Mike Pence Is Rebuffed as He Tries to Rally G.O.P. Leaders Over ‘Deplorables’

[Imperialism Inc.]

Looks like the GOP realizes they don't want the conversation to be about the exact quantity of deplorables supporting Donald Trump.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/us/politics/mike-pence-campaign.html

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Mr. Pence struggled to press the attack: In separate news conferences, House and Senate Republican leaders declined to join Mr. Pence, the Indiana governor and vice-presidential nominee, in rebuking Mrs. Clinton over her remark.

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Mr. Pence faced resistance again when he met privately with Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas, neither of whom has endorsed Mr. Trump. Mr. Lee pressed the governor on his reluctance to denounce Mr. Duke and the so-called alt-right movement more explicitly, stressing “that Republicans must identify David Duke’s racism as deplorable,” according to Conn Carroll, a spokesman for Mr. Lee.

Mr. Pence was greeted warmly by Senate Republicans when he joined them for a lunch of Chick-fil-A sandwiches, but received a firm rebuke from John McCain of Arizona, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee. Calling Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president, “a thug and a butcher,” Mr. McCain said Mr. Trump’s embrace of the autocratic ruler was unacceptable, according to a Republican official present who also insisted on anonymity.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Pence is such a tool.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. ... and a puppet

[Greywing]

5. This made me LOL ... Thank you for posting it!

[scarletwoman]

6. My goodness, Trump has such tiny hands! nt

[Thinkingabout]

2. It is good to call out their nominee for failing to recognize David Duke for whom he is.

Trump has run his campaign on hate, started off with Mexicans and Muslims and continues to attack anyone in his path.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Seeing a major internal dispute

festering within the Rethugs. McGrumpy has his Ego to preserve,and he is one nasty twerp when pissed off. Watch for some major grandstand event coming out of Johnny Boy and it will not be pretty.