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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:54 PM Jan 2019

Pence says Trump is like Martin Luther King Jr. for 'inspiring us' with a border wall



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/eve-mlk-day-pence-says-trump-like-martin-luther-king-jr-inspiring-us-border-wall/

“So what the president has directed us to do is to reach out with rank-and-file Democrats in the House and in the Senate,” Pence explained. “What the president presented yesterday really is an effort to bring together ideas from both political parties. I think it is an act of statesmanship on the president’s part.”

According to Pence, Trump’s actions during the government shutdown could be compared with King, who America will celebrate during a day of remembrance on Monday.

“And honestly,” he opined, “the hearts and minds of the American people are thinking a lot today about [this] being the weekend we remember the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”

“One of my favorite quotes from Dr. King was, ‘Now is the time to make real the promises of Democracy,'” Pence continued. “You think of how he changed America, he inspired us to change through the legislative process, to become a more perfect union. That’s exactly what President Trump is calling on the Congress to do, come to the table in a spirit of good faith.”
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Pence says Trump is like Martin Luther King Jr. for 'inspiring us' with a border wall (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2019 OP
Pence says a lot of goofy shit. marble falls Jan 2019 #1
ROFLMAO Dirty Socialist Jan 2019 #2
The scariest thing is he probably believes Phoenix61 Jan 2019 #3
Yup. And so do 30% of americans. Flat-earthers. lindysalsagal Jan 2019 #22
Hate-wingers say the dumbest things. Solly Mack Jan 2019 #4
Pence is a vile asshole lackey. Caliman73 Jan 2019 #5
Hey, Mikey! I don't see that you have changed all that much vlyons Jan 2019 #6
Suck...suck harder, Mike. Zoonart Jan 2019 #7
Hopefully Mueller's report will roll up Pence. Sneederbunk Jan 2019 #8
I am mystified Lindsay Jan 2019 #9
Pentecostal pence is delusional. gademocrat7 Jan 2019 #10
Did he fake speaking in tongues so he can claim to have the Spirit and be forever destined to heaven TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #17
Is Pence really this stupid? Goodheart Jan 2019 #11
MLK fought against racism, DJT fights to promote it ... yeah, they're a whoooooole lot alike. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2019 #12
Pence believes Christians are one day going to fly away in the sky. ooky Jan 2019 #13
Let's hope so. Downtown Hound Jan 2019 #19
Build a Fucking Wall around the Statue of Liberty...... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #14
I got a feeling that MLK, in his wisdom, NEVER advocated for a wall. Pence is full of it, and it... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #15
Borowitz? moondust Jan 2019 #16
And Hitler was like Gandhi dalton99a Jan 2019 #18
Total Nonsense colsohlibgal Jan 2019 #20
Oh my gosh, that did make me laugh like a loon! tavernier Jan 2019 #21
Has anyone ever seen Pence and Roger Stone together? TheCowsCameHome Jan 2019 #23
"I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in walls and cages. struggle4progress Jan 2019 #24
Peabrained and soulless. C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #25
Sickening Va Lefty Jan 2019 #26
Okay, that disqualifies him from holding public office. 2naSalit Jan 2019 #27
What a goddamn fool Blue Owl Jan 2019 #28
If there was a God, that would merit a lightning strike. Vinca Jan 2019 #29
Typical republican....pay lip service to the name MLK while disparaging his message and legacy Docreed2003 Jan 2019 #30
What do Trump/Putin have on him? unitedwethrive Jan 2019 #31
To think this moron is a heartbeat away from the presidency. Scruffy1 Jan 2019 #32
Well, I guess he is as "stupid as Mr. Trump" this proves it..(never thought anyone was, but he is) Stuart G Jan 2019 #33
That racist plank in his eye is fucking HUGE Soph0571 Jan 2019 #34
the only wall bdamomma Jan 2019 #35
I grew up in a city of walls Soph0571 Jan 2019 #36
Mike Pence has a remarkably deep throat Tarc Jan 2019 #37
That has to be the dumbest thing I heard all day Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #38
Somewhere James Danforth Quayle is thanking God. Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #39

Dirty Socialist

(3,252 posts)
2. ROFLMAO
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:58 PM
Jan 2019

Are you fucking kidding me? Pence must be living in another universe if he's comparing building a wall to MLK. Give me a break!

