• teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    Vance is a bitch. That is why he was chosen, because the prez knows it will be more difficult to supplant him if Vance is the alternative.

    • PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      Vance was chosen because he was Peter Thiel’s fuckboi and Thiel wanted an in on Trump’s power, while Trump wanted an in on Thiel’s money/silicon valley political connections. Vance is great because 1) he’s no threat to Trump, so Trump is happy, but 2) he’s loyal to Thiel and if Trump dies he’ll become Thiel’s pet president by default.

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        11 days ago

        That too, but prez wouldn’t have chosen him if he was capable of being popular enough to supplant him.

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        11 days ago

        When Trump was playing his game of picking a VP, Theil literally walked Vance into Maralago and had meeting with Trump. They walked out of the meeting with Vance as VP.

        We know who both Trump and Theil are, so we know that money certainly changed hands, and now Theil holds the leash on the second highest office n the land.

      • PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works
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        8 days ago

        Honestly I think Pence just comes down to his refusal to break the law and support Trump’s coup on Jan 6. Trump might blame Pence for Jan 6’s failure, since the whole point of the coup was to prevent Pence from completing his legally-required ceremonial approval of Biden as new president.