This why Pence is fighting his subpoena???

[KS Toronado]

[NH Ethylene]

1. That does not surprise me at all.

He is a coward.

[kairos12]

2. That's about it.

[C_U_L8R]

3. He is a co-conspirator.

Still is. And should be treated like one.

[calimary]

35. And a chickenshit.

He held off because he thought the fucking Insurrection might actually work.

WEASEL!!!

CHICKENSHIT WEASEL!!!

FUCKING DAMN CHICKENSHIT WEASEL!!!!!

[Maraya1969]

54. If he wasn't thinking about doing what tfg wanted why did he call

up his lawyers and staff to talk about all of it the day before?

From PBS: "Pence spent hours huddling with staff, including his general counsel, Greg Jacob. He studied the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which governs the proceedings, and met with the Senate parliamentarian to understand his role. He also received outside counsel, including from former Vice President Dan Quayle."

Those are not the actions of someone who had already made up his mind. It looks like he was trying to find a way to stop the certification legally but he couldn't because it is not legal or constitutional

[area51]

57. +1 n/t

[True Blue American]

61. I think they call that

CYB in police circles. He made sure he was protected on both sides.

[Maraya1969]

69. CYB? I even tried to look it up and there are several meanings

[True Blue American]

77. I changed the A:)

Did not think it was suitable for DU!

[Maraya1969]

78. I still don't get it! CAB BAC ABC??????

LMNOP????

[True Blue American]

79. OK

Butt! as in cover your!

[calimary]

76. Hell, even Dan Quayle showed integrity that day!

Never thought I’d find myself saying something like that!

[33taw]

4. I am not sure I agree with this. I think he is trying to appease the MAGA voters.

Pence can’t afford to lose them for any future run for office.

I don’t believe the coup was failing until Pence called in the National Guard.

[Ray Bruns]

10. He's already lost them. There's no way any of them will vote for him, ever.

[patphil]

14. I agree. He lost them when he presided over the count of the electoral vote.

[33taw]

46. Probably true, but I don't think we were winning the coup attempt until the National Guard arrived.

[uponit7771]

74. +1,

[Whiskeytide]

58. He forever lost those votes somewhere between "Hang" and "Mike Pence". n/t

[GreenWave]

5. He might really get hanged.

Please do not say "hung".

[chicoescuela]

12. Guaranteed he is not hung

[pandr32]

17. LMAO!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. As much as I loathe Pence, I give him a teeny bit more credit than that.

[Qutzupalotl]

7. I don't think this is accurate.

What is the source of their claim?

[emulatorloo]

23. Speculative hyperbole, conspiracy theory and 'mind-reading' as far as I can tell.

[PCIntern]

8. On top of everything else ....

I think he’s afraid for himself and his family.

[Ray Bruns]

9. Mike Pence was being interviewed on NBC news last night.

I couldn’t get hit the last button on my remote fast enough.

[GoCubsGo]

11. I'm thinking he's using it as cover to protect himself from the MAGA cult.

These are the same people who tried to kill him, and he can't have himself looking like he wants to help take out Dear Leader. Ultimately, I believe he will give up his subpoena fight, but not without a "They're making me do it" act. He wants Trump gone as much as everyone else, but it's not in his interest to let Trump's fan club know that.

[emulatorloo]

20. Articulated way better than I did.

[calimary]

36. Yep. I can see that, easily.

His main interest was hedging his bets. And covering his anemic beached-whale chickenshit ass.

[agingdem]

38. If the mob had succeeded in hanging Pence,

Trump would have declared martial law thereby stopping the transfer of power...a dead Mike Pence was worth more to Trump than a live one...and if Pence had even the hint of a spine, he would honor the subpoena...

[GoCubsGo]

42. In the end, I believe he will honor it.

I think he just wants the appearance that he's being forced into it. Pence is still worth more to Trump dead now, as he was then, but only because his testimony could help put Trump away. Yes, he absolutely is spineless, in this case it's somewhat understandable. Not that I have any sympathy for him.

