- Expherience
Trump is an awful person, but he isn’t a competent politician. Pence is possibly a worse person and a very competent politician. There is already a conservative plan to impeach Trump so Pence can take the presidency.
A Pence presidency probably has less chance of accidental nuclear war, but a much greater chance of extremely socially conservative legislation which would be devastating to civil rights in America. Trump just wants to make money and feel important; Pence has an agenda.
Nixon was impeached for corruption. We already know Trump is corrupt. Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about inappropriate sexual conduct. We already know Trump has lied about inappropriate sexual conduct.
It’s only a matter of time before he lies about something too big for his press aids to smooth over and Congress gets to have his way with him, because he is a mess of a man and makes mistakes, and makes them loud.
If Pence is allowed to take his place, Pence will not make the same mistakes.
Pence is a career politician. He’s well-spoken. He’s relatively attractive. His positions are clear and well-established. He has a law degree. He’s on the conservative end of Republicans, but he’s a committed member of the party. In everything that made Trump unpopular among Republicans as well as Democrats, Pence is the opposite.
There were jokes comparing Trump to Emperor Palpatine, and a good rebuttal of them. Compared to Pence, Trump is Jar-Jar Binks. Pence is Palpatine.
Trump is wildly unpopular because both liberals and the Republican establishment don’t like him. He’s ugly and crass and obviously incompetent, he’s the perfect figurehead to rally against.
Pence is not. Pence is dangerous in different ways, and one of the worst is that he won’t make nearly as good a symbol for his opponents. If Trump gets kicked out, we have to keep protesting, even as people try to say that we got what we wanted, that everything can go back to normal.
Remember this, when the impeachment happens, whether it’s a month from now or three years. Trump is bad. Pence might be worse.
Pence will be worse.
There is no might. Talk to the queer kids and the women and the religious minorities and the ethnic groups he targeted while he served as Governor of Indiana. This man should scare you more than Trump.
Pence is FAR more long-term terrifying because a: he’s awful; b: he’s stable; c: I am worried people will stop fighting once the Orange Menace is defeated and then, while we’re less at risk of getting nuked, OMG, we are so fucking screwed.
Pence is a massive sack of shit, but you’re kidding yourselves if you think he isn’t already largely running things. HE was the one taking those security briefing meetings that Trump was skipping. A lot of those Cabinet picks have Pence written all over them. While Trump distracts people with his mouth, Pence carries on with the actual work. You’re right, Pence is a competent politician and a bigger threat. And he’s already in charge.
At least he won’t cause WWIII with a tweet.
always always better to have the shadow president brought into the light where there’s culpability. and Trump is, in every way, not survivable.
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” (Toni Morrison)
Women’s March (1- 21-2017) || Global Movement
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If you listen to Calypso, you’ll understand how magic and how fucking dope this is. I love my culture so much.
