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Mike Pence attends Colts game in order to be seen walking out in protest of protest
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schwabdizzle
Banned
To be honest, why would you attend a Colts vs 49ers game in the first place?
Shadow Puppetry
Member
To be a drama queen, obvious.
entremet
Member
Hes the former governor of Indiana and they were honoring Peyton Manning. Obviously staged, but it would make sense given his connection with the state.
BadAss2961
Member
Pence has to be boiling up inside with Trump taking credit for his stunt AND saying it was planned long in advance.
Saint Gregory
Member
Yes but it wasn't supposed to come across that way. As usual Trump is incapable of keeping his mouth shut and letting someone else steal the limelight from him to please his shitty base.
RoninChaos
Member
No one wants to admit that their side does stupid shit, that's why this whole "Both sides" thing comes up because it's a defense, a poor defense at that, of the person doing the stupid shit.
Republicans ESPECIALLY are prone to this when they spent 8 years claiming Obama was destroying our Economy and was so wasteful. I'll never forget hearing about his vacation that supposedly cost 18 million dollars. Then we look at Trump and how much has been spent on his getaways every single weekend, Pence's bullshit, the other people in Trump's cabinet using private jets... it's just rich folks acting like rich folks. People won't call a spade a spade on spending because that would mean they have to admit that they were wrong about Obama and that budgets and deficits only mattered when he was in office. Good luck getting any republican to do that.
Attempts to honor a sexual harasser, who for some reason most of America just loves.
Leaves when people exercise their free speech.
Wastes taxpayer money to do so.
Great job all around, Pence.
No, the plane itself cost at least a quarter mil. Thats not counting secret service and local police.
Shadow Puppetry
Member
220k or a bit more.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Yeah that part was supposed to stay a secert.
Skinny Pete
Banned
Glad this PR stunt seems to have blown up in their stupid racist faces. Fuck off Pence and Trump you 2 shit stains.
That's always been Trump's biggest problem and why he's a bit different from the normal Republicans. He always says the quiet part loud.
I really hope it blows up more and gets connected to the rest of the grifters in this administration jetting around everywhere, too.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Should've been the first clue this was a PR stunt.
killdatninja
Banned
He left the game to protest, but you know damn well for sure he either saw the game on tv/tablet/phone or he actively found out what the score was. In the end he didn't really protest anything.
They should've stood so Pence would've had stay for the entire game. Check mate!
FunkyMunkey
Banned
tax payer funded PR stunt. grimey old fuck
Mike Pence is a paid protester!
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Have any white athletes also took a knee to the anthem in solidarity, btw? I hope so.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Did pence really tweet an old pic of himself at the game before he was actually at the game?
Yes, Honestly it'd be pretty innocent under other circumstances, having your PR team tweet some picture of you at a game just as an "excited to join in here" thing. I've posted older pics before when I'm about to go do a thing. In connection with knowing he wasn't actually going there to enjoy himself at all though it is kinda gross and stupid, though, because it's trying to paint it innocently.
yup
WAIT, are y'all serious? They spent taxpayer money on a political stunt as people die in Puerto Rico from lack of resources. Mueller gotta hurry up.
It's crazy that these people spend more time complaining about the flag than doing things to honor it. 2018 elections need to get here already.
ForsakenLotus
Member
I'm very thankful for people like Eric Reid. It's sad that such a clear and pretty concise statement will not get through to the Fox News/Breitbart crowd.
Seriously good on him though.
I thought it was weird when he tweeted it.
He obviously mentions "looking forward to" but posts a photo of them clearly at some game. It was also posted over 90 minutes prior to kick so there would be no way they would be sitting in their seats already.
Link
The Autumn Wind
Not only all this, but lets pretend for a second this wasnt some cheap political stunt. What exactly are the optics here? Were dealing with the aftermath of three major hurricanes and the most deadly mass shooting in history, and this dipshit is flying off to a football game?
hunchback
Member
People, he was there:
He just changed before the anthem!
It's the same pic. The people in the background are the same people. Mother has a different jersey number on than the one you posted.
Trump campaign now fundraising off Pence's football walk-out
Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) Oct 9, 2017
Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) Oct 9, 2017
Jesus, that's propaganda through and through
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Legitimately terrifying.
UrbanDandy
Member
Why would they need fundraising? Is this masked as taxing?
Seems like this administration is covering for the plane ride.
skullmuffins
Banned
the least they can do is have the campaign reimburse 100% of the costs for this BS
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Dafuq
Seeing the angle he was standing. But it would be hilarious if the photographer was kneeling while taking the picture.
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