[agingdem]

53. Four years as Trump's willing lackey,

Pence knew exactly the vicious revenge-fueled hell Trump would rain down on him if he didn't obey Trump's command...when (?) he testifies I suspect DOJ lawyers will concentrate their questions on the weeks leading up to January 6...what did he know and when did he know it...

[barbtries]

13. yes.

he likes to portray himself as a man of conviction, but it's all bullshit. he's a man of misogyny, racism, hypocrisy, and greed. you know, a republican.

i hate republicans

[Emile]

15. Anyone with common sense can see that.

[KPN]

16. This should not be an oh, snap for anyone. It was always this. Mike Pence is about Mike Pence ...

and he believes God is on his side. If he genuinely cared, he would already have testified to Congress. May he rot in hell.

[emulatorloo]

18. I don't believe this meme. He's fighting it just to stay in Maga voters good graces.

That’s his only concern. When he is forced to testify by courts, then he can claim to the MAGA base he didnt want to.

He already wrote about Trump pressuring him in his book. I think maybe he assumes hard core MAGA doesn’t read books?

I tend not to get my news/opinions from memes. Not a fan of occupydemocrats anyway, but YMMV.

[smb]

25. He's A Complete Idiot, Then

The MAGAtroids still want to hang him for "betraying" Orange Julius Caesar.

[emulatorloo]

26. Yep, you are absolutely right.

[gab13by13]

19. Mike Pence is fighting the subpoena for 1 main reason,

he is afraid for his life and his family's life.

Unless one has been in a position to take on powerful people, one has no idea the pressure involved.

[allegorical oracle]

34. If that's the case, maybe he ought to leave politics. He's partly responsible for the rampant

violence directed at politicians. He's mealy-mouthed and can't even take action unless "mother" tells him he can.

[Hope22]

49. And he doesn't give one $#@t about the women of this country

Who will die from lack of safe health care and access to contraceptives.

[twodogsbarking]

21. Just remember Mike, you go to hell for lying.

[bluesbassman]

50. Except as an evangelical, he's confident he has a "get out of Hell free" card.

They can engage in any illegal, immoral, egregious activities and behavior, ask for forgiveness and start all over. Perhaps that’s true, and a “just” God allows it. But one has to ask oneself, if the God they claim to follow would actually allow such duplicitous behavior, exactly how does that constitute a “just” God?

[twodogsbarking]

63. I was being facetious. I believe in people.

[c-rational]

22. Bingo. K&R. Nailed it.

[dlk]

24. He desperately searched for cover to do the wrong thing to overturn the election

When he couldn’t find it, Pence did the right thing as a last resort; not exactly a profile in courage.

[tanyev]

30. Even called Dan Quayle, who gave him an emphatic no.

“Over and over, Pence asked if there was anything he could do.

“‘Mike, you have no flexibility on this. None. Zero. Forget it. Put it away,’ Quayle told him.

“Pence pressed again.

“‘You don’t know the position I’m in,’ he said, according to the authors.

“‘I do know the position you’re in,’ Quayle responded. ‘I also know what the law is. You listen to the parliamentarian. That’s all you do. You have no power.’”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/politics/dan-quayle-pence-trump-january-6-woodward-costa-book/index.html

Never thought I’d have to give Dan Quayle some props, but here we are.

[mjvpi]

40. Why didn't Quayle go to the FBI? I think Barr needs to answer what/when questions.

[SomedayKindaLove]

56. ihe surrealist thing about the end of the Trump regime?

Dan Quayle saved democracy.

[True Blue American]

62. Quayle

Could not spell potato but saved Democracy! Classic example of how the media has dumbed us down.

[Bettie]

27. Yep, he's a weasel

no offense to actual weasels.

[agingdem]

28. so if he actually testifies and tells the truth,

then he can kiss his phony hero status goodbye..if it wasn't for Dan Quayle, Richard Cullen (Pence's outside counsel), and Judge Michael Luttig, Pence would have done Trump's bidding...

