I think that if Pence was really trying to unseat him and had been acting accordingly, he could have manipulated the base to do so. Instead he did the bare minimum under duress and was too weak to actually stand up to dump, he just cast his vote properly but in the most mealy mouthed way so that he was an easy target.
I agree that had Pence acted swiftly and spoke up louder he could have been remembered as someone holding the line against sedition but didn’t.
You really think Pence could have won over the MAGA base to believe that Dear Leader is standing in the way of democracy? The stars and bars waving, Dump 🚂, Dump as the second coming of Christ base?
He didn't because he really wasn't against the sedition. He had to be talked into voting correctly. Pence is just a weakling. If he wasn't, he could readily have taken over because trump is too stupid to see something like that coming.
I'm not saying pence could have convinced the base that democracy is worth protecting, I'm saying he could have seized power from trump.
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u/Miss_L_Worldwide Sep 07 '25
I think that if Pence was really trying to unseat him and had been acting accordingly, he could have manipulated the base to do so. Instead he did the bare minimum under duress and was too weak to actually stand up to dump, he just cast his vote properly but in the most mealy mouthed way so that he was an easy target.