Critic slams Mike Pence’s ‘delusions of grandeur’: He’s might be turning on Trump — but he’s no GOP savior

Towleroad May 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

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By Sarah K. Burris Esquire columnist Charlie Pierce is reminding voters that former Vice President Mike Pence is no savior for the mainstream GOP, even if he’s going up against Trump in Georgia with a battle of endorsements. Pence, he explained “is such a political maladroit that he makes Willard Romney look like Pericles.” Pence tens to “yammer” about Jesus a lot, wrote Pierce, but other than that he’s generally doing the worst possible things at the worst possible time. Pierce remembered the time Pence signed the anti-LGBTQ bill on the same weekend as the Final Four basketball tournament. Th…

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