[republianmushroom]

29. A true politicians, Pence, change direction in a heart beat.

[Joinfortmill]

31. Yup

[dchill]

32. If Dan Quayle knows it's wrong, get a clue!

[allegorical oracle]

33. Because he is a low-IQ, narcissistic opportunist. nt

[AverageOldGuy]

37. The subpoena should have been addressed to . . .

. . . Mother. She's the one in the family with balls.

[mjvpi]

39. Exactly. Why didn't someone go to the FBI as soon as they heard about the coup plot?

No body who knew about the plot and said nothing should be a part of our government. There are Senators and Congressmen who this applies to as well. I would like my Senator, Steve Daines, to be asked those same questions. He was all set to challenge the vote until the coup failed.

[KS Toronado]

51. Exactly

What was there 139 R Reps & 8 R Senators who knew about attempting to overturn the election? Well that's
the number who voted against certifying the votes, so there was probably some who didn't want to stick
their neck out for a lie. All elected Rs were more than likely aware what Тяцмp was attempting to do, and
just like the Occupy Democrat's Meme states "He didn't call the FBI" neither did any other Rs that I'm aware of.
My Sen. Roger Marshall was one of the 8.

[Ponietz]

41. It is obvious the FBI itself was waiting to see if the coup would succeed

I’m just someone 2000 miles away sitting in his living room and watching news reports in the weeks and days leading up to the coup attempt but I know Barney Fife could have done better than the hand-picked Wray. Don’t gaslight me about the FBI. Same guy’s in charge there today.

[triron]

67. Yes something smells.

[PortTack]

43. That's exactly what he did..and thinking about it, that's always what he's done!

[Wounded Bear]

44. He was about to be ousted from his gov-ship of Indiana when he hitched his star to the trump train..

He's a weasel hanger-on, not a leader.

[lambchopp59]

45. "I'm a chiseler, a conservative and a repuglican, in that order"

I think I got the quote right.

[Schmice3]

47. Go to the head of the class

[Cha]

48. Yeah, 100% Chicken Shit.. that draws

flies.

[AllyCat]

55. Pence is a coward. He may have caved at the last second,

but he did NOT do the right thing for 4+ years, and certainly not as the plan was hatched to squash our country.

F him.

[stillspkg]

59. Get out of Hell Free

For sale on Randy Cassingham’s, thisistrue.com.
Pack of 100 for $10
There must be at least that many Republicans who will jump at this. Pence and others can just be told they might need this since it’s about as valuable as their version of the gospel.

https://www.secure.thisistrue.com/product/goohf-cards/

[bucolic_frolic]

60. A very weak sycophant without a moral rudder

[PatrickforB]

64. Mike Pence is a chickenshit weasel.

He has no spine, no guts.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

65. During an interview Pence said, "I don't want to testify against President Trump."

That's funny. I thought he was working for us. Or U.S.

"Protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic" must mean "Protect and defend Donald Trump at all costs" in his mind.

[Woodwizard]

66. Is there actual proof of this or is it just a meme?

Many reasons for Pence to fight the subpoena like appeasing the base for his deluded presidential ambitions, the GOP just wants Jan6 to fade away.

I really hate all these declarations without any backup context, it is just a yelling match confirming feelings. Enough of that on FB.

[KS Toronado]

70. At this point it's probably speculation by Occupy Democrats

but common sense tells us that as V.P. he had to be aware of Тяцмp's nefarious schemes to stay in power.

[Woodwizard]

71. Speculation exactly, just a junk post. Seeing a lot of it lately.

[KS Toronado]

72. "he had to be aware of Тяцмp's nefarious schemes to stay in power."

Have a nice day.

[Woodwizard]

73. That has been a given since before Jan6, the meme is just that a meme, taking up space.

My whole point here is DU is just basically turning into a spam site preaching to the choir with non content posts.

Been here since Bush it is going downhill.

[Martin68]

68. I think Pence just want his purported base to see him as a fighter, and a victim of liberal

persecution. He is a spineless, wishy-washy Trump ass-kisser who wants to shed the image. Good luck with that!

[Polybius]

75. Because almost no one wants to go to Wahington and appear before the Senate and take questions

It's annoying.