NPR, who has made a depressing turn towards normalizing the rise of blatant racism and misogynistic and homophobic leaders in their attempts at maintaining some illusory tone of “objectivity,” ran a piece this morning about how vice president-elect Mike Pence will be something of a co-president with Donald Trump.
President-elect Donald Trump has made it clear that Vice President-elect Mike Pence will have a major role in governing. He recently tapped Pence to take over leadership of his transition planning from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Pence spent the day Tuesday at Trump Tower as the two men select key members of their administration.
It's hard to imagine two men with more different personalities and backgrounds. Trump — with his brand name and background in real estate — was an unconventional candidate from the beginning. Pence, meanwhile, is a far more recognizable Republican, who is known for introducing himself as "a basic guy" and "a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order."
Really? Evangelicals voted for Trump over Clinton and showed themselves for the biblically epic hypocrites they are. So by electoral standards, Donald Trump is every bit as “Christian” as Gov. Pence. Gov. Pence was such a famous homophobic misogynist that he was the only Republican willing to throw the Hail Mary pass and sign on as Trump’s vice president. Trump famously asked John Kasich beforehand with the promise that President Trump would be a cheerleading figurehead and his VP would get to work on all of those pesky details of running the executive branch of our country. Unfortunately, the NPR piece is written in a way that suggests that Vice President Pence is such a sober and sound contrast to Donald Trump that we should all forget that Gov. Mike Pence has engineered homophobic “religious freedom” laws that look like something out of a museum about the Salem witches. Here’s a classic moment from NPR.
The two men have differed at times not just on tone, but on policy. Even so, Pence has unflinchingly defended and promoted Trump throughout the campaign. On election night, it was Pence who introduced Trump to the world as the new president-elect of the United States.
Can’t be bothered to come up with policy differences that might actually come into play if what they are writing about is true, I guess? Maybe Pence’s homophobia and “Christian beliefs” will run up against Donald Trump’s saying anything anybody wants to hear at any given time beliefs? What should we know about Pence, a man who NPR is telling us may sort of actually be doing the president’s job for the actual president?
"I've watched this man up close. I've seen what he's made of. Let me tell you something about Mike Pence. This is a man of solid character," Ryan said.
Back home in Indiana, Pence is also popular with leading Republicans, like state Sen. Brandt Hershman, who describes him as genuine and well-liked.
Quotes from arguably the worst person in our government, Paul Ryan and Indiana’s 2007 gay marriage ban sponsor Sen. Brandt Hershman. You know what names don’t come up in this article? “Bannon,” “White Supremacy,” “homophobic,” “women.” NPR is dropping the ball in a big way.