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I always marvel at people such as this author who always feel like they have to "splain" Trump's words to us, as if we're too stupid. Or more accurately, they are just smarter than we are because they insist Trump doesn't really mean what he actually says. Which is pure bullshit peddled by the "splainers". So lemme give this splainer Cates a lesson. When Trump voices his opinion about somebody publicly it's NOT KABUKI! Got that? Trump fully understands his rank and file supporters - the ones who wait in line for hours just to get into his rallies - know full well that he says what he means, and means what he says. I defy ANYONE to show me concrete evidence that Trump had publicly supported Pence since 11/3/20. I can find a shitload of Trump criticisms of Pence since then, but not a single word of support, endorsement or otherwise. To make the claim this is some ambiguous code of tacit support of Pence by Trump is sheer lunacy. It's the same shit these splainers tried to peddle at Trump's open hostility to Sessions.

For anyone who still deludes themselves into thinking Trump loves Sessions, I invite you to dig up an interview Byron York did with Trump lawyer John Dowd. In an Oval Officer meeting, Dowd was with Trump, Sessions, and Sessions COS. During this meeting, Don McGahn burst in to tell them all CNN just reported Rosenstein had just named Mueller as Special Counsel. Dowd reported the following: 1) Trump was LIVID; 2) Sessions was openly humiliated andf offered his resignation on the spot, which couldn't be accepted then because THAT would have been viewed as "obstruction"; 3) the COS ran to DOJ to confront Rosenstein, who was cowering in his corner asking if he was about to be fired. This was all because of the Sessions recusal, which Sessions said he offered as his "gesture" to his former D Senate colleagues so they would not bother them. Sessions went full Neville Chamberlain convinced his "gesture" would create "peace in our time". What a dunce. Instead, here were the REAL and serious consequences of that recusal: 1) Flyn had to go bankrupt to defend against Mueller prosecutors; 2) Mannafort home raided and went to prison; 3) Roger Stone raided and went to prison; 4) Papadopoulous sent to prison; 5) Trump had to hire his own battery of lawyers to deal with Mueller's attack dogs at a personal cost of millions in legal fees. Among other consequences. THAT'S why Trump WENT OUT OF HIS WAY to openly DESTROY the Senate candidacy of Sessions when he tried to return to the Senate in 2020. Trump not only openly trashed Sessions but also openly endorsed Tuberville in that R primary, because Trump knew full well his supporters would back his endorsement. They did. Tuberville won the primary & the general, and Sessions has tottered off into irrelevant antiquity. Anybody who thinks this is "Kabuki" and Trump really loves Sessions is just a fucking idiot. Straight up. Trump supporters know Trump says what he means and means what he says, and Trump himself knows they know that. It's the "splainers" like this author who think they know more. And it's the splainers who still try to make the idiotic case that Rosenstein is really a White Hat. The same Rosenstein who knew the FISA warrant on Carter Page was fraudulent and signed the extension of that fraud to a federal court. Good lord, it's not hard to understand, splainers. At least it's not if you get a clue.

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You probably need to read this excellent piece from Ms. Emerald about your guy Pence.

https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/the-treachery-of-vp-mike-pence-explained

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Thanks Duane!

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so who gave Pence the coin at the end of the J6 session and what was the coin for? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwAXGbI__2o

