Thread by @jedshug

This exchange is the bigotry of low expectations of conservatives in the Trump era.
@DavidLat, @judgeluttig: The notion that Mike Pence was a "profile in courage" for not participating in a coup, but AWOL & passively enabling that coup to build for 2 months, is outrageous.

https://twitter.com/judgeluttig/status/1350446018328891393

2/ Trump suggested Pence could overturn the electoral college on Jan 6, and we witnessed right-wingers online eagