I will guess that many of you don’t like Mike Pence, but he has said a few things which I think are good:
- He has said Trump’s tariffs will probably harm Americans
- He has criticised Trump for not backing Ukraine
- He seems to want to respect Canada’s sovereignty, describing Canada as “a great ally, whose soldiers have fought and died alongside Americans in every war since world war one”
I still have a hard time remembering anything this guy has ever done during the first term. I don’t think he did.
The one thing I will always respect him for is his refusal of Trump’s attempted coup on Jan 6th, 2021.
He actually stuck with democracy by declining to throw out electoral votes for Joe Biden, while outside the insurrectionists were beating down the doors to the Capitol.
Fat fucking chance Vance does that.
Vps aren’t usually known for anything unless the party wants to push them for a future run. Sometimes they’re thrown something the president doesn’t want to do because they know it’s never going to end well, e.g. Kamala being tossed the border, but mostly the role of the VP is to be seen and not heard.