So Pence has basically just filed an "I can't believe you assholes put me in this position" politician's response to the Gohmert suit, regretfully asking the Court to dismiss because Plaintiffs really should have sued Congress, not him, since they're asking to give him more power 
My wife just took over the computer so we'll pause this thread for a bit
To give you a sense of exactly how much of a political coward Pence is, and how much internal wrangling there must have been over the proper response here, check out the opening highlight in the second image here
And he tries to ease the sting of all of this by calling the Plaintiffs "Arizona Electors"
But here's the thing
But here's the thing
Pence isn't going try to overthrow the Biden election. So if he thinks he's got any political future to salvage after this, he's delusional.
He's going to campaign in 4 years on "I was Trump's right hand man, I'm rock solid"
He's going to campaign in 4 years on "I was Trump's right hand man, I'm rock solid"
And the MAGA crowd will look at him and say "you betrayed Donald Trump by counting the Biden Electors"
And as anyone who's had a conversation with those folks the past few weeks could tell him, no amount of "but the law" will matter to them
And as anyone who's had a conversation with those folks the past few weeks could tell him, no amount of "but the law" will matter to them
With apologies to @TheRickWilson, Pence's career in politics will just be another casualty of the Donald, and more proof that #ETTD
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