Mike Pence’s fealty to Donald Trump expired on January 6, when the obsequious vice president refused to help his aggrieved boss overturn the election.
And now, the ex-VP’s own words may ultimately bring his former boss down.
Trump was indicted on four charges Tuesday pertaining to his efforts to retain power after the 2020 election: one count of conspiracy to violate rights, one count of conspiracy to defraud the government, and one count each of obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to do so.
While prosecutors relied on a wide array of resources to make their case, Pence or the office of the vice presidency is referenced more than 100 times in the 45-page indictment. That’s right, more than 100 times in just 45 pages.
According to the document, Pence took “contemporaneous notes” about Trump and his allies’ attempt to subvert the election results.
One of the most damning exchanges outlined occurred on January 1, when Trump eviscerated Pence for opposing his authority. “You’re too honest,” Trump told Pence, according to his notes.
Trump wanted Pence to decertify the election results on January 6. When he didn’t, the angry mob that stormed the capital chanted they wanted to hang him.
And therein lies Pence’s biggest problem in the GOP presidential primary: he has no supporters. The MAGA crowd loathes him, even though he acquiesced to Trump for nearly the entirety of his term.
Currently, almost 55% of Americans hold an unfavorable view of the gay-hating politician. A recent New York Times/Siena poll found Pence garnering support from just 3% of Republican voters.
Trump, meanwhile, is obliterating the field with 56% of the vote.
Weird how Mike Pence is struggling with the “hang Mike Pence” party
— SDocker (@schmotdocker) July 15, 2023
Stuck with no constituency and miserable fundraising numbers, Pence is doubling down on his opposition to Trump. “On January 6th, former President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the Constitution, and I always will,” he said in a statement.
A quick perusal through social media shows the futility of that strategy. Choosing the Constitution over Trump will probably only cause Pence’s poll numbers to sink even more. (By the way, Pence knew about Trump’s attempted coup for months and didn’t alert authorities, leading one to surmise he only found his conscience at a politically opportune time.)
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) August 2, 2023
No one is voting for you.
— TONY™️ (@TONYxTWO) August 2, 2023
Was it worth it, Mikie? pic.twitter.com/K6KJ6UYu2x
— wyntre (@Wyntre999) August 2, 2023
He will never have our respect.
— Carrie ❤️ America 🇺🇸 (@carrieksada) August 2, 2023
He is a coward and a traitor.
Cringe
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) August 2, 2023
The indignity of serving four years at Trump’s side alienated Pence from the never-Trump corners of the GOP; and in an ironic twist, his decision to finally act with his conscience alienated him from the rest of Republicans.
Up this point, Pence’s presidential campaign has been downright pathetic, with the homophobic former governor getting mocked at every turn.
You are the saddest human ever.
— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) May 17, 2023
Pence is going down in the GOP primary, and it looks like he might bring Trump with him.
Who says he’s never screwed another man?
Coward pic.twitter.com/lj4pgd19zx
— Bella LaRue 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@Bellas1HissyFit) August 2, 2023
If his campaign wasn’t over before he can certainly kiss it goodbye now.
— Pattonator (@Pattonator2) August 2, 2023
🤔 He has a lot to say now
— Consultant Konnect Svcs Llc (@ConsultantKct) August 2, 2023
Did he finish that statement with, “but I will gladly vote for Trump in November.”?
— Robert G. Graves (@RggnycRobert) August 2, 2023
I don’t see how he could continue to serve under a president who demanded that he violate his oath. If Pence was a competent leader he’d have rallied the cabinet to invoke the 25th to protect us. Or he should’ve resigned after J6. He did neither.
— Tate Linden (@TateLinden) August 2, 2023
dbmcvey
A truly disgusting title.
abfab
OH MOTHER!! Where EVER did I put my dainty, little towel charm!? I am SO beside myself! I’m meeting the boys for a day of summer frollicking down by Lake Indiana! They have a sling, I mean a SWING hanging from the sweet fragrant Magnolias! No, you can’t join us, Mother!”
abfab
Pence says ‘crackpot lawyers’ told Trump what he wanted to hear
He also didn’t rule out testifying at Trump’s future trial.
