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brush

(53,776 posts)
2. It will never happen. That pious, obsequious, trump kiss ass...
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 12:21 AM
Aug 2020

will never get any closer to the WH than he is now.

And thank God for that.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
3. He'd be eclipsed by a cold bowl of oatmeal.
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 12:28 AM
Aug 2020

He is as dull as can be. He's an obsequious kissass. And he lies incessantly.

Silent3

(15,210 posts)
4. Not likely by being elected so, but I can easily see...
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 12:28 AM
Aug 2020

...that if Trump can't steal and bluster his way to a win, and can't effectively deny that he has lost, he could very well resign before the end of his term, in hopes of getting a pardon from Pence. That won't get him out of state charges that are likely headed his way, but it would free him from all federal changes.

So, yes, a President Pence for time time span between November 2020-January 20, 2021, that I can see.

PSPS

(13,595 posts)
6. Actually, it should read, "Handpicked by Paul Manafort at the direction of the Kremlin"
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 01:00 AM
Aug 2020

From: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/pence-exposed-as-part-of-manaforts-right-wing-trans-atlantic-conspiracy/

Pence exposed as part of Manafort’s right-wing trans-atlantic conspiracy
September 17, 2018 1:48 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg


The Justice Department documents said Yanukovych paid Manafort two million Euros, then equivalent to $2.5 million. Yanukovych is widely considered to be a corrupt puppet of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who ordered Russia’s pro-Trump interference in the election.


And Pence? Well, that’s a direct Manafort tie to Trump – not Ukraine — without all the go-betweens.

Trump originally planned to name then-Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., as his running mate. Manafort inserted Pence, then the governor of Indiana who was going down the tubes politically after companies and conventions fled the state due to Pence’s anti-LGBTQ law.

“Manafort had arranged for Trump to meet with his first choice for the job on July 13: Pence,” Yahoo News reported.” Afterward, the plan was for Trump and Pence to fly back to New York together and a formal announcement would be made, a campaign source said of Manafort’s thinking. Set on changing Trump’s mind, he concocted a story that Trump’s plane had mechanical problems,” forcing Trump to stay overnight in Indianapolis with the Pences. That clinched it.

Vogon_Glory

(9,117 posts)
7. The only way Mike Pence is likely to become President is if
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 07:57 AM
Aug 2020

what’s-his-name flat-lines between now and Inauguration Day.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)
8. Manafort helped pick Pence because he was campaign manager at the time VP picks are usually made
Thu Aug 27, 2020, 08:05 AM
Aug 2020

Whether Manafort’s Russian connections had anything to do with the selection of Pence or whether it was entirely coincidental is not yet known.

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