As noted , Pence had already shown, on Jan. 6, where he stood on the question of him disqualifying or ignoring any states' certified electoral votes. And therefore implicitly he had already said that Trump was wrong. But I think his statements yesterday were significant because he included the powerful term "unAmerican." Even more so, he…
As noted , Pence had already shown, on Jan. 6, where he stood on the question of him disqualifying or ignoring any states' certified electoral votes. And therefore implicitly he had already said that Trump was wrong. But I think his statements yesterday were significant because he included the powerful term "unAmerican." Even more so, he said that the electoral decision rested with the American people, not one person. The natural assumption is that the "one person," under Trump's notion, is the Vice President, but it could also be read to refer to Trump himself. And that flips Trump's typical demagogic, tyrant-aspiring notion that he is synonymous with The People while the mainstream media (for instance) is "the enemy of The People." So Pence's statement can easily be read to be an assertion that, on at least that occasion, Trump was acting as the enemy of The People.
As noted , Pence had already shown, on Jan. 6, where he stood on the question of him disqualifying or ignoring any states' certified electoral votes. And therefore implicitly he had already said that Trump was wrong. But I think his statements yesterday were significant because he included the powerful term "unAmerican." Even more so, he said that the electoral decision rested with the American people, not one person. The natural assumption is that the "one person," under Trump's notion, is the Vice President, but it could also be read to refer to Trump himself. And that flips Trump's typical demagogic, tyrant-aspiring notion that he is synonymous with The People while the mainstream media (for instance) is "the enemy of The People." So Pence's statement can easily be read to be an assertion that, on at least that occasion, Trump was acting as the enemy of The People.
True, but way too complex a web of rationale for Trump's boobwazie.