ByLibby Cathey ABCNEWS
August 2, 2023, 11:42 AM
CRACKPOT! He’s so homespun, that boy is. Just a treasure!
Mister P
I think the title is funny.
dbmcvey
Pence is a terrible person, smug, pious, hypocritical. He will never be President and is delusional to be in the race but he did not “screw” Trump. Trump is perfectly capable of doing that to himself.
FreddieW
He’s a “terrible person”, you say. But he put the Constitution ahead of his boss, and Trump thinks he’s “too honest”.
He’s a conservative Christian, but he isn’t a “terrible person”. Lots of us have conservative Christian families that don’t hate us, and maybe lots of us don’t hate them, either.
DBMC
Freddie,
He has a long history of fighting against gay rights. He did this one thing that was good but it doesn’t erase his history and he’s still fighting against us.
DBMC
2000: During his congressional campaign, Mike Pence said, “Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal legal status with heterosexual marriage.”
2000: Pence also supported the reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act only if federal dollars were excluded from organizations who “celebrate” and “encourage” behavior that facilitates spreading of the HIV virus. Further, Pence supported this reauthorization only if “those institutions provided assistance to those looking to change their sexual behavior”, an off-the-cuff endorsement for ex-gay conversion therapy.
2004: Mike Pence co-sponsored a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would define marriage as solely between one man and one woman.
2007: Pence voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
2010: Mike Pence voted against the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal which allowed LGBT Americans to openly serve their country in military service.
2012: Pence refused to say on the record if he supported a same-sex couple raising a child together.
2014: Gov. Pence supported HJR-3, a bill to add an amendment banning same-sex marriage to Indiana’s Constitution.
2015: Governor Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in a closed-door ceremony surrounded by special interest lobbyists.
2015: Governor Pence said on ABC’s “This Week” that it was “absolutely not” a mistake to sign RFRA, throwing Indiana into a $250 million economic panic and putting Indiana’s “Hoosier Hospitality” reputation in jeopardy.
2015: Even after his approval rating plummets from RFRA, Mike Pence on July 22 told the media he is “studying” the issue of LGBT rights and whether or not he’d support across the board protections for the LGBT community.
FreddieW
You know, gay rights isn’t the only issue in the United States. I have real concerns that these 80-something people in our government (in both parties) are going to get us into an existential crisis. So I’ll take a conservative Christian with principles and a clear head, if no young or middle-aged Democrats are willing to challenge their increasingly imbecile leader for the presidential nomination.
DBMC
Gay rights isn’t the only issue and all of the Republicans are on the wrong side of all the other issues. The stupid way you’re thinking is why Trump won the election against Hillary Clinton (who is no progressive liberal). Stupid thinking that a protest vote won’t hurt the entire country is why we have the make up of the current Supreme Court. Biden is the most centrist person running. That you would risk the entire country and all the achievements of people before you is just idiotic thinking.
And Gay rights may not be the only issue but it’s a damn important one.
FreddieW
I voted for Hillary Clinton because she wasn’t Trump. That was the argument they used again 4 years later, and again for this upcoming election. Do you not see that you’re being played by the DNC? I saw it when Pete Buttigieg dropped out because homophobic, establishment Democrats convinced him that Biden was the best option.
I’m never voting along party lines again. I’m voting for the person. Of the people running today, Mike Pence has the least negatives, in my opinion. All of your arguments about what he believes won’t convince me otherwise. I know what he believes. I was raised Southern Baptist in Memphis, Tennessee. I know lots of people who believe like he believes.
But again, I am perfectly willing to vote for Pete or Amy Klobuchar or any other moderate Democrat who isn’t geriatric. But they must announce their candidacies.
DBMC
They’ve already said they’re going to come after Obergefell and you’re going to vote for a fundamentalist Christian conservative. Stupid.
I’ll vote for Biden because he’s not Trump, or DeSantis, or Pence, they’re all bad.
