🧵Is Mike Pence really Theon Greyjoy in disguise?
Watching the #January6thCommitteeHearings focused on the pressure campaign against former VP @Mike_Pence and it occurred to me that he is effectively a real, live version of our maligned #GOT character.
#ReekPence
/2 Both Pence and Theon start off as smug, punchable asshats, but nothing much more dangerous.
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/3 But at some point they saw themselves deserving of the big chair (king/president) and were willing to lick their Daddies' boots.
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/4 It turns out they both were effectively held hostage by a crazed, sadistic autocrat who both took pleasure in torturing them.
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/5 They simply betrayed their allies and morals time and again in search of power and put themselves in position to be humiliated over and over and over again.
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/6 At this point, we know neither Pence nor Theon has any balls.
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/7 But here is the thing ... for all their failure, both Pence and Theon had one, bright shining moment at the very end.
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/8 If Theon did not stay by Bran's side - and die in the process as he was mobbed by dead men - then the world would have ended.
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/9 If Pence did not resist Trump - upon threat of death as the US Capitol was mobbed by braindead men and women - the our democracy would have ended.
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/10 Here is the takeaway:
Very flawed people can be heroic in a moment. And we need those heroes in those moments.
Thank you for putting our country first, #ReekPence.
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/11 Hoping I can get confirmation on this theory from @netw3rk or @MalloryRubin
/12 I also feel like this is a thread several folks @ProjectLincoln (or alums) could appreciate ... @TheRickWilson @reedgalen @stuartpstevens @ZackCz @FPWellman @Philip_Germain @SteveSchmidtSES @TaraSetmayer
/13 It totally forgot ... Pence 2024 campaign slogan is already written!
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