Phoenix61

(17,003 posts)
3. The scariest thing is he probably believes
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:58 PM
Jan 2019

what he is saying. It really does feel like the Twilight Zone most of the time.

Caliman73

(11,732 posts)
5. Pence is a vile asshole lackey.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:59 PM
Jan 2019

Martin Luther King Jr. would slap him upside the head for saying what he said.

The idiot forgets that after the march, during the time that the Civil Rights Acts were passed, King Jr. turned his sights squarely on poverty and violence, which King Jr. laid directly at the feet of the US fighting in Vietnam, meddling in other nations around the world, and not caring about the poverty of its own citizens let alone global citizens.

Trump is a xenophobe and a racist. Pence adds religious bigotry to the ticket. Neither should ever be mentioned in the same sentence as MLK Jr. except to say that MLK Jr. avowed anti-violence activist, would slap Trump and Pence upside the head for what they are saying and doing.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
6. Hey, Mikey! I don't see that you have changed all that much
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:59 PM
Jan 2019

You're still a religious hypocrite and Trump sycophant. Hey heads up, Mikey. Mueller has you number and can prove that you lied.

Lindsay

(3,276 posts)
9. I am mystified
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:01 PM
Jan 2019

by these Republicans who have such a gift of imagination, and yet instead of creating works of fiction and other forms of fantasy, decided it was just the thing for running a government.

(Yeah, the point appears to be running it into the ground, but still....)

TheBlackAdder

(28,184 posts)
17. Did he fake speaking in tongues so he can claim to have the Spirit and be forever destined to heaven
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:09 PM
Jan 2019

.

The problem with the two-stage baptism freaks is that they believe that once they speak in tongues, the Holy Spirit enters them and stays, forever destining them to sit by the right side of Jesus, no matter what they do. They can do no wrong, since the Spirit is within them, so they must be blessed. Those who can or don't pretend to speak in tongues don't have the Spirit, so there must be something wrong with them since the Spirit has not chosen to enter their bodies.

Playing with snakes would just top Whitie Vulgar's spirituality.

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ProudMNDemocrat

(16,784 posts)
14. Build a Fucking Wall around the Statue of Liberty......
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:07 PM
Jan 2019

After all, Lady Liberty is the symbol of NO WALLS!

What the fuck, Mikey, you ignorant fuck!

SWBTATTReg

(22,112 posts)
15. I got a feeling that MLK, in his wisdom, NEVER advocated for a wall. Pence is full of it, and it...
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:08 PM
Jan 2019

is a disgrace to MLK's memory to attempt to misuse MLK for this ignorant political purpose.

tavernier

(12,381 posts)
21. Oh my gosh, that did make me laugh like a loon!
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:19 PM
Jan 2019

This guy might want to inquire about doing an HBO comedy special... I haven’t belly laughed like that at most of their comedians!

struggle4progress

(118,280 posts)
24. "I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in walls and cages.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:33 PM
Jan 2019

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'Shoot first and ask questions later.' I have a dream that one day the children of border guards will lock up the children of refugees. I have a dream that asylum seekers fleeing for their lives and hoping to find an oasis of freedom and justice will instead swelter in hot tents, denied adequate food and water and medical care"

2naSalit

(86,568 posts)
27. Okay, that disqualifies him from holding public office.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:36 PM
Jan 2019

That is one of the most offensive comparisons I have ever heard!


Aside from the fact that he is as much a pathological liar as is MF45.

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
30. Typical republican....pay lip service to the name MLK while disparaging his message and legacy
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:47 PM
Jan 2019

Pence couldn't care less about MLK. This is another weak attempt by him to play the "sensible" role in this administration.

Scruffy1

(3,255 posts)
32. To think this moron is a heartbeat away from the presidency.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:04 PM
Jan 2019

I'm really beginning to think the US has become a failed state.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
36. I grew up in a city of walls
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 06:46 PM
Jan 2019


Never works

The whole world needs a YUUUGEEE Wall with a watch tower and all of them arseholes in orange.
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