Karen Pence, the wife of former Vice President Mike Pence, made it clear at today’s state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter that she doesn’t want anything to do with Donald or Melania Trump.
In a video that is quickly going viral online, Mrs. Pence can be seen sitting next to her husband when the Trumps arrive for the funeral. But while Mr. Pence stands to shake hands with his former boss, his wife refuses to stand and looks away, clearly unwilling to even meet the eyes of the former president and first lady.
Here’s the video, which has already garnered over half a million views on Twitter:
You probably recall that Donald Trump suggested his supporters should have executed Mike Pence because he refused to participate in Trump’s efforts to illegally steal the 2020 election from President Joe Biden.
Many who saw the video on social media were delighted by Karen Pence’s snubbing of the Trumps.
I don't blame her. Lots of people are uncomfortable around prostitutes and Felons.
Well, it’s now official: The Republican Party under the sway of Donald Trump has completely jumped the shark and is now operating via remote-control madness mixed with idiocy.
Proof of that was provided by Congressman Rep. Kevin Hurn (R-OK) during an appearance on CNBC this morning.
Speaking with host Andrew Ross Sorkin, Hurn was asked, “Congressman, do you have any realistic expectation that maybe something that would be added to this bill would include either buying Greenland or perhaps buying the Panama Canal or, I don’t know about buying Canada, maybe merging with Canada?”
Hurn replied, “Well, I don’t — not sure yet. We’re all going down to Mar-a-Lago over the next three or four days to share different opinions, thoughts on some of the things that have been discussed.”
“I want to look at this and see what the opportunities are as recently in Panama,” he added. “The [president-elect] knows this, and he wants to make sure that we don’t get encircled, whether it be Greenland in Canada or the Panama Canal, and make sure that we have national security.”
“So one of the things we have the most important role to do in Congress is to protect this great nation,” the congressman said.
Sorkin noted that Canadian officials had countered Trump’s ridiculous talk about taking over their country by suggesting they might want to purchase Alaska and Minnesota.
“Well good luck on Canada buying anything out of America,” Hurn responded. “You know President Trump will push as we all know he’s a businessman.”
“He will set the boundaries and have everybody think twice before they do something that might be radical as that was suggested by the folks in Canada.”
It has been said many times before but needs to be repeated: Today’s Republican Party is a cult, and they’re only too happy to drive this country off a cliff if Trump tells them to.
Throughout the 2024 election season, Donald Trump and his Republican allies repeatedly promised they would protect and secure both Medicare and Social Security and not make a single cut to either program.
That, however, was then, and now that the GOP has won control of both the White House and Congress, it’s clear that they have every intention of taking a meat cleaver to social programs so they can give another round of tax cuts to rich douchebags like Elon Musk.
How do we know that Republicans are going to cut the two programs? All you have to do is listen to what Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) said at a press conference today.
CNN correspondent Manu Raju asked Johnson what the GOP had planned for the two entitlement programs.
“Look, the president has made very clear, Social Security and Medicare have to be preserved,” Johnson replied. “And we are not, no one is coming in with the intention of cutting benefits in any way or anything.”
Johnson quickly added, “But we have to look at all spending and look at it very deliberately while maintaining those commitments. The Republican Party is not going to cut benefits, okay? We’ve made that very clear over and over and over.”
“We do know, however, at the same time, there are many, many areas of fraud, waste and abuse.”
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Republican doublespeak, here’s what Johnson actually meant: We promised not to cut Medicare, but we lie about everything and we lied about that, too. Cuts are coming. You can count on it.
So don’t be the least bit surprised when the first GOP budget after Trump’s inauguration features cuts to food stamps, programs for seniors, and enormous tax cuts for the richest Americans, including greedy South African douchebags like Elon Musk, who personally bankrolled Trump’s victory to the tune of at least a quarter of a billion dollars.
Bend over, America! Republicans are about to screw all of us while saying it’s for our own good.
The husband of Republican Sen. Deb Fischer (NE) went viral online in the worst way possible after refusing to shake the hand of Vice President Kamala Harris during a swearing-in ceremony on Monday.
Bruce Fischer held the Bible his wife placed her hand on as she took the oath of office, but rebuffed the vice president when she offered her hand in congratulations.
Here’s the video, which went viral overnight.
The husband of a Republican senator just refused to shake hands or make eye contact with Vice President Harris.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) January 6, 2025
In response, Harris remarked, “It’s OK, I won’t bite. I’m not going to bite. Don’t worry.” But Mr. Fischer kept his eyes on the Bible and didn’t say a word, suggesting his actions were either intentional or proof of senility.
Afterward, Sen. Fischer shared photos of the event on social media, along with a message:
“Together we will continue to stand tall for our shared values and take care of our people. We will protect this nation. We will build a stronger Nebraska. And we will secure that brighter future for our children and grandchildren.”
But it was the refusal of her husband to shake an offered hand that drew the most reaction, with some suggesting Bruce Fisher had acted like a complete asshole.
Why would anyone expect these MAGA asshats to have any respect for the norms, traditions and protocols that undergird American democracy? They tried to overthrow that democracy just 4 years ago.
It does not make a difference to what party you belong to, that was rude but by his face I would also say this man is probably and old fashioned racist.
@SenatorFischer likely knew her spouse was planning some stunt. Congratulations to both of them for reminding us how fragile, racist and misogynistic, older doughy white men are.
Former New York City mayor and Donald Trump gadfly Rudy Giuliani is furious with a courtroom sketch artist, and he erupted at her during a break in a court hearing earlier today, according to Reuters.
Giuliani directed his comments at sketch artist Jane Rosenberg during a break in a court hearing to determine whether or not he should be held in contempt of court for failing to hand over property he owns to pay two Georgia election workers he was found guilty of defaming. The court awarded the women $148 million for comments Guiliani made about them, including his allegation that they helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump in the Peach State.
“You made me look like my dog!” Guiliani reportedly hissed at Rosenberg.
During the Monday hearing, Giuliani tried to explain why he had not turned over property to former election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss as the judge has previously ordered.
“I am personally conducting my own investigation,” he claimed when asked by the judge about other items he was supposed to have already handed over.
Rudy Giuliani criticized a drawing by courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg during a break in a hearing, at which the former New York City mayor tried to fend off a bid to hold him in contempt of court in the Georgia election workers' case.
