Is Mike Pence betting it will all come crashing down on Trump?

[DonViejo]

Is Mike Pence betting it will all come crashing down on Trump?

By Sarah Posner July 10 at 3:19 PM

Vice President Pence is spending considerable time cultivating big-money Republican donors at small, private events, including hedge fund managers and executives from brokerage houses, chemical giants and defense contractors, Kenneth P. Vogel reports at the New York Times. Many of these events, whose participants are kept secret from the media and are omitted from Pence’s public schedule, have been taking place at the vice-presidential residence at the Naval Observatory, as well as other nongovernment venues.

While cultivating support from deep-pocketed business interests is nothing new in GOP politics, Pence’s activities raise the question of whether he is doing this for Trump-Pence 2020 — or for himself. As Vogel’s piece points out, Pence’s intimate confabs with wealthy donors and conservative power brokers “have fueled speculation among Republican insiders that he is laying the foundation for his own political future, independent from Mr. Trump.”

All of this suggests something important about President Trump. Despite Pence’s protestations to the contrary, the vice president looks to be preparing for his own political future. Beyond this clear signal about his own political ambitions, Pence’s actions raise the question of whether he has lost confidence in Trump’s ability to come out of the Russia investigation unscathed.

This is not the first time that Pence, in his short tenure as Trump’s vice president, has sparked chatter about his political ambitions — unyoked from Trump. In May, Pence filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, forming his own political action committee, the Great America Committee, marking “the first time a sitting vice president has formed such a separate political arm,” NBC News reported at the time.

The Great America Committee is apparently not wasting any time. Vogel reports that last Thursday, it “held a reception for prospective donors at the Washington offices of the powerful lobbying firm BGR.”

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[emulatorloo]

1. Probably gonna come crashing down on Pence. He knew full well what Flynn was up to

with the Russians from day one. If Flynn hasn't flipped already he will.

[FM123]

2. If Trump goes down, Pence goes down too.

Pence is dirty too, so he shouldn't be getting too comfortable there...
After all Manafort hand picked him and served him up to Trump like Russian caviar.

[Raster]

3. of course he is. That's the only reason he joined tRump*...

...Holier-than-thou Pence* thought he could sidestep the poo when the shit went flying and pick up the pieces of the railed tRump* pResidency.

[Binders Keepers]

4. As much as I despise Flynn for his "Lock her up!" hypocrisy at the convention

I hope they allow him to cut a deal to bring down these mofo's.

[magicarpet]

5. Can't Pence use his political funds collected to pay down his legal fee if those fees are ....

..... directly related to his political problems ?

[Volaris]

6. I think your right

[Solly Mack]

7. I think he is and I also think Pence (and others) are trying to make it seem

as if Pence is spotless in all this.

Pence is dirty, too.