Pence: No room for 'apologists for Putin' in the Republican party
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- Опубликовано: 23 фев 2023
- Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and said President Vladimir Putin is the "one person to blame" for the war. He also said the Republican party should not make room for "apologists for Putin."
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#NBCNews #MikePence #Putin
Pence looks like the generic US president from the 80s movies
Him or Mitt Romney! 😆
Lol
No, the generic president never had gray hair. Only brown.
He's that POTUS from John Carpenter's Escape from LA
Or so my friend Snake tells me...
He's the white cop
from Sanford & Son.
Pence trying to get brownie points
Trying to avoid getting hung by the _rest_ of the country, more like.
Nothing to lose after his own side gave it a try already, I guess.
He’s as bad as Biden.
The only thing Pence will win, is last place running for president.
Totally. Having a traitor and spineless coward like Pence take a year into a war crime to think “you know.,,,maybe Repubs should stop saying how awesome Putin is” in is comically sad.
WIMP
No sense pence
Go away penny .
Go home Pence
And quit being a CIA asset Pence.
Speaking slowly like Reagan does not make you Reagan.
What if you look in every possible direction while doing it?
Pence has less personality than a tree stump, so he has to emulate someone who Stood out.
@@ryanroberts1104 nope he’s a straight up swamp swamp swamp creature!
He does that so even the lefties can understand.
Reagan is rolling in his grave to see how the Trump Repubs fanboy over Putin. If you told him in 84 that the Repubs would be what they are, he would never believe they could fail that badly.
Bla bla bla
Testify for Jack Smith and maybe later I'll care about some of mike's other opinions.
Exactly
WSJ Editorial Board already explained this 👉 Mike Pence for the Constitution-Again. He has principle on his side in resisting special counsel Jack Smith’s grand-jury subpoena.
On Jan. 6, 2021, Mike Pence stood up for the Constitution against Donald Trump, and he has paid for it politically with MAGA Republicans. Now the former Vice President is defending the Constitution again in resisting special counsel Jack Smith’s subpoena, and this time the left is attacking him. His stand on principle is right again and deserves support.
Mr. Smith’s grand jury recently demanded that Mr. Pence appear to testify as a witness to the events surrounding Jan. 6. The subpoena looks like overkill, since it comes more than two years after the Capitol riot and related events that by now are well known.
Mr. Pence’s aides have testified before the House Jan. 6 select committee, and Mr. Pence has written a memoir recounting his conversations with Mr. Trump and the pressure he was under to stop counting Electoral College votes. The Justice Department was investigating all of this long before Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Mr. Smith in November.
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Mr. Pence’s resistance to the subpoena, which we’re told has no defined scope, is rooted in his role as President of the Senate. That was his constitutional position on Jan. 6 as he presided over the counting of the electoral votes. As such he has a strong case that he’s covered by Article 1, Section 6, which says that “for any Speech or Debate in either House,” Members of the House or Senate “shall not be questioned in any other Place.”
Some analysts says Mr. Pence can be compelled to testify because he wasn’t a Member of Congress. But that ignores that in presiding over the Senate he in effect was a Member. Legal precedents support this argument about the Vice President’s role in the structure of the separation of powers.
In Bogan v. Scott-Harris (1998), Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for a unanimous Supreme Court that “We have recognized that officials outside the legislative branch are entitled to legislative immunity when they perform legislative functions.”
In a 1972 case regarding publication of the Pentagon Papers (Gravel v. U.S.), Justice Byron White wrote that “It is true that the [Speech or Debate] Clause itself mentions only ‘Senators and Representatives,’ but prior cases have plainly not taken a literalistic approach in applying the privilege.”
The Court ruled that an aide to Sen. Mike Gravel was protected from testifying on legislative deliberations, though not from answering other questions. If a Senator’s aide is covered by the Speech or Debate Clause, surely a VP presiding over the Senate would be.
