Report: Trump Told Pence He Could Go Down In History As ‘A Patriot’ Or ‘A Pussy’ | Talking Points Memo

In a last ditch effort to convince his vice president to support an effort to stop Congress from reaffirming Joe Biden’s electoral victory last week, President Donald Trump reportedly told Mike Pence that he could either be remembered in history as “a patriot” or “a pussy.”


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What a macho man.

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I think Trump fails to realize that even Mike Pence probably assigned those descriptors to the opposite actions Trump did, given Trump’s bullying behavior if nothing else.

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The ever classy Donald Trump.

This has been mentioned already in many other comment threads: I understand now that Mr. Trump will be attempting to grab the Vice President the next time they meet.

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I guess he is using “pussy” in the pejorative to indicate that Pence would be weak like a woman, or something. Mostly I see a bunch of weak Republican men running the show in Washington. The women, on average, seem much better suited to stand strong and make tough decisions. Maybe it would be better to suggest that Pence would go down in history as a seedless Republican ball sack if he didn’t make the right decision - although in all fairness, no decision Pence could make for the rest of this life will change that outcome.

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The better angels of our nature always recommend calling your VP a “pussy”.

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Sounds like tRump was cosplaying daddy

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Well it looks like “Pussy” won out, of course that is why he was picked to be VP in the first place.

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Pence made his bed and now it’s nap time.

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You better start grabbing, Donnie. He’ll let you do it because YOU’RE A CELEBRITY!

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Poor Mikey Pence.

4 years of ass kissing and all he gets is shit on.

Boo Hoo

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Sounds about right that †Я☭mp was having a high-level negotiation under stress, using words he does not understand.

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I’m curious to see how far Pence’s devotion to the Mangolomaniac goes. Would he be willing to testify against him in, say, a criminal proceeding?

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And you thought you were immune, Q-tip.

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“Furiated?”

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“You can either go down in history as a patriot, or you can go down in history as a pussy,” Trump told Pence hours before his supporters staged a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol according to the New York Times.

I don’t think Dotard T rumpp knows what a pussy is.

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Pence had to ask mother what a pussy is.

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Let me guess

In the end, Mike Pence played it by the books: Wouldn’t go along with the coup but wouldn’t go along with those clamoring for him to invoke the 25th Amendment either. He’s not a hero, but he did his job as expected at great risk to himself and his family. Unless more damning information surfaces, I think we should go easy on him.

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When you’re broad-shouldered, they let you do it.

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