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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Thu May 2, 2019, 10:56 AM May 2019

Mike Pence to Visit Heads of Burned Black Louisiana Churches

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit with community and faith leaders near Opelousas, Louisiana, where three black churches were destroyed by an arsonist.

News outlets report the White House says Pence will tour the remains of one of the churches on Friday and meet with Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy. The Rev. Gerald Toussaint says he and reverends from the other burned churches will also be meeting with the vice president.

A local sheriff's deputy's 21-year-old son, Holden Matthews, has been charged in the March and April burnings with offenses including arson. He's pleaded not guilty and is set to appear in court Thursday for a bond hearing.

A crowdfunding campaign for the churches' restoration has raised more than $2.1 million.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/05/02/us/ap-us-fire-black-churches-mike-pence.html

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Mike Pence to Visit Heads of Burned Black Louisiana Churches (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2019 OP

Little late Rebl2 May 2019 #1

I'm guessing this won't end well. Initech May 2019 #2

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm malaise May 2019 #3

I hope lightning strikes him. Ohiogal May 2019 #4

He just landed at the Lafayette Regional Airport about 15 minutes ago. fleur-de-lisa May 2019 #5

I'll tell you exactly what happened. Chump decided the heat he was bullwinkle428 May 2019 #6

Rebl2

(13,516 posts)

1. Little late

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 11:16 AM

May 2019

isn’t he?

Initech

(100,079 posts)

2. I'm guessing this won't end well.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 11:17 AM

May 2019

malaise

(269,022 posts)

3. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 11:18 AM

May 2019

This after Hillary et al raised the money to rebuild the churches - go fuck yourself Pence

Ohiogal

(32,002 posts)

4. I hope lightning strikes him.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 12:41 PM

May 2019

Sanctimonious asshole

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)

5. He just landed at the Lafayette Regional Airport about 15 minutes ago.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 01:32 PM

May 2019

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)

6. I'll tell you exactly what happened. Chump decided the heat he was

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 01:43 PM

May 2019

getting from his association with white nationalism was getting to be too much, so he figured he could send human shield Pence down there, and then spin the church-burnings like it's an attack on Christianity, as opposed to a racist hate crime, which anyone with an IQ above room temperature realizes it is.

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