The Biden Justice Department has said as much in legal filings defending Mr. Pence himself from lawsuits related to Jan. 6. In December 2020, Justice defended Mr. Pence against a suit by then GOP Rep. Louis Gohmert,
citing the Speech or Debate Clause, which it said protects other branches of government from questioning Congress for “legislative acts” that it defined as “‘an act generally done in Congress in relation to the business before it.’” Counting electoral votes counts as Congressional business.
Justice did it again in August 2021 when it told a federal district court that tort claims against Mr. Pence regarding the counting of electoral votes are “barred by the doctrine of absolute legislative immunity under the Speech or Debate clause” (Brunson v. Adams). Mr. Smith will have to explain in court why Justice has done a 180-degree turn in less than three years.
Amusingly, Mr. Pence can also produce pay stubs from the “United States Senate Disbursing Office” as a record of his salary. If he was paid for his work for the Senate, why isn’t he covered by Senate immunity?
The former Vice President’s critics say he should testify anyway as a patriotic duty. But there’s an important separation-of-powers principle at stake. If Mr. Smith can force a Vice President to testify about his Senate duties, prosecutors will have a new precedent to cite in future attempts to pierce legislative immunity. The Founders wrote the Speech or Debate protection because they understood the leverage the executive would otherwise have over a co-equal branch of government.
We should stipulate that Mr. Pence is not claiming “executive privilege” from testifying, as Mr. Trump and other officials might if they are called to testify to the grand jury. That claim is likely to fail under U.S. v. Nixon, the Watergate tapes case. Mr. Pence is making a much stronger claim.
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The best result would be for Mr. Smith to withdraw his subpoena. He isn’t likely to learn much more from Mr. Pence that isn’t already in the public domain. The legal fight to compel his testimony will take months and may go to the Supreme Court. If Mr. Smith is merely trying to check a box for his prosecution in the event he brings a criminal case, it isn’t worth the time and constitutional trouble.
Critics say Mr. Pence is resisting because he wants to win back favor with MAGA voters. But his stand on Jan. 6 has earned him the benefit of the doubt about his motives. He also has a strong and principled constitutional case.
In other words, you could’ve just said easily instead of wasting time
“Be totally anti Trump and I’ll care about you.”
Staunch, partisan.
Dude that's most of the republican party sorry to tell ya
Mitch McConnell: "Providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians is the number one priority for the United States right now according to most Republicans"
Pence, a master at recognizing the totally obvious.
Tragically boring ain’t he?
Two face master 🐍
Then he should know that he doesn't have a chance in the 2024 election.
Pence is Biden’s puppy. Another Republican in name only. We don’t want him. You communist democrats can have him. After all he showed he’s out for the money instead of what’s right by the American people.
Actually it’s Obama to blame…
What was interesting about that speech excerpt is that if you insert Donald Trump - MAGA - America it still works. Get lost Pence. Don't you have a subpoena to do something?
You should put some ointment on that butthurt.
The United States government is evil. Can anyone name me a government in the world that is not corrupt? Exactly!!! All The governments in the world are corrupt. Both the Republicans and the Democrats are a joke nowadays. That's only to divide US citizens while they control us. The United States government only invades small countries 10 or more against 1 small country bravo 👏🤦.
America is not a country America it's a continent. The United States government is actually using the name of a continent. We are U S citizens. Citizens of the United States. The United States is a country but America is not a country America it's a continent. The whole entire continent was named America after Amerigo Vespucci in the year 1507. Everyone on the American continent is an American likewise Asia are Asians Africa are Africans and Europe are Europeans.
@@armandoruiz8758 You're not allowed to ask questions and then immediately scream the answer. Not how english works. This is how crazy people in the walmart parking lot talk.
I understand BUT your BOSS CALLED YOU OUT ACCEPT THE GRAND JURY REQUEST THEN
You should get some ointment for that butthurt you have.
I lost my trust in Pence! He didn't stand united with the country when it really mattered!
Oh you wanted someone not to follow the Constitution?? Remember they take an oath to protect and defend THE Constitution.
