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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:44 PM Oct 2017

Trump tweet confirms Pence NFL walkout stunt was premeditated

Trump tweet confirms Pence NFL walkout stunt was premeditated



https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/trump-tweet-confirms-pence-nfl-walkout-was-premeditated/

President Donald Trump confirmed that he ordered Vice President Mike Pence to leave Sunday’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers if any players protested during the National Anthem.

Some of them did, so the vice president walked out.

Social media users weren’t fooled, and called out Pence for attending the game at taxpayer expense for what appeared to be a political stunt.

The president confirmed their suspicions a short time later in his own tweet.

Donald J. Trump ?Verified account
@realDonaldTrump

I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am proud of him and @SecondLady Karen.
11:16 AM - 8 Oct 2017


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Trump tweet confirms Pence NFL walkout stunt was premeditated (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2017 OP
scoring points... D_Master81 Oct 2017 #1
That 35% of the country who hates brown people more than eating, almost, loves this shit. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #2
Americans are being slaughtered by gun violence, climate change and inadequate health care. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #3
Exactly rufus dog Oct 2017 #16
Let's talk about football. Unreal. All publicity stunts to raise ratings and money. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #29
How effing pathetic. nocalflea Oct 2017 #4
Another cheap Kabuki Theater stunt paid for by US taxpayers. procon Oct 2017 #5
So how many folks followed him out? greymattermom Oct 2017 #6
How many people were inconvenienced for this stunt? underpants Oct 2017 #15
I hate this administration so fucking much. Initech Oct 2017 #7
They are such incredible assholes. What a pathetic stunt. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #8
they disrespect the constitution and all that made this country what it is..... spanone Oct 2017 #9
4/ The Pool reporter covering @VP HAB911 Oct 2017 #10
Someone said earlier "Pence is running for President" Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2017 #11
Worthless moron diverts attention from his incompetence by fixating on useless bullshit dalton99a Oct 2017 #12
Fuck Peyton Manning I'm glad his big day got f'ed up underpants Oct 2017 #13
Meanwhile, what about the desperate people of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands?? Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #14
And what could they have done with the $ this stunt cost? renate Oct 2017 #17
Exactly! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #20
Looks like Adam Schiff agrees: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #24
Paid for by taxpayers malaise Oct 2017 #18
Flew from LV to IN on taxpayer's dime mcar Oct 2017 #19
#fakeoutrage and making fake news at its finest, distraction from #TrumpRussia and illegitimacy. L. Coyote Oct 2017 #21
Idiocracy. sarcasmo Oct 2017 #22
Always a new low with Trump. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #23
I don't believe tRump wrote that tweet. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #25
More from the Edge of Sports blog. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2017 #26
So #VPOS would have stayed if it weren't for #POtuS? Blue Owl Oct 2017 #27
IMO, this was a stunt to show Phoenix61 Oct 2017 #28

Irish_Dem

(47,115 posts)
3. Americans are being slaughtered by gun violence, climate change and inadequate health care.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:51 PM
Oct 2017

And all these two idiots can do is devise a plot to walk out of football games?

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
16. Exactly
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:14 PM
Oct 2017

PR in chaos.
Mass shooting in LV.
White Supremacist Nazis march on American city.
Health Care
North Korea
Russia

... let's talk about kneeling.

procon

(15,805 posts)
5. Another cheap Kabuki Theater stunt paid for by US taxpayers.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:52 PM
Oct 2017

What did it cost us this time to provide Pence with airfare, milk money, and security, so he could create a big photo op scene as he flounced out of the stadium in a fake snit? Is this all we got for the ticket price?

underpants

(182,825 posts)
15. How many people were inconvenienced for this stunt?
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:10 PM
Oct 2017

The VP can't just pop in and out of places. There is a serious hassle to everyone and added costs so he could do this.

Welcome to th outside world Pence. Just like when you went to Hamilton you got it thrown back in your face.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. They are such incredible assholes. What a pathetic stunt.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 02:57 PM
Oct 2017

Look at Fat Bastard in that photo, doing his best Al Capone impression. He's such a disgusting POS.

HAB911

(8,902 posts)
10. 4/ The Pool reporter covering @VP
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:00 PM
Oct 2017

was told to stay in the van in the parking lot and that @VP would leave the game early


Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)
11. Someone said earlier "Pence is running for President"
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:00 PM
Oct 2017

I wonder if Trump is trying to take credit for Pence's stunt?


remember:


underpants

(182,825 posts)
13. Fuck Peyton Manning I'm glad his big day got f'ed up
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:07 PM
Oct 2017

Rightwing, hanging out with that Poppa John's asshole (they are good friends), a friend of Hannity too. I didn't like him at Tennessee or anywhere. His father didn't have enough sense to get the hell out of New Orleans and play for a team that any shot of winning. Oh and I can't stand his brother Eli either.

renate

(13,776 posts)
17. And what could they have done with the $ this stunt cost?
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:15 PM
Oct 2017

This is worse than the private jets. Taxpayers paid for the security and logistics for a PR stunt while people are desperate and starving in Puerto Rico. It’s vile.

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)
20. Exactly!
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:21 PM
Oct 2017

He had the unmitigated gall to complain to the hurricane victims about "his budget," yet he - and his entire extended adult family - spend hundreds of thousands in taxpayer money for their business and entertainment travels - including security details - without a second thought!

mcar

(42,334 posts)
19. Flew from LV to IN on taxpayer's dime
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:20 PM
Oct 2017

Left stadium and flew directly to LA. What did this idiotic stunt cost us? How much water, food and medicine could it have bought for PR?

Solly Mack

(90,769 posts)
23. Always a new low with Trump.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:45 PM
Oct 2017

Most people aspire to great heights, but not Trump. He digs down deep in search of the lows. He's happy in the gutter but happier still to explore what's under the sewer, beneath the shit silt soft ground - where he wallows in ecstasy.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
25. I don't believe tRump wrote that tweet.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 05:42 PM
Oct 2017

It's too coherent. Written by his minders, but with his approval.

Good thing Pence left the game and relieved the fans or that stench.

Blue Owl

(50,393 posts)
27. So #VPOS would have stayed if it weren't for #POtuS?
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:33 PM
Oct 2017

What a man of weak moral fiber the #VPOS is... Disgusting...

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
28. IMO, this was a stunt to show
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 07:01 PM
Oct 2017

that Twitler is telling Pence what to do. He's got to be in charge of someone.

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