February 11, but continued to allow foreign travelers from other countries, including Italy, until much later. Moreover, he allowed US travelers from China to continue to come and go without restriction.
Roy Ajax
MacAdvisor
You’re right, I shouldn’t have overstated. He did put in travel restriction for China and they were in line with other countries.
Derek Northcutt
Thank you, Roy Ajax, for pointing out speciously that Trump is really the hero of this story and that the public is just too ungrateful to recognise it. I am going into my room now to mainline some Clorox.
Den
1.The comments about xenophobia were not in reference to Trumps failed and attempt to close the border to china. Though it is well documented that thousands who were potentially infected were exempted from the ban for various reasons.
2. While his failed ban was in effect, most of the infections that spread around the country came in from Europe and passed through New York, This was proven from RNA mapping of the virus.
3.Trump failed by undermining pretty much all attempts to forge and enforce a national policy, as well as by disparaging all the public health measures that were proposed and worked in other parts of the world. And he did the same with our second and third surges in cases.
You really need to learn how to think.
barryaksarben
ROY AJAX boy you really know how to lie. Trump tried to close the borders for NON COVID reasons. It was his racism. He said COVID was a HOAX and he did nothing NOTHING to help people or to come up with a vaccine. He and his administration wanted nothing done and hoped for herd immunity which is impossible with the size of our population without millions of deaths but he did not care how many died. He did not attempt to close the border for white people and nations. You are a dumb as* troll who wastes everyones time on this site and are pathetic
MacAdvisor
Pence will be gone a week. When he returns, after participating in counting the ballots on January 6, there will still be another week to his term. He is hardly getting out of the country after his term ends.
barryaksarben
HE is a coward – always has been and he hates that he is forced to name Biden president and HE KNOWS Trump wont like it and will attack him so he is running hoping it wont be too bad because he wants to be president
Openminded
I think the headline is a mighty sensational description of a 7 day vacation myself. IDK if VP earns vacation days but I’m betting no one here would leave a job without burning thru their ETO days. Liberal or conservative, that would just be stupid.
WSnyder
This story is a bunch of hyperbole. It’s pretty obvious Pence is keeping his distance from Trump as much as he can. While the timing of his trips is always amusing, there’s nothing here to substantiate the ‘Flee the Country’ claim.
IMHO, Pence is feeling the pressure and on the high-wire of trying to balance Trump’s lunacy and keeping his political career viable. He’s seen Trump turn on people he perceives ‘disloyal’ and is weighing Trump’s influence on the GOP base VS. his [Pence’s] future. I for one, seriously hope he can’t sleep at nigh and the stress gives him an ulcer. He deserves it.
Den
Pence has little chance of a future career in politics. They hate him in his home state, and he lacks the charisma to succussfully run for a national high office. He breezed in on Trump’s coattails as the hard core evangelicals (25% of the electorate) love him. but pretty much everyone else sees him as a frigid robot.
dougie
Wouldn’t it be great if Pence would just decide to not come back – ever? Of course, there’s only a few places that would allow him to stay there. Maybe Russia, Poland, Hungary, Brazil. . .Their despots get along well with trump and his minions.
Openminded
In reality, your life nor mine would likely be changed one bit if Pence disappeared from the face of the earth at this moment. I’m not rallying for the man, don’t really like him myself, but I’m just so tired of all the queens on here making these stupid remarks.
yaletownman
Why doesn’t he just go and stay in Indiana? There is little chance that anyone that inhabits the intelligent universe will ever have to encounter him there and he does fit right in!
PSHank3
So he’s going on a vacation for a few weeks. So the hell what. Talk about a nothing bit of click-bait: shame on you, Queerty.
Den
Sadly, Graham Gremore is as reality challenged as most of the right wingers who comment here are.
That level of delusion and hyperbole is uncommon on the left, but for some reason Queerty allows him to write whatever he pleases no matter how far fetched.
I’d love to see Pence flee (though I’d also love to see a bitch fight between him and Trump!), so the actual article was a huge let down.
Larry
I recommend Russia or North Korea for him since those countries allow politicians to control every person’s thoughts.
Wheelerman
Poland? So he and mother can stay in their infamous LGBT- Free cities? And he can resist temptation? Bah,
blackhook
Princess Mike Pence may just be the biggest weirdo Trumpanzee in all the land!
Cozmo2
By queen.
ScottOnEarth
I’m sure this a-hole is going to Mykonos and leaving mother at home to bake hate-cookies.
BaltoSteve
I wonder if the rest of his itinerary shows an open ended ticket to a country that does not have an extradition treaty with the USA.
Mike Hunt
So, Pence is going to travel. Really, who cares what that old closet queen does?
GayEGO
So Mikey does not want to face Trump after he hands over the White House to Biden when he accepts the electoral votes. He knows Trump will be fuming and start tweeting about Pence as being disloyal to him.