@@ixlr8395 No he was insinuating he wants someone to follow the constitution, which Pence did not that day, although I assume you mistakenly think otherwise which made you retort, and even if the election wasn’t stolen, which I don’t know if it was or wasn’t, I wouldn’t be surprised with either outcome, but besides that, Pence is a NeoCon.
I’ll vote for the guy who supposedly caused Jan 6th over the guy who supported the Iraq War.
i like my own comments
How come he didn’t take this stance with Trump and others. Mike we hear you, that’s all folks
On the gallows with him
@@lenne02 No,if you try to put him on the gallows….he will love it and pledge to be your slave - he is into that kind of stuff. Just tell him he has to do the right thing….that will make him suffer. Took him a year into a known US enemy invading a sovereign democracy before he worked up the courage to say “you know…maybe Repubs should stop fanboying over Putin.”
this man talks tough for a traitor
Was he almost smiling? 🤔
Hope his hair piece falls off soon
I miss the fly!
It's the best part about him.
He is a fly.
Remember when being against the MIC used to be cool?
Can't believe i actually agree with Pence on something.. I'm shocked.
You might be a warmonger.
As long you don't vote for either DJT DeSantis or Pence. They are worthless
You must be a democrat
I can’t trust him after his back stabbing the true president ( trump for all you who don’t know )
Mind Begs the Question:
To support,arm an Apartheid State
Democratic,Fascist?
He takes a deep breath and boldly denounces....Putin. What a power move!
I am kind of surprised a man with no spine whatsoever can even take a deep breath. Give him another 50 years and he might think Hitler wasn’t the nicest guy.
I support Putin.
Oh ok tough guy 🙄🤦🏻♂️
Wow - a new Pence. I miss the fly
He never changed.
Pence will say whatever he thinks is good for Pence.
When do we hear who got what deals as a result of involving the US in this war? And, who’s stocks on the rise.
His pr specialist goin crazy with the rebranding lol
@@nad663 He’s a neocon, warmonger. Listening isn’t in his resume. I guess it is for you though if anything is anti Trump.
He should check that with his former boss.
Imagine calling Trump “Pro Russian.”
You probably still believe in Muller’s pseudo historical claim of “Russian Conclusion.”
@@Wadiyatalkinabeet_ Back under your bridge troll.
@@SamLowryDZ-015 Cope and Seethe
Don’t always agree with this guy but good to hear him say this. Strong moment.
Well, there's the drug dealers, the drug pushers and then there's the the drug addicts. There is no room for apologists for the drug addicts committing the violent crimes.
I’m confused about this but weren’t you apart of that if your dealing with trump
Trump was on his side on foreign policy. Even though, verbally, he liked to feed his isolationist base with red meat.
People forget that Russia is 1 of 2 countries that can blow up the world. Russia is not Iraq nor any other country that the US government and its puppets invaded. Russia is Russia. 🤣😂
Putin, that sound like someone using the bathroom 😂😂😂
right on your mouth
People forget that Russia is 1 of 2 countries that can blow up the world. Russia is not Iraq nor any other country that the US government and its puppets invaded. Russia is Russia.
Don't get excited he's reading from a teleprompter.
Like everybody else isn't?
@@ryanroberts1104 Biden can't.
Wow. Surprise surprise
Vote for Pence. World needs people with morals and principles
Right on ✌️
You tell Trump and Putin that ok
Pure lies about Russian empire. How about the US not stage coupes in Ukraine.
Not supporting another war does not make you pro Putin.
@@nad663 No it doesn’t. Being an isolationist doesn’t mean being pro Putin.
Who's this guy Pence again?
Lmao the huge breaths in through the nose😂 he sound like he just upped a lil key bump
What u know about key 🔑 bumps lol!? Been delivered since 07/31/05 baby! John 3:3-5 = Acts 2:38
If you can't refute with facts, make personal attacks. Way to go, champ!
Mind Begs the Question:
To support and aid an Apartheid State
Democratic,Fascist?
It’s not being an apologist for Putin to say nuclear war isn’t such a good idea.
