You’d think that would be the #1 qualification to work with Trump
Pence is asked if he was put on standby during the President’s medical visit. His answer seems to fall short. pic.twitter.com/XvhEkydKqs
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 1, 2020
“I don’t recall being on standby.” Yeah, that’s an easy thing to forget, when somebody tells you to be ready to accept the nuclear football at any moment. That has probably happened to me many times, and I just plumb forgot!
To me the weirdest thing about this boring story is that Trump denied having a series of mini-strokes that nobody ever claimed he had. That’s sort of like going up to a stranger at a party and saying, “You know, I absolutely did not bury a drifter in the desert.” Trump then went ballistic on internet compiler Matt Drudge, who merely headlined the simple truth – that Trump denied having mini-strokes.
By the way, Drudge was one of my favorite Dick Tracy villains:
My theory: In high school he got a role in the chorus of Guys and Dolls and it was the highlight of his life, so he kept the costume.
Pence is a good sycophant though…and that’s job 1!
And you just know that most/all of the mikes in that photo are props.