Why did Paul Manafort insist on Mike Pence? Was it just politics, or something else?
Do We Remember That Manafort Picked Pence? https://t.co/dLinGL5nYL via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 2, 2018
Tag: Mike Pence
Summit canceled
Apparently Trump’s feelings were hurt after the North Koreans said mean things! The Washington Post:
President Trump on Thursday canceled a planned summit next month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing “tremendous anger and open hostility” from the rogue nation in a letter explaining his abrupt decision.
“I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting,” Trump said to Kim in a letter released by the White House on Thursday morning.
Looks like Mike Pence shooting off his mouth is what blew things up!
Trump’s decision comes hours after North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, in remarks carried on the country’s official KCNA news service, said it would not “beg the U.S. for dialogue” and warned that it could make Washington “taste an appalling tragedy.”
Choe also called Vice President Pence a “political dummy” and criticized Pence’s recent suggestion that North Korea could end up like Libya if doesn’t come to the bargaining table.
“As a person involved in the U.S. affairs, I cannot suppress my surprise at such ignorant and stupid remarks gushing out from the mouth of the U.S. vice president,” Choe said.
Here’s his letter:
The letter from @POTUS pulling out of the Singapore summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un. pic.twitter.com/UsYxIBFiFS
— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) May 24, 2018
And here are some reactions:
https://twitter.com/AricHurkman/status/999660724795326464
https://twitter.com/BrianJOMalley/status/999659336011079681
https://twitter.com/LarryMurphyJr/status/999659318562697217
https://twitter.com/JeremyGreenlee/status/999660727240679428
⚡ U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday after President Donald Trump announced that the hotly anticipated summit next month with North Korea was cancelled.
The Dow Jones industrial average has fallen 170 points immediately after the announcement.
— $. €. Invest₹ust 🇮🇳 (@SterlingFincap) May 24, 2018
Mike Pence wants Mueller investigation to ‘wrap up’
I can see why Mike Pence wants the investigation to wrap up — because if he hasn’t been questioned by the Mueller team yet, that makes him a likely target. And that would make Mother very angry! (You wouldn’t like her when she’s angry.)
Whatever. All of a sudden, media types have removed the Teflon curtain and noticed that Mike Pence is a much bigger player than they thought — even though lowly bloggers have been pointing this out for three years.
NEWS: @VP Mike Pence tells NBC's @MitchellReports of the Mueller investigation: "In the interest of the country, I think it's time to wrap it up, and I would very respectfully encourage the special counsel and his team to bring their work to completion."
— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) May 10, 2018
.@JoeNBC reacts to Mike Pence's remarks on Mueller investigation pic.twitter.com/ONpApSxIBB
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) May 10, 2018
On October 28, 2016, Mike Pence tweeted: “.@realDonaldTrump and I commend the FBI for reopening an investigation into Clinton's personal email server because no one is above the law.” https://t.co/CzprEZCBBB
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 10, 2018
VP Pence has now brought his sycophancy to a whole new level. With questions concerning which senior transition officials were aware of Flynn’s secret talks w/ Russian Ambassador still unanswered and new revelations every day, investigation must continue without his interference. https://t.co/gXFdZVc15h
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 10, 2018
George Will goes for the kill:
"The oleaginous Mike Pence, w/ his talent for toadyism & appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public." And to vote for the "lickspittle" GOP is to "ratify groveling as governing." https://t.co/gIWTEsuYPk— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) May 10, 2018
Will Mike Pence be impeached or resign amid the Russia probe involving Trump? https://t.co/tPFyURLr9c
— Athena (@mskittytwo3) May 10, 2018
3/ The Cohen/Russian money also threatens Pence criminally. Vekselberg started paying in Jan 2017. My @Slate article offers timeline of Steele Dossier, Flynn and Kushner’s backchannel to Kremlin (Dec’16). Pence seems to have been part of cover-up. https://t.co/rUh4tkT9WK
— Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) May 10, 2018
I can’t wait until Mike Pence goes to jail
Today’s Trump-orchestrated propaganda stream came from the Cabinet meeting room, where another very creepy meeting was held for the benefit of uncritical cable news producers and propaganda outlets like Fox News. In addition to Ben Carson’s sacrilegious public prayer to begin progress toward slashing the social safety net, Mike Pence was called upon to sing Dear… Continue reading “I can’t wait until Mike Pence goes to jail”
Last night’s late breaking news
Pence has lawyered up. He hired the same guy crooked Tom DeLay did, if that tells you something.
- Jared Kushner’s business dealings are now under investigation by Bob Mueller. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
- There’s a new memo detailing how Trump asked NSA chief Mike Rogers to clear him of any collusion.
And oh, oops, a lobbyist for the Russians says he attended dinners hosted by… Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (aka Keebler Elf, The Evil Leprechaun, Rumpelstiltskin). Bet there won’t be many “thirds” on the cell block!
Under Trump, the future is voter suppression
Republicans have to lie, cheat, and steal to win. They suppressed 200,000 voters in Wisconsin alone, and Kris Kobach is the master of these dark arts:
WASHINGTON — A Kansas official who repeatedly has made unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud will help lead President Donald Trump’s new Commission on Election Integrity, sparking outrage among civil rights groups.
Trump on Thursday named Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach vice chairman of the commission. Vice President Mike Pence will serve as chairman.
The 12-member commission will review claims of improper registrations and voting, fraudulent registrations and voter suppression, White House officials told McClatchy.
“I’m very excited and honored to have this opportunity to serve the country,” said Kobach, who explained that Trump first asked him to serve on the commission in February. He pushed back on the idea that the commission was set up with the specific goal of validating Trump’s voter fraud claims.
“The commission does not begin with foregone conclusions,” he said. “All members of the commission are approaching it with an open mind. … The objective is to go where the facts lead us.”
Trump’s creation of the commission by executive order on Thursday — and Kobach’s role in particular — immediately drew fire from critics who called it a farce intended to perpetuate the president’s false narrative that millions of people voted illegally in November. They said the commission’s findings will be used to justify unnecessary restrictions on the right to vote.
“This commission is a fraud. And President Trump has chosen a fraud to be in charge of it,” said former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, a Kansas City Democrat who founded Let America Vote, a national organization dedicated to defending voting rights.