So now people don't have a right to choose
@@ronsolstad8161 obvious bot, move to Shanghai
@@ronsolstad8161 They are more free than you. Huge fine if Americans travel to beautiful Cuba directly from anywhere in the USA to Cuba. Ask yourself,”How free am I “ 😂
@@getagrip964 Yeah that must be it! Anyone apposed to your partisan side is to be condemned and yet you think Americans are free. 😂
@@ronsolstad8161 Just like you're free to move to Ukraine where I'm sure you could help.
See how that works?
He seems to be losing it or is he running to stay out of prison? Clean suits hide ugly sores.
The claps are kind of flat there.
I would vote for Putin before I vote for Pence!
We know, that's the problem.
Seperate the people more by saying there’s no room for people with different views…hmmm sounds pretty bad to me
There doesn't seem to be room for loyalty in the gop either
Not just some . Most .
Proxy wars
You will not disrespect your future president like that how dare you… You have no leg to stand on Mr.
Saying what people want to hear, Puppet
Trump does it ALL THE TIME.
He like tickling the ears of his cult following.
Bull ! I don't know which party Pence claims to be in now, it can't be the GOP.
Puppetenzky
Psst....Your RINO is showing...
*Neo Conservatism
He takes loud deep breaths
Hate the guy but even a broken clock is right twice a day, good job white Mike keep it up
😂😂😂
Russian bots incoming in 3...2....1.....
Fly out to Ukraine to help them fight
trump apologists, and especially supporters, should also be given far more scrutiny
A total disgrace to his former office. No administration ever allowed the US Capital to be sacked during peacetime, but with Pence’s spineless, cowardly support, the Trumpers somehow managed it.
"Of course we aren't Nazis!" **Laughs and shows off Swatstikas and Black Sun tattoos** 🤣
Russia has more nazis than Ukraine lol
@@sc1338 Even if that is true, who cares? We're not sending billions of dollars and arming Russia with our military equipment, are we?
GO GET SOME THEN PENCE 🤣😂. EXACTLY!!! YOU GET BLOWN AWAY AS WELL!!! WHAT YOU GOING TO DO? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 🤣😂
First speech by a republican that didnt make me want to puke. No lies. So it is possible.
Two wings of the same dying bird
I don't like pence, but at least he did what was right during the transition of power.
Uni party Mike will say or do anything to do remain relevant 🤔
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Thanks for introducing yourself
🌲
So Mike is a separatist, you know what to do to separatists.
He is creating a clear line between himself and Trump.
Regardless, it's a disgusting mess either way.
Yeah, and way too late. This should have been a no-brained, yet he waited a year to see how the political wind was blowing to go so “far” as to say maybe killing 100,000s so a dictator can take over a democracy isn’t great. Pathetic.
Pence trying too hard to be relevant.
Puppet
Yes, if we only had a champion recently when Brandon's crime family stole the stage and allowed and caused many deaths. Yes Sir we needed a Champion of Freedom. However, he didn't feel comfortable slowing down the rot.
Couldn’t have said it better!Trump 2024-2032🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻 4 Extra for all the treachery from the swamp!🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🤙🏻
Stole the stage? Didn't you hear? Even Fox news doesn't believe anything was stolen.
Save it. You’re speaking to a cesspool of gov-media believers on RUclips who only get caught up in sound bites. Let’s just wait for the chips to fall.
Mind Begs the Question:
If World Leaders,Biden
Profess to be Zionists
If Biden sets in motion WW3
WW3 not caused by Zionists?
@@Godspeedysick you save it ya yeller bellied sap sucker 😇
champios of freedom not for peace..😂😂😂😂😂
Trumps fault
The military industrial complex was really impressed by RINO Mike Pence's speech.
And I'm sure he appreciates the 30 pieces of silver.
Mike really enjoys fictional tales such as -
Ukraine is a democracy and other fantasies.
Tekton, you're pathetic, Russia tried to control Ukraine before their election and failed. Europe, the US, the world bank, and every other organization made sure the Russian puppets wouldn't run Ukraine. Ukraine had free elections, Zelenski won, and Putin's next option was war. He'll apparently have no better luck with his invasion than he did with his stooges. Zelenski won't be falling off high buildings or being poisoned like Russian businessmen or officials.
