Presidential candidate Mike Pence made a pilgrimage to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and affirm Pence’s position that the unilateral power of the Ukraine government needs to be supported.
Mike Pence then presents himself as the arbiter of what it means to be a Republican with a Twitter message saying, “I know the difference between a genius and a war criminal, and I know who needs to win this war in Ukraine, and it’s the people fighting for their freedom and fighting to restore their national sovereignty. There is no room in our party for apologists for Putin. There is only room for champions of freedom.”
Americans must sacrifice to support the magnanimous interests of the industrial military complex. Failure to adhere to the dictates and fiats of Republican power will not be tolerated in his party.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Thursday, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and touring the war-torn country as it fights Russian aggression.
Pence, who this month launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for president, has been deeply critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
He has called on the U.S. to deliver more military aid to the country and criticized GOP rivals who have questioned the ongoing U.S. involvement, saying there is no room in the party for “Putin apologists” and pushing back against those who want the U.S. to take on a more limited role on the world stage.
Pence spent roughly 12 hours in the country Thursday, according to an adviser, with stops in Moshchun, Bucha and Irpin, according to NBC News, which traveled with him.
“I’m here because it’s important that the American people understand the progress that we’ve made and how support for the Ukrainian military has been in our national interest,” he told the network. “I truly do believe that now, more than ever, we need leaders in our country who will articulate the importance of American leadership in the world.”
In addition to his meeting with Zelenskyy, Pence received multiple briefings, including one from Ukrainian officials on the country’s current security situation and one on allegations of human rights violations by Russians accused of abducting Ukrainian children in a bid to weaken Ukrainian resolve, the adviser said. (read more)
I think I’m going to be sick.
Hang in there. They say ginger is good for acute stomach problems.
That was my first thought. No, really it was my second thought. The first thought was unprintable in civilized company. My third thought was “Of these two, which is the worst and the biggest phony.”
You should be white hot incandescent with rage.
I was just going to say that he makes me sick.
Maybe there’s an economic play here. After all the buildings in Ukraine are destroyed, they are going to ship mobile homes made in Indiana to Kiev for housing. We’ll know for sure when Pelosi starts buying Winnebago stock.
The economics is ALWAYS the point.
The War Party and “friends” make their biggest profits at times like these:
1) Congress loosens the purse strings to send billions and BILLIONS to the “war effort.”
We know that much of that $ disappears into a thousand criminal hands
2) Once the annihilation of humans and their displacement accomplished and the catastrophic destruction of the physical infrastructure has had its way —
Then the clean up crew gets into action, including the plotters who likely long ago divvied up the decimated sections for REBUILDING — then these vultures come in to make the biggest killing of all, economically, that is.
Jeremiah says — The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked –indeed, who can know it.
And don’t ever let ANYONE tell you differently.
I’m not so sure there will be anything to re-build….once something starts, it’ll be pummeled by Russia. If the entire western 404 isn’t totally pulverized to begin with.
Cannot leave anything for those monsters to build upon.
So, in order to be a contender in 2024 you have to kiss the ring of the former reality tv porn star, Mr. Z?
Good to know.
No thank you. I don’t know where it’s been.
Think it was Plato, Machiavelli, of Boehner who said, “Politics makes strange bedfellows.”
Actually we can make an educated guess as to where that ring has been.
It has mostly been slid up the backsides, along with his lips, of all those who bring him lots of cash.
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SPIT
Ditto.
Funny , there was a time I thought Mike was a good guy .
I too entertained that thought, many many moons ago!
ANYONE the mainstream media talks favorably of is a deep state plant or patsy. When I say “speak favorably” that means the talking heads don’t completely, repeatedly, and constantly disparage them. This goes triple if they are white, Republican, Christian, heterosexual, cisgendered, or reside in fly-over country. Write that down. It will save you years of time wondering.
The first time I payed attention to this phenomenon was when Clinton was under investigation by the special counsel, Ken Starr. The press spoke with loving reference about how honest, firm but fair, and competent Starr was. Turns out the guy was a political hack moron with the work ethic of a life long government employee (feckless).
It’s one of the main reasons I have never been a fan of Ron DeSantis. Well that and the fact he was associated with the intelligence community. I’ve known a bunch of those people. Never trust them, EVER. Your life and those you love may indeed hang in the balance.
