Amoral ass-kisser Vice President Mike "Dense" Pence was plucked from obscurity as the failed Governor of Indiana to be con man and sexual predator Donald "Rump" Trump's running mate. Pence's record on everything from LGBT rights to regressive economic and social policies made him one of the more extreme Rethuglicans on the map. His eagerness to suck up to whatever alpha male can give him coattails to ride was apparently his attractiveness to Rump.
Yesterday, Pence was appearing at a rally in Arizona to talk up Rump's tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy plan when he noticed bigot and birther Joe Arpaio, the convicted former sheriff of Maricopa County entering the room. Shifting into his role as Master of Obsequiousness, Pence saluted the despicable, law-flouting Arpaio:
“(He’s) a great friend of this President, a tireless champion of strong borders and the rule of law. He’s spent a lifetime in law enforcement— Sheriff Joe Arpaio and I’m honored to have you here.”Remember that this champion of "the rule of law" was convicted of disobeying a Federal Court order to cease racial profiling Hispanics. He was on his way to get justice when Rump pardoned him in August 2017, a move popular with his racist base.
Arpaio is now running as a Rethuglican for the seat that will be vacated by Sen. Jeff Flake, a Rump critic of late. The only problem with Pence's embrace is that Arpaio is running third in the Rethuglican primary behind Air Force veteran Rep. Martha McSally and wingnut Kelli "Chemtrails" Ward, with only 25% of the Rethug vote. So Pence stumbled into a Senate race that the Rethugs need to win by hailing the least popular candidate. Why do you think we call him "Dense"?
(photo: A kiss for the ass-kisser.)
BONUS: Even some Rethug stalwarts have a problem:
The decline of Mike Pence. https://t.co/VepaI6G8ps— David French (@DavidAFrench) May 2, 2018
Depressing. https://t.co/cgCRJbYVL3— Brit Hume (@brithume) May 2, 2018
Look with this Arpaio thing it’s fine all Mike Pence had to do not to end up in political purgatory in 2016 was sell his soul you’d do the same right— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 2, 2018
For a while, I thought Pence just played dumb. He doesn’t. He is a willing accomplice. 🤮🤮🤮 https://t.co/pIKdFtlC02— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) May 2, 2018