@@johndigiacomo1674
Do you really believe that propaganda bullsh*t you just typed? Or was that sarcasm?
You should watch the documentary by Oliver Stone - Ukraine on fire.
What actually happened was the Obama/Biden administration engineered a coup in Ukraine in 2014. The US and NATO have been training and arming the Ukrainian military for a proxy war that they planned on provoking with Russia in order to weaken Russia and bring about a regime change.
Zelensky has banned all opposition parties and controls all news media outlets.
Has banned the use of the Russian language in the government, even though Zelensky himself is a native Russian speaker. The Ukrainian Bandera fans have been attacking ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine since 2014. They have murdered thousands of ethnic Russians since 2014.
Ukraine is a democracy, criminal, and you should be hoping that Putin loses. If you weren't populist trash with no real beliefs.
@@JK-br1mu
Look up democracy in the dictionary!
Democracy Ukraine is not.
Ukraine is a one party government run by dictator Zelensky.
@@Tekton177 No, he was popularly elected, by a large majority. That's the democratic process.
Finally, he's taken a stand against the Putin apologists in his party.
Anyone is considered a Putin apologist to you people if they don’t support the war of Ukraine.
@@Wadiyatalkinabeet_ I mean aren't they? If someone didn't support US entry into ww2 and I called them a Hirohito or Hitler apologist, would you take issue with that as well? It's not a good look if your position on an issue is also the same position preferred by tyrants.
Olny person to blame for the Russian travesty is zelensky
He’s lying
Trump: “I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine - of Ukraine - Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful,” Trump said.
The swamp will support anything, misrepresent anything, lie about anything to get rid of Trump. Under Trump the gap between black and white incomes was the narrowest in history. The evil swamp whose power rests ( significantly ) on black dissatisfaction is threatened by this. Right Pence ? BTW white earnings are skewed by Gates, Soros, and others. Don't forget the golf ball in jar of beans you're counting.
Stop lying as usual!
President Trump wouldn’t have us on the brink of WW3! Biden couldn’t wait to get us there!
Do u like pedophilia? 🍥.....
The United States government is evil. Can anyone name me a government in the world that is not corrupt? Exactly!!! All The governments in the world are corrupt. Both the Republicans and the Democrats are a joke nowadays. That's only to divide US citizens while they control us. The United States government only invades small countries 10 or more against 1 small country bravo 👏🤦.
The USA is to blame for not keeping its promises to Russia, broken promises has consequences
We've never promised anything to Russia besides "If you don't try to nuke us we won't nuke you". And now *they* are talking about breaking that promise.
👏💯🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Lmao...🤣🤣
Irrelevant nonsense and hogwash------Russia has no excuse for stealing land from its neighbor.
Right you are...NATO has been warned since 2008. Russia will win and Ukraine will burn. Furthermore woke pervert culture and domestic terrorism in the Democrat party will be snuffed out
Donald Trump: Putin is “pretty smart,” Mr. Trump said , assessing the. invasion like a real estate deal. “He’s taken over a country for $2 worth of sanctions,” he said, “taking over a country - really a vast, vast location, 😮a great piece of land with a lot of people - and just walking right in and taking it.” He’s great!”
Trump is a Putin fluffer 😂
While the Clinton’s accept donations from Putin to sell him uranium. Your hypocrisy is pathetic
And his butt boy.
The "classified documents" that Biden ( and Pence kept safely at home ) were really the records of the swamp's corruption. Which Pence was in on. He MUST obey those who know therefore his support for Bloodbath Biden.
Axios 👉 Trump: Russian invasion of Ukraine is "crime against humanity"
The Hill 👉 Trump calls the Russian invasion ‘a holocaust,’ urges Russia to stop fighting
The world was a much more peaceful place when Trump was president.