“When I say “speak favorably” that means the talking heads don’t completely, repeatedly, and constantly disparage them. ”
^^^^^. THIS ^^^^^ -is the key tell-tale sign of an Establishment / DeepState-favored (controlled) politician. Watch the big legacy media outlets’ reports on a Republican when those reports contain only lightweight / infrequent criticism, or lack of criticism altogether. Descriptive Keywords like “bipartisan, moderate, pro-democracy, anti-hate, Ukraine supporter, etc etc. are a dead giveaway….
I remember the year: 2010.
A Heritage Fdtn event in Tucson. Among the ancillary staff of Heritage was a writer with whose recent book I was familiar though I’d not read it.
He was manning a table, and I stopped by to chat. I asked him whom he thought would make a good presidential candidate in the not too distant future.
Without hesitation he advanced Pence’s name. I told him flat out that Pence would not do.
So — if you want to hear the rest of the story, the why part, just encourage me a little. It’s nothing profound. Simply put: I did not trust him; I had concluded he was a snake.
Until General Flynn.
I met him once, he was wonderful, seemed like such genuinely nice man, now I despise his guts.
Most of us did up until he revealed his perfidy and true allegiances at the start of PDJT’s first term by helping to frame General Flynn. Even after then, many were still of mixed opinions about his loyalties until he betrayed us all on January 6, 2021.
Have you noted that all of the celebrity, politician, and head of state visits to Zelensky are “surprise”?
What is going on?
They all go to kiss the ring of Zelensky, but what else is going on when these visitors and their staffs visit Kiev? Any private meetings with gifts given to Ukraine?
And if Kiev is supposed to be so dangerous, why do the elite keep flying in?
Why my goodness, Kiev just ‘distributed’ the wealth of the Orthodox Church there to three countries and the Vatican for safekeeping.
Hmmm…
And in a terrible war zone, too!!!! Without protective gear.
Funny that, no?
It’s the laundromat to pick up their 30 sheckels. Soon to join miss Lyndsey to receive Ukraines highest award.
That’s it. Different kickback bagmen for the grifting politicians.
Collecting their cuts off the ‘aid’ the taxpayers are paying for.
And if Kiev is supposed to be so dangerous, why do the elite keep flying in?
Yep – Things That Make You Go Hmmmm (thanks, C+C Music Factory).
It’s allegedly a major child trafficking hub.
There is no room in the Republican Party………..for establishment RINO traitors like Mike Pence. This is the MAGA Republican party now and its leader is Donald J. Trump. So, Mr. Pence, put a sock in your warmonger mouth and go sit in the corner while the rest of us do what has to be done.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, Dan but there isn
t any MAGA Republican Party. As long as scum filth like Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, and Ronna ROMNEY McDaniel are the leadership of the Republican Party, there will never be a MAGA Republican Party. All three of them hate President Donald Trump with a passion. They worked against every MAGA candidate running during the 2022 Midterm Election, they were also the three that KILLED the Red Wave, it wasnt Democrat Communist as much as it was those filthy three RINO traitors.Sounds like we just need to abolish politicians whose last name starts with “Mc”.
I’d much rather be a Former Republican than a Current Republican. The Romney/Ryan ticket finally woke me up the the Establishment Sleaze. Those we call Rinos FAR out number those that are on our side. America desperately needs an America First Party.
Rename it the Lion Party! I had enough of the elephants!
Mike certainly doesn’t speak for the vast majority of the electorate. Also, he doesn’t quite understand or get it that he is irrelevant and that the last thing people are going to remember about his political career is how he supported election fraud and stabbed DJT in the back in 2020.
Gonna need a bigger suitcase, WSB. That one is just Bernie Sanders size. 😜
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Hmmm who’s ass is he trying to kiss? Hmmm it certainly makes me wonder.
The lowering continues, why not!
Pence won’t even have dinner with a woman if his wife is not present, but he will fully participate in the rape of Ukraine. Just sayin.
“Pence won’t even have dinner with a woman if his wife is not present” – because he’s a homosexual and doesn’t like even having dinner with women.
You misspelled paedophile.
That I was unaware of, do you have a link to his pedoness?
That’s where the pols go to get their palms greased!
No room in the Republican Party for Mike Pence.
