The Media’s ‘Strange New Respect’
for Mike Pence
Posted By: WhamDBambam, 11/18/2022 9:00:49 AM
Republicans, especially those running for president in 2024, know how to get treated “respectfully” by the mainstream media: denounce or at least distance yourself from former President Donald Trump. Former Vice President Mike Pence has learned that lesson and is being treated much better than he previously was by the media.
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Bless his heart, he really is a fairly dense mook.