ALL Republicans currently running with a few exceptions are right wing religious zealots and they will vote with their party even if they’re not. Its not a matter of “voting for parties” which is a stupid argument, it’s that everyone in the Republican field is bad and Biden is not.
abfab
FreddieW, how old are you?
FreddieW
I’ve told you before, abfab. I’m 59. How old are you? What gender are you, and are you L, G, B, or T?
dbmcvey
Freddie, that you are 59 and supporting a party that wants to take away your rights shows just how stupid you are.
What a shameful useful idiot you’ve decided to be.
abfab
Lame Freddie.
abfab
FreddieW
”You know, gay rights isn’t the only issue in the United States.” WOW! Someone give this troll a degree!
VOTE PENCE
FreddieW
“He has no supporters.”
Not exactly true. I’m voting for him in the Republican primary, unless a moderate Democrat under 70 announces his or her candidacy.
DBMC
So, you’re voting for a conservative who has a long history of being anti-gay and continues to be so. Stupid gay person.
FreddieW
His acceptability is a product of the abysmal choices. And if you’re voting for a senile old man just because he’s a Democrat, then right back at you — “stupid gay person”.
DBMC
Biden, whatever age, is better than any of the Republican alternatives. He’s done pretty well for the country and for us. Voting for someone who has made a large part of his career on putting down gay people. A religious zealot who believes God wants him to put down gay people.
You’re a kapo.
FreddieW
I don’t know what a “kapo” is, but no, Biden “at any age” isn’t better than any Republican. He is well on his way to joining Diane Feinstein and Mitch McConnell in vegetative stupor.
abfab
”a moderate Democrat under 70 ”
You’re so demanding. And gullible. Could you be any more vague.
DBMC
There’s an easy way to find out what a kapo is, why don’t you look it up before you become an actual one.
DBMC
If something happens to Biden someone will become President who isn’t intent on taking away our rights, filling the Supreme Court with conservative activist judges, and continuing the fascist shift currently popular in the Republican Party.
Mike Pence will be trying to do all those things, and, if something happens to him someone just as bad will be Vice President.
So stupid.
abfab
Senile, Freddie? So, Dr. FreddieW is now a geriatric expert. You’re dangerous.
Mack
@FreddieW, I too, was raised in a Southern Baptist Church in Memphis and that was the reason I left that bigoted and racist city. But to support someone who thinks you’re “lesser than” is pathetic just because someone else doesn’t do what you want 100%. You’ll get what you deserve if one of the right wingers becomes president, I’m not long for this world since I’m in my late 70’s but I’ll still go down fighting for my rights. You’ve given up for something other than your rights. You must be a punk kid who hasn’t had to fight for your rights.
Kangol2
FreddieW, your reasoning really is atrocious. Not only is Mike Pence rabidly homophobic, but he also has supported 99% of Don the Con’s policies, INCLUDING the lie about the 2020 election until the 11th hour, when he finally found some conscience (and godliness, in his mind), and decided to buck Don the Con and instead follow the Constitution. He nevertheless was defending Don the Con right up till recently, or wavering, depending upon the audience.
So you are announcing to all of us that you are going to vote for a far-right wing Republican Christian fanatic, over EVERY OTHER REPUBLICAN, let alone Biden. Got it! Lord help you for throwing your vote away like that, but hey, it’s your vote.
Also, PS: A reminder that Mike Pence initially oversaw Don the Con’s Covid-19 response, and was a complete disaster. Does no one else remember just 3 years ago? Did the pandemic wipe away everyone’s memory?
FreddieW
Nice to meet you, Mack. I still live in Memphis. I’m happy that you fought for gay rights, and thank you for doing so. But frankly, it doesn’t give you the right to sit in judgment of life experiences of younger gay men. I was a self-righteous Christian fool in my younger days, but nobody has ever described me as a punk.
dbmcvey
Freddie,
Thanking someone for supporting gay rights when you have said you’ll vote for someone who wants to take away our rights is just baffling.
WTF is wrong with you?