I wonder if they played a duet on the piano?
Since when does a former US VP get briefings from a foreign country? Doesn’t this violate some Act?
A “surprise” visit? Yeah, yeah….right! What, did he go up and knock on the door, hoping Zelenskyy was home?
Did he bring cookies to his host? Ya know, The Dark Side, so I hear, has cookies.
You can almost smell the stink of Mike 30-piece Pence over here.
Here’s my acronym for good ole Mike: FMP and all his cronies.
Cute as a little bug, ain’t he? His bio says he’s 5’10. No way in hell. He’s no bigger than Zelensky. He’s talking to a group of women and he’s the same size as them. And he’s another guy, why do they tell these guys to lose weight? They look like such pussies.
That’s just how all “closeted” homos, like Pence, are.
I live in the Northwest and I didn’t know squat about Pence. I’m not someone that cares one iota about celebs, follow any celebs, knows much of anything about celebs and so I didn’t know Trump.
The first time I seen Pence talking from behind a podium, his speech cadence and his head motion so reminded me of Bush that I had a hard time excepting him as a person I would consider on my side, even though the conservative influencers were saying what a great pick he was.
By their fruits you shall know them .
You got that right! No room in Republican Party for those who do not support Ukraine! I have now been excommunicated from the Republican Party!
Did he collect a check from money laundering for his campaign?
“I know the difference between a genius and a war criminal” – mike dense, June 2023
Biden is the war criminal AND the genius is not you Pence. Quit implying you are.
Trump is the only genius that can keep America out of unnecessary fake wars.
Gawd, he looks so frumpy on top of everything else.
What is the difference between a RINO and a Democrat?
What’s the difference between a Republican and a Democrat? not much
Two sides of the same coin.
One shanks you in the front, the other one stabs you in the back.
Pence polls about 1% and thinks he gets to tell voters how to think?
WTF is this POS doing in Ukraine politicking? I’m trying to be a little nice, but this takes the birthday cake! This is embarrassing to have a candidate visiting a money laundromat. Hey, Judas Pence, take your 30 pieces of silver and go home!
Hey Mike, like all the kids say these days, challenge accepted. I’ll switch to Independent before supporting this damned useless war.
I did switch.
January 6 was it for me.
Went online and changed.
I give the Republican party as much support as they supported President Trump. Zero.
So, Thirty Pence thinks the Christian right are gung-ho to keep killing and injuring massive numbers of people all over the world? That Christians are too naive/ignorant to understand what politicians/MIC are up to? Hoo Boy…..
Apologies for the moniker misspell, Adrem!
Jackass
When American Voters needed a Champion for Freedom, you betrayed us.
Go away, little, little man.
What a bunch of crap.
Well said
“I know the difference between a genius and a war criminal, and I know who needs to win this war in Ukraine … “
What war? Last time I looked it was still a Special Military Operation.
Has there ever been a Declaration of War document signed by Ukraine and/or Russia?
wow. didnt know he was THAT stupid. Go to the front lines Mike, they need more cannon fodder
And the “Big Tent Party” lie is formally put to rest.
“In other words, Mike Pence was the first person to set the Russia Hoax into motion” Emerald Robinson
Who Fired General Michael Flynn?
“Let’s begin with Mike Pence’s least favorite question: “Why did you insist that President Trump fire his National Security Advisor Michael Flynn in the opening days of the administration?” The official story is that Gen. Flynn had lied to Mike Pence about Flynn’s contacts with Russian diplomats. Nobody has bothered to ask Pence exactly how he was informed about Flynn’s private conversations. Think about it: somebody went to Pence with transcripts of Flynn’s calls, and told Pence that Flynn was a national security risk. Who would have access to such phone calls? Who would want to lie about the nature of those phone calls to get Flynn fired?
It almost certainly must have been disgraced FBI agent Peter Strozk.
It’s likely that Strzok was the one who pushed for VP Pence to fire Flynn because we know that Peter Strozk’s assistant was Katherine Seaman — the wife of Mike Pence’s chief of staff Josh Pitcock. We also have the text exchanges between Strozk and Page discussing infiltrating the Trump White House in great detail. (This was the subject of an extraordinary letter from Senator Grassley and Senator Johnson to AG Bill Barr.) What did Pence know about the FBI’s attempts to spy on the Trump White House? Is it even possible that Mike Pence was totally unaware that his chief of staff’s spouse worked directly for the chief of the counter-espionage unit of the FBI?
