Report: Pence NH Trip Cancelled Because Drug Dealer In Attendance

The explanation for Vice President Mike Pence’s abruptly cancelled flight to New Hampshire may finally be coming clear — his team didn’t want him to shake hands with an alleged drug dealer.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1237148

Being the principled, upstanding Christian that he says he is I can understand Pence’s reluctance to associating with people of low character not named Trump.

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Hatch was warned about cavorting with known criminals, so Pence, in full Christian pity and piety, decided to stay away.

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“The explanation for Vice President Mike Pence’s abruptly cancelled flight to New Hampshire may finally be coming clear — his team didn’t want him to shake hands with an alleged drug dealer.”

Sheesh, I never could have gone anywhere if these rules were in place in the 70s.

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Oh please. They cancelled a trip and then were silent for weeks because they some how lacked the ability to have Pence not shake hands with someone? Anyone on the Pence team OR at the facility itself could have just said “Pence isn’t going to shake hands with Hatch” and that would have been it. But we’re supposed to believe that is the reason for weeks of stonewalling, an immediate plane turn-around and Pence rushing back to the White House?

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That is where he draws the line? How the hell does he shake hands with his devoted leader?

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What a dilemma!

If you suck up every waking moment to an alleged rapist and a certified racist and a sexual assaulter, is it OK to shake hands with an alleged drug dealer?

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I’m not buying it. So the DEA said, “we’ve got this dude under surveillance, so in order to not tip him off, need you to cancel your visit at the last second”.

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I get it, but Pence is a Trump employee.

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So Pence didn’t want to go to a recovery center because he might meet anyone with a substance dependency?

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Pence wanted him to go to rehab and he said no no no.

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Oh, for Heaven’s sake.

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“The explanation for Vice President Mike Pence’s [abruptly cancelled flight] to New Hampshire may finally be coming clear — his team didn’t want him to shake hands with an alleged drug dealer.”

How Christian of Pence.

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His handlers were afraid that American Bridge (a Dem PAC) was going to have somebody there.

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OT but India’s PM just called Trump a liar.

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But…but… but “The Jesus” mingled and cared for prostitutes, the sick, the lame, and the imprisoned, Mr. Very-White Christian…?

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Ok that I might be able to buy.

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O my fucking god! Thank god they quashed that.

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Modi could have told Trump he needed help with Burtlestanistan and Trump would have promised to look into it.

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