The Biden administration has brought us to the edge of WW3, and his criminal administration wants war with China after the Ukraine proxy war
I’ll vote for him
Hehe, baby needs to open mouth
Wow Pence made a statement that wasn't stupid or disgusting
Stupid is as stupid does
'ere's the bloody rub, Mate: I wouldn't give sixpence for Mike the Bland's chances o' bein' th' american Prime Minister in '24.
@@nad663( You didn't get the joke, Chum.)
RHINO republican in name only
@Notorious Malcontent
Republican
Homophobe
In
Name
Only
*Rino
*Neo Conservative
There’s no apologists for traitors either …
Dam right pence
Amen
NO RUSSIAN
HAS EVER CALLED ME
A DOMESTIC TERRORIST
They call you way worse, check out their gov news and their chats
Respect Pence for his statement here.
The United States government is evil. Can anyone name me a government in the world that is not corrupt? Exactly!!! All The governments in the world are corrupt. Both the Republicans and the Democrats are a joke nowadays. That's only to divide US citizens while they control us. The United States government only invades small countries 10 or more against 1 small country bravo 👏🤦.
People forget that Russia is 1 of 2 countries that can blow up the world. Russia is not Iraq nor any other country that the US government and its puppets invaded. Russia is Russia. 🤣😂
@@armandoruiz8758 Everything is relative. Statistically, which of the super powers do people apply to immigrate to the most?
wow is that an assertion I heard from the dough boy? getting so brave there mister. now back under that blankie son.
"We support Neo-Nazis!" -people with Ukraine flag in their bio
What about apologists for Trump ?
Wow finally the two party system agree on the same
They are not “Russian apologists”, they are “Russian assets”.
I could ask you basic questions about the war and you wouldn't be able to answer... You wouldn't even be able to do a web search for the answer.... And you pretend to know what's going on based on the propaganda you've been fed. 🤣👍
@@hdtvcamera1 who paid for George Santos campaign?
@@pwilliam255 if lying is a problem for you, are you familiar with the whoppers that come out of Joe Biden?
@@hdtvcamera1 yes, and I don’t repeat them if I know he’s wrong about something. 🤦♂️
@@pwilliam255 i asked a question about the Ukrainian war and you replied with a question about an inconsequential Republican politician that democrats want out because his district is close enough they can win an election.
It's diversion for idiots who don't think about the strategy of government controlled media
Whoa. Who's this guy. He woke up.
I guess you never realized that sometimes politicians will misrepresent themselves to gain their goals and aspirations for power and money. It's called lying and deceit and many in the establishment political sphere are very good at it and sometimes they hire people to evaluate the audience and write speeches to placate that audience while all the time knowing in the end they will always do what the CIA puppets and their Billionaire masters ask them to do.....make them richer at the expense of the majority of the American citizens.
Who's apologizing for Vladimir Putin in the Republican Party? I can tell you one truth you can rest assured in, and that is Mike Pence has no say in the Republican Party any longer. He's a 3% primary candidate.
Tucker Carlson for one
@@armyantlocsta I said Republican Party. I did not mention the winner of the Nerd Of The Year award winners class. There's no such thing as a regularly televised Republican or Democratic Party member. Televised mouths flapping are known only as The Establishment.
Ted cruz
Marjorie Taylor Greene
@@jaredchilders3781 I agree but what I’m saying is: if the Speaker of the House (The Head Leader of the Republican Party) gives a far right pundit what he gave Pucker Snarlson…that pundit is/becomes part of the Republican Party…same goes for Sean Hannity campaigning alongside Trump…
Go mike
The President of Ukraine owns a 35 million dollar home in Florida and has $1.2 billion in a overseas bank account. Zelensky owns 15 homes, 3 private planes, and has a monthly income of 11 million dollars. Why is no one questioning where our AID
is going?
Proof & sources, please?
@@laura2372 My Russian troll alarm is going crazy..Ignore it!
liar
@@laura2372 Do you care about the proof and sources for the great Russian Conspiracy Hoax that was the basis of Pelosi/Hillary's impeachment fraud ?
@@ediemorgan8968 Gotcha! Thanks, friend!