We know that President Obama warned President Trump not to hire Flynn in 2016. We also know that Flynn himself believes that Obama advised Trump against hiring him because Flynn knew about the Obama administration’s role in spying on Trump’s presidential campaign. Removing Flynn as Trump’s National Security Advisor was a top priority for the Deep State.”
********”In other words, Mike Pence was the first person to set the Russia Hoax into motion.”********
The Treachery of VP Mike Pence ExplainedWho fired General Flynn and started the Russia Hoax in the first place
https://www.emerald.tv/p/the-treachery-of-vp-mike-pence-explained
i guess its a good thing he wont even come close to winning !!!
“There’s no room in party for Putin apologists…..”
He says this while he’s languishing in single digits.
Nobody cares, Mikey. We don’t care for Putin or Zelensky. There’s too many problems in our own country. Stop simping for this Slavic degenerate.
How can they all be this stupid? Was Pence’s kid working for Burisma too?
I can’t remember which pundit said this of Pence when he backed the Ukrainian “freedom” fighters.
Tell him 2004 called and wants their policy back.
It’s true, he’s spouting trite phrases reminiscent of 2004. It’s painful and utterly out of touch.
Republicans want America fixed, that is why America First has such strong support.
Judas just needs to go away but I’m afraid he’d end up about 30 miles from me, ugh.
just another turncoat bastard.
“…it’s important that the American people understand the progress that we’ve made and how support for the Ukrainian military has been in our national interest…”
Why don’t you explain that then, Pence? – we’d all like to know how it’s in our national interest. Just saying it isn’t enough. But, really, we know what you mean – it’s in the interest of the national grifters, like yourself, Mitch, and Kevin and your democrat pals, like Joe, Nancy, and Chuckie.
To quote Frank Lloyd Webber (from Jesus Christ Superstar), “You liar, you Judas!”
Pence is a useless creature
FFS, Go Pound Sand. How much cash was in his bag on the return flight? Take this war and shove it up your ass Mike. Go Putin!
Judas Pence would have looked right at home in a Nazi field marshals uniform.
Was he collecting his fair share as well? What a jerk. This just sealed his fate.
You don’t need to be a Putin apologist in order to recognize that what we are doing in Ukraine is wrong.
It would be more accurate to say there is no room for Pence
His terms are acceptable
Pence go back home. What a joke of a candidate. I have said before on CTH that I am half Ukrainian but do not support sending any more of US dollars to zelensky- what a joke of a president. He’s a scammer. I want to know how much US dollars he personally got with this boondoggle “war”.
This little trip did not give Pence any bumps in the polls that’s for sure. Go home Pence – my real President Trump is the only one.
i DON’T WANT HIM BACK in INDIANA !
HOLCOMB IS Enough !
LaPorte County Council JUST APPROVED ” VOTING CENTERS ” ( ie. a’La Maricopa County Arizona ); NOW this goes to the Commissioners for Final Approval. 2 Lawyers on the election Commission and an elected County Clerk
https://hometownnewsnow.com/local-news/695434/vote-centers-leap-another-hurdle
“VOTING CENTERS”
“When we think of cheese, it’s Wisconsin; when we speak of oil, it’s Pennsylvania; but with grifters, it’s Indiana. Many a first-rate con man has hailed from that state, and many, many more second- and third-raters…
“Con men look puzzled and scratch their heads when you ask them why this should be so.
“…It’s an old saying among grifters that any Hoosier farmer would come up to you and ask you where the squeeze [controlling device] was on your joint[crooked gambling device], and then show you that he had figured out a better one.”
–The Big Con (1940)
Vote center joints with a tabulator squeeze for phony horse races?
“Pay close attention to the machines, don’t let your vote be stolen”
— Donald J. Trump Nov 6, 2012
Well, he’d fit right in, to the west of you…
Sad that Indiana keeps electing the his brother, Greg Pence.
Scumbags like Pence are kept awake by the possibility of war coming to an end in Ukraine. Thoughts of peace give them chronic acid reflux. He will mouth off till the last Ukrainian is buried.
Cowardly filth.