'At Least 16 Reasons Pence Repelled Suburban Women of America His Ticket Desperately Needs To Win'

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At least 16 reasons Pence repelled the suburban women of America his ticket desperately needs to win. By Kerry Eleveld, Daily Kos, Oct. 8, 2020.



If suburban women heard it once during the vice presidential debate on Wednesday, they heard some version of it more than a dozen times. "Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking," Sen. Kamala Harris said, as she fought through Mike Pence's verbal badgering to make the point that Donald Trump lied to the country about how lethal the coronavirus is.

Pence's manner wasn't nearly as bellicose as the disastrous performance Trump gave during last week's presidential debate, but he still repeatedly talked over Harris and sought to steal her time throughout the hour-and-a-half debate. MSNBC reported Thursday morning that Pence had interrupted Harris at least 16 times—giving the suburban women the Trump-Pence ticket so desperately needs at least 16 reasons to stick with the Biden-Harris ticket.

It's not like it was a small transgression. When debate moderator and USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page laid out the ground rules for the evening, she stipulated that Harris and Pence would have two minutes to respond to each question "without interruption." In fact, in an effort to preempt another debate circus, Page reminded both candidates that they had two minutes to respond "without interruption" or "uninterrupted" no less than 13 times.

But Pence, with all that honest-to-goodness white male privilege of his, clearly figured the rules didn't apply to him. He talked over Page, he talked over Harris, and frankly, Harris repeatedly lobbied to be afforded more time after Pence siphoned away her precious seconds. In fact, some of Harris' biggest zingers came after she fought for extra time to make her points. Roughly 30 minutes into the debate, as Harris reminded viewers that Trump was in court "right now, trying to get rid of" the Affordable Care Act, Page started to cut her off...

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1. How can anyone support these lying thugs, who don't allow anyone else any time to respond,

who cut off others' attempts to interject thoughtful comments of their own into a conversation? Pence and trump both told viewers by their mannerisms just how they feel about other Americans and their voices. In short, other Americans don't have a voice. They won't allow anybody else to speak but the two of them alone. How pathetic. Government is by the people, for the people, and created by the people. Not for thugs like this.

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