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https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2021/01/06/CREC-2021-01-06.pdf I am going to answer my question from 21 hours ago using the Congressional record PDF for Jan 6, 2021. It didn't matter what Pence did. It was OVER BEFORE THE COUNT OF STATES STARTED. Trump trumped them all. Quick recap of the record of the first 6 minutes starting at noon, Reading Page One: Pelosi appointed Swalwell to chair who called them to order. Then a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, appointed the tellers AND THEN A MOST AMAZING DOCUMENT WAS PRESENTED TO THEM FROM DONALD J TRUMP by the clerk dated Jan 5, 2021. It was entitled: ADDRESSING THE THREAT POSED BY APPLICATIONS AND OTHER SOFTWARE DEVELOPED OR CONTROLLED BY CHINESE COMPANIES--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 117-6) To the Congress of the United States: Pursuant.....(citations)...I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order declaring additional steps to be taken concerning the "national emergency" with respect to the information and communications technology and services supply chain declared in Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 to deal with the threat posed by applications and other software developed or controlled by Chinese companies." (Several more paragraphs)..."I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. DONALD J. TRUMP. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2021." I remember watching the proceedings right from the start and seeing them handling this envelope at the podium and I wondered what is that all about...well, it's about the "national emergency". (I can't find these first few minutes on YT). That's right Trump has said he is a war time president and we are operating under a "national emergency", worse than Pearl Harbor, worse than 9/11. Remember Trump saying he has powers most knew nothing about. At midnight of Nov 3, 2020, seeing the tabulations by Space Force and the 305th Military Intelligence Group in every state, every county, up and down ballots, the President and Commander in Chief seeing the cyber tracks going in and out of the U.S. to multiple other countries (China, Italy, et. al.) declares with the agreement of the Military the United States was under attack by foreign enemies, an act of war and therefore the elections were invalid, void, null. They did it quickly before the multiple states even had time to stack their elections with phony ballots over the next few days. It didn't matter, "we caught them all" by midnight 11/3/20. And so here, before even one electoral vote is counted by Congress this message from the President to Pelosi is read and presented into the record. Again, this is the first 6 minutes. What happens next at 12:06? They go into a recess until 12:55. Seems odd to do 6 minutes and then go to recess... But go to You Tube and try to find those first 6 minutes, all the videos I see start at 12:55 where everyone is coming in and they commit treason and a coup and stage a phony insurrection. This will bring in at some point, (once everyone has shown their cards), the military since it is an act of war to commit fraud to overthrow by cheating with foreign powers a duly elected government and install their Manchurian puppet candidate(s) not even realizing that Trump had put into the Congressional Record his Executive Order before they even began counting electors. In particular Chinese programs, and they had bought Dominion a few months prior to the election!

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Pence has been in politics a loooong time. That makes me doubt him up front. I found this article compelling. Time will tell.

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Nixon was the VP not Johnson, and it was Nixon who set aside the Republican electors in favor of the the democrat electors in 1960. Agree with your position on Pence.

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Hmmmm. I hadn’t read Emerald’s pieces about Pence hangers-on. I need to ponder this. I would be interested in your take on that piece in light of your piece.

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Uhh....you might wanna rethink all your stuff about Pence being "vindicated", unless you wanna say you know more than John Solomon (which I doubt)...

https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1493213443809284104?s=20&t=hverOL_L7Jkv4y5wyQ4EtQ

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Logic first. You say: "I watched Pence go for the THIRD OPTION". Then, you accuse President Trump, that he is missing his point by claiming, that Pence didn't chose the first option. And by that, your prove, that President Trump is wrong? It is just another try of propaganda and not the best way to keep readers, and reason for asking for donations.

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Logic first. You say: "I watched Pence go for the THIRD OPTION". Then, you accuse President Trump, that he is missing his point by claiming, that Pence didn't chose the first option. And by that, your prove, that President Trump is wrong? It is just another try of propaganda and not the best way to keep readers, and reason for asking for donations.

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Who gaveled what parliamentary procedure to stop the certificate of ascertainment process once they came back into chambers? What constitutional reason was given to stop the process the VP had started, that is the BIG MISSING PIECE! What was entered into the record---That because of this interruption (which has nothing to do with this constitutional process), the process started by the VP is now invalid and cannot be allowed to continue?

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Emerald’s makes this seem fantasy.

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Great read and point of view!

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Thank You Duane, I appreciate Your work Friend👊🙏

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Feb 1, 2022·edited Feb 1, 2022

I have zero question about Pence's loyalties or intentions. If anyone, God forbid, managed to hurt Trump during his presidency, Pence was the person he trusted most to replace him.

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