[COMMENTARY] ‘TRUMP IS WRONG’ : Mike Pence Finally Says Those Three Little Words America Needed to Hear
Validation comes from unexpected sources at unexpected moments, and Americans got a great big dopamine hit on Friday when Former Vice President Mike Pence appeared before the Federalist Society, where he was expected to respond to his ex-employer’s continued insistence that the 2020 Presidential election could’ve been overturned in their favor. And respond Pence did, but it probably didn’t go the way most of the attendees expected, because Mike Pence said the most important quiet thing out loud after too many years of hearing it screamed inside of our own heads:
“TRUMP IS WRONG.”
Yeah, he did! On camera! In public! It’s a thing of beauty, really and for true, after all of this time. Someone else said it. Someone else on the OTHER SIDE said it. It’s like we got a second Christmas just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Mike Pence: “TRUMP IS WRONG” #MAGAIsOver #NeverForgetJanuary6th pic.twitter.com/GWrtojM9wL
— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) February 4, 2022
You can watch it again, I wouldn’t blame you. I predict wonderful things for that three-word soundbite. We’re going to hear it everywhere. It’s going to make the rounds of all the news shows and the late-night talk shows and live as a GIF forever. It’s the gift we all needed after the RNC decided to censure Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for having the audacity to do the jobs they were elected to do. Meanwhile, the schadenfreude was being enjoyed all over Twitter.
“President Trump is wrong”
I’m making this my new ring tone.— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) February 4, 2022
It seems an odd juxtaposition when Ronna “Trump Hates That I’m Related to Mitt Romney” McDaniel is defining the actions of the January 6th rioters as “legitimate political discourse” when the target of the “HANG MIKE PENCE” taunts is like, “Okay, stop this nonsense already.”
NOW: Former VP Pence: "President trump said I had the right to overturn the election. President trump is wrong."
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) February 4, 2022
It’ll be interesting to see how TFG responds, because what can he say about Pence? He can’t just dismiss him as a coffee boy (DISCLAIMER: the below tweet is A PARODY, but it’s pretty spot-on because Trump is a huge whiny baby who’s terrified of all his criming catching up to him).
Trump doesn’t seem happy with Mike Pence right now pic.twitter.com/2n1pS4Qkwy
— Gabe Sanchez (@iamgabesanchez) February 4, 2022
Here’s the real reality: TRUMP IS WRONG and he’s going to be big mad that the two words he never wanted to see next to his name are everywhere. Because they’re already everywhere.
This is the first time I have heard Mike Pence say the words, “President Trump is wrong.” https://t.co/V2Sthtsm6d
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) February 4, 2022
Pence in speech nearly 13 months after Jan 6 insurrection: “Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 4, 2022
Mike…(checks notes)…Pence, speaking to the Federalist Society:
“Trump is wrong…..The truth is there’s more at stake than our party or our political fortunes. If we lose faith in the Constitution, we won’t just lose elections — we’ll lose our country.”
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— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) February 4, 2022
This next one sets up a fairly awkward late afternoon at the Federalist Society.
"President Trump said this week that I had the right to overturn the election. But President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election." – Mike Pence, today, to Federalist Society conservatives.
Humorous note: Trump speaks later at the same function.— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) February 4, 2022
It’s only a matter of time before Trump is standing alone like the worst hunk of rancid orange cheese. Nobody is saying Mike Pence is a great guy by any stretch here, but I’m looking forward to the Trumpublican reaction to Pence simply speaking the truth of how our elections (are supposed to) work.
Pence just said “Trump is wrong.” Someone tell Republicans it isn’t hard.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) February 4, 2022
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