Pence’s Question
The words Mike Pence said were powerful but the way he said them was mild – he sounded like a man walking through a park, staring up at the sky, talking about a cloudy day.
Pence told about Trump telling him to throw out Biden’s Electoral College votes on January 6: ‘President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the Constitution. Anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be President of the United States. And anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be President again.’
He was telling Republicans Trump wanted to trample on the Constitution – but will they believe him?
Over a year ago John Bolton asked in a poll: Do you believe the election was stolen? Most Republicans – a majority – said yes.
Then John asked: Mike Pence told Trump throwing out Biden’s Electoral College votes was unconstitutional – he couldn’t do that. Was Mike Pence right or wrong? Most Republican voters said Pence was right – which sounds odd: How can a Republican say Biden stole the election then, in the next breath, say Pence shouldn’t throw out Biden’s Electoral College votes?
The answer’s subtle.
After reading John’s poll I asked a friend: Do you think the election was stolen?
He nodded. Yep. Absolutely.
Give me an example – how did Biden steal votes?
Not having an answer he laughed: Do I believe Democrats would steal an election – you bet I do.
He’d listened to Democrats tell lies about Trump, watched Democrats change laws to get more mail-in votes during Covid: The way he saw it that was tantamount to stealing the election. But, at the same time, he’d also watched Republican judges rule against lawsuits claiming Democrats stole votes in swing states, so he didn’t believe Democrats stuffed ballot boxes – and agreed with Pence that throwing out Biden’s Electoral College votes violated the Constitution.
The day Pence announced he laid the key question in the primary on the table in front of Republicans: Does Donald Trump respect the Constitution?
Did Trump answer Pence’s question? He ignored it.
What did the other Republican candidates say? No one said a word.
But you can bet Biden is going to talk about that issue – over and over – in the General Election.
Pence’s Question
The words Mike Pence said were powerful but the way he said them was mild – he sounded like a man walking through a park, staring up at the sky, talking about a cloudy day.
Pence told about Trump telling him to throw out Biden’s Electoral College votes on January 6: ‘President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the Constitution. Anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be President of the United States. And anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be President again.’
He was telling Republicans Trump wanted to trample on the Constitution – but will they believe him?
Over a year ago John Bolton asked in a poll: Do you believe the election was stolen? Most Republicans – a majority – said yes.
Then John asked: Mike Pence told Trump throwing out Biden’s Electoral College votes was unconstitutional – he couldn’t do that. Was Mike Pence right or wrong? Most Republican voters said Pence was right – which sounds odd: How can a Republican say Biden stole the election then, in the next breath, say Pence shouldn’t throw out Biden’s Electoral College votes?
The answer’s subtle.
After reading John’s poll I asked a friend: Do you think the election was stolen?
He nodded. Yep. Absolutely.
Give me an example – how did Biden steal votes?
Not having an answer he laughed: Do I believe Democrats would steal an election – you bet I do.
He’d listened to Democrats tell lies about Trump, watched Democrats change laws to get more mail-in votes during Covid: The way he saw it that was tantamount to stealing the election. But, at the same time, he’d also watched Republican judges rule against lawsuits claiming Democrats stole votes in swing states, so he didn’t believe Democrats stuffed ballot boxes – and agreed with Pence that throwing out Biden’s Electoral College votes violated the Constitution.
The day Pence announced he laid the key question in the primary on the table in front of Republicans: Does Donald Trump respect the Constitution?
Did Trump answer Pence’s question? He ignored it.
What did the other Republican candidates say? No one said a word.
But you can bet Biden is going to talk about that issue – over and over – in the General Election.