Here’s the second prominent example in less than 24 hours of a Republican doing the right thing at the cost of losing their career.
Although … do we know for a fact that Mike Pence underst.
Here’s the second prominent example in less than 24 hours of a Republican doing the right thing at the cost of losing their career.
Although … do we know for a fact that Mike Pence understands that his career is over? Liz Cheney has known it for months; last night merely made it official. But Pence often resembles Bruce Willis in “The Sixth Sense,” a man who’s been dead for awhile and hasn’t figured it out yet.
Maybe the combination of Cheney’s landslide defeat and the GOP rallying around Trump after the search of Mar-a-Lago has at long last convinced him that he should let it rip in opposing MAGA. There’s no sense in him pulling his punches for political advantage in a Trumpified party. He’s never going to be president after perpetrating The Ultimate Betrayal on January 6. Now, maybe, he’s finally come to accept it.
Then again, he gave these remarks in New Hampshire. What’s he doing there?
“Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.” I’m not sure that’s true, but even if it is, saying so will cost him a few more points in the next 2024 primary poll. And since he’s only polling in the single digits, he doesn’t have many points to spare.
I really do think there’s a chance that Pence is gradually becoming more antagonistic to MAGA. It’s not just that he scolded them today for threatening the FBI or that he’s been campaigning for establishment candidates against Trump’s picks in GOP primaries.