FreddieW
dbmcvey, I think what’s wrong with me, from your perspective, is that I was thinking for myself before I came out and reclaimed the habit after the first few years of jumping on the liberal bandwagon because of my identity. So I’m back in the middle somewhere. I don’t feel obligated to carry around the full basket of left-wing causes or vote for senile relics because the DNC is nominally pro-LGBTQIA.
FreddieW
And forgive me, I left out the +. LGBTQIA+.
abfab
Well, FreddieW, it’s the thought that counts.
abfab
”I am very supportive of Donald Trump’s call to temporarily suspend immigration from countries where terrorists influence and impact represents a threat to the United States”. -Mike Pence
”Donald Trump gets it: he’s the genuine article. He’s a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers. And when Donald Trump does his talking, he doesn’t tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness” Mike Pence
Go for it Freddie.
Kangol2
Pence is horrific, though he did show some courage and conviction on January 6, 2021. But let’s not forget, Don the Con’s goons wanted to “HANG MIKE PENCE” and within weeks Pence was back to defending Don the Con. That’s what a moral jellyfish that man is!
abfab
He went scurrying thru the halls and went into the closet with Josh Hawley.
cuteguy
The title should’ve been that even though Pence doesn’t masturbat€ but he sure screwed himself.
It couldn’t have happen to a worst guy, unless it’s Meatball Ron
abfab
Yeah, right, that would have been a great headline. Start your own blog and get back to us…..
Fahd
Well, Pence is a pathetic hate-monger and a loser, and I can’t believe that some of those January 6th types haven’t made attempts on his life – maybe it’s coming, –but where would the U.S. be if he hadn’t “”found his conscience” or listened to his own non-crackpot lawyers in those last days? Remember a majority of House Senate Republicans then supported and still support the Big Lie. Also, I think Chris Christie is polling even worse than Pence. Let him fade into Dan Quayle obscurity. Looking forward to a Democratic victory in November 2024….please God.
trell
Just playing Devil’s Advocate here (and personally, I think he is an odious crawly bumlick)
But so far, he seems to be the only high profile GOP republican who has stepped forward against the big orange ballsack, and decided to do the ‘right’ thing. Regardless of his motivations, this can only be a good thing and might end this political cheesy reality show drama that seems to be dragging on and messing up the US. The fact that he was also VP throughout Trump’s presidency means that his words and accounts have more weight in the criminal proceedings, and maybe he is not going to ever be POTUS, but at least he is doing something that will have a damaging impact on the MAGAs.
DBMC
No, Mitt Romney did as well. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger did and paid the political price.
Pence, like Christie, on the other had stood by Trump up till this, and still didn’t criticize him up until now, despite Trump’s followers threatening to kill him.
He deserves praise for doing his job correctly under extreme circumstances but that doesn’t mean we can forget who he is.
Kangol2
So did Chris Christie. And numerous other Republicans, including the governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu, etc.
Also, don’t forget that Pence has wavered repeatedly on criticizing Don the Con, even after Don the Con’s goons called for Pence to be hanged on January 6, 2021, and when Don the Con heard about it on that day, he basically agreed with the treasonous failed coup participants about killing his sitting Republican Vice President!
Again, I don’t know if people have forgotten this or not, but it’s another reason Don the Con should be rotting behind bars!
Jim
Wait wait didn’t Trump screw him??
Mack
He tried. He had the crowd ready to do it if they found him.
Flamingo Falls
I feel sorry for him. No, I don’t! The boot-licker got just what he deserved.
JRamonMc
There is any number of reasons to hate Mike Pence, but I will give him credit for standing up to Donald Trump at the most important point in history when the decision mattered. I don’t support him or his stances in politics, but he supported the constitution and democracy during one of the biggest crisis’s of our nation.
abfab
Hey Mike! Someone just gave you credit! Wow. Credit.
xanadude
I think it’s cute that he thinks by turning on Trump now (though it IS the right thing to do: tell the truth) is going to get him elected President.
ralphb
Does anyone remember that he had to call Dan Quayle, of all people, for advice? If Pence was so righteous, he wouldn’t need to ask for advice. He would have known what he was asked to do was wrong.
abfab
It was his only buddy pal good ole boy from Indiana…..