Former speech writer for President George W. Bush, David Frum, joins Ari Melber to discuss breaking news from the Washington Post that reports Pence claims he had no knowledge of the plot with Ukraine to get dirt on the Bidens. Frum argues the WaPo reporting shows Trump “is not so reckless to let us VP remain clear,” adding the “harrowing circumstance” forces Trump to “make sure that the vice president is as dirty as possible, to make sure that their interests are aligned.” Aired on 10/02/19.
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President Donald Trump's 'In Trouble': Bush Staffer On Pence Tossing Trump Under Bus
This is how many years of prison Trump deserves:
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@ToxicTrump Tube I see what you did there.
Kit take all his money and give to the American people and use all his hotels to house the homeless…
ToxicTrump Tube life
John Peterson hm, like what?
A year for each lie he’s told since being in office. That should get him at least 2 life sentences
Oh.. l can’t wait until everyone starts turning on every one is this administration. Which is gonna happen sooner then later. 👏🙏👏
@g0679 – ‘Slovenia’, more likely… 😏
Rosie ranted *and* raved in a spastic, spam-post frenzy. 🤯
“Sad!” 😂
@Gary Rosie Trump is to follow,you retardicans would support Trump if he married his daughter.
@Gary Rosie Evidence or are you just so desperate you will say anything?
trolling everyday it seems
Pence was unaware he was being used as Trump’s tool? That’s funny, because he also didn’t know anything about Flynn being under FBI investigation, despite being warned as the head of the Trump transition team.
@jwoolman5- He has to. His corrupt boss correctly knows the evangelicals want their theocratic due. Implicate Pence and they’re stuck with (gasp!) Nancy Pelosi.
Pence is just a silly religious joke but honest
@sclogse1 LOL! Reminiscent of Dan Quale’ s”The mind’s a terrible thing to waste, but not to have a mind to waste..”
@CFR Andre you are everywhere and have a🐀 channel with no content lol 🤣🤣🤣🥴
@Integrity101 I said the very same thing.
“Dumb blonde” is a stereotype that I reject, but in Donald’s case I’m willing to make an exception.
Whatever you say, whatever you do we’re voting Trump in 2020.
@Geoff B whomever you vote for, you don’t matter and neither does the rest of the fringe brain dead trump cult.
The dems already know this and they’re campaigning to get the thinking part of the country to vote for them, not you, lul.
Is he really blonde? Hard to say. It’s a color not found in nature.
Yeah that is funny but he a bleach blonde so blonds should not be offended lol
@LardGreystoke rats nest I was thinking more blonde birds nest
Pence wears Smegma Lipstick, he’s an Evangelical Authoritarian and is cruel and unusual
@dlee t Unfortunately, it was more devious than that. It would force a grieving woman to have to cough up funeral arrangements AND it would be permanently enshrined in her Electronic Medical Record open for all to see..including an increasingly dangerous misogynistic Republican regime.
If you wanted someone to bring about “The Handmaid’s Tale” in reality, Pence would your first choice. An evil soul lives behind those cold, dead eyes.
Smegma lipstick. Ugh.
@circuit67 Putin maybe?
Troy Stocker You drank too much Kool Aid brew
“For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.”
– Frederick Douglass, July 4, 1852
This was true then and remains true today.
@Jim Battersbee I know. It’s just that there are two very different issues here. Douglass is talking about slavery in this case, not government corruption.
@Scott Becker in my opinion I feel the two are explicitly connected with both dealing with the morality of the people in power.
BJACCE Well said
What do you think? Dealing with Barbaric Barbarian’s… They jumped off of that Boat, (“Mayflower”) loaded with England’s rejects…
@BJACCE fair enough
Trump can’t even drink a glass of water without looking awkward
Really,!!!
Trump drink water? Geez, what’s next, a salad?
im never been sure he’s from planet earth…
Mario Barahona
You reckon that’s awkward? Close your eyes and imagine him climbing on top of the first “lady “……………..naked. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Trump isnt qualified to stand in Obama’s shadow.
@Troy Stocker I’m not up to speed on the GREEN DEAL……yeah a MILLION DEAD in Iraq……trust me I KNOW….look at the major players in Iraq’s oil revenue today…..SHAMELESS GOP…….Obama had to make tough choices…id say he weened USA outta boots on the ground in these countries…i HOPE we continue TO NOT INVADE other countries and use our Jab power with less frequency. But warhawk Obama was NOT.
lol true obbama thru illegals out at much higher rate and he was the first to lock up kids his policy
Or Giuliani’s…..if he had one.
Trump is definitely the kind of guy who takes everyone down with him.
trump’s plan is to take everyone down INSTEAD of himself… I think he may have overplayed his hand this time… oh.. and pence definitely knew ! Please !
Nope, Trump is the type og guy who sets everybody around him up to shift the blame for everything he does to them so he can force them to take the fall for him and he can walk away.
Just look at what happened here:
Trump knew his now infamous phone call with the President of the Ukraíne was, to put it mildly, problematic, so he made sure Mike Pompeo was directly involved. This way Trump had an immediate scapegoat he could shift the blame to in case things went wrong. To doubly secure HE could walk away from trouble, Trump also involved Mike Pence. That move also had the extra benefit of keeping Pence from making a move against Trump: when Trump ever faces an impeachment procedure, the next in line to become President is Pence, so Trump makes sure Pence is as dirty as him so Pence can’t turn against him. That also gives Trump a scapegoat if he’s being charged after his Presidency ends: he can throw Pence in front of the bus so he can walk away.
Does it all sound a bit familiar? Trump did exactly this with Mike Flynn and Michael Cohen. He tried to do it with Jeff Sessions, but Sessions proved he was smarter than Trump and refused to take the fall.
Yep – _everyone._ If given the chance, Donald Trump will take _everyone_ down with him. Don’t underestimate this ‘coup’ and ‘civil war’ crap. He would rip this country apart solely for his pride.
It feels so good that my hands are so clean in this filthy world
Pence is like everyone else, they’re not involved, until they are. What’s the big secret?
Everyone who watched it & did nothing are guilty of Misprision of Felony…
Russell Berwick the big secret is he did nothing
Russell Berwick : Did you see Rachel Maddow’s video? With PERFECT timing . . . While Donny Dumpster Fire is getting so crazy, wheel out his Arch Enemy, to Troll him . . . LOVE IT! 🤣👍✌️
kakarot : You forgot to put, “good,” at the end of that sentence, son 🙂
You can bet that Pence is lying, there’s no way he didn’t know and just wait until trumps tax returns surfaces that’s when it’s really going to get good
All dictators do that. If I can’t win, we burn together.
Criminal can lies, he can run but you can’t hide forever, it will come out day by day and the end, he falls of the cliff soon. 😂😂😂
Doesn’t even know what a jockstrap is.
Same as every other new word he has “learned”.
“the vice president is as dirty as possible, to make sure that their interests are aligned”. Of course Pence’s aides were included in the corruption. All of them should be in prison.
They ‘re all rotten criminals. And Pence’s sweet jesus mask is laughable. Pathetic.
Pence: and so begins the Handmaid’s Tale…
The *Crime Spree In Chief* is calling other people “Shifty” !!😂😂😂
That’s right. Crime Spree in Chief, rolling over people in his Hollywood Access Bus on his way toward another p-ssy to grab.
Mike Pence now hiding under Mother’s dress.
It will come out because there is no honor between thieves and liars
Mike Pence: “I wasn’t aware of it. I was busy necking with mother after a stimulating game of Go Fish.”
🤣😂😂
Made me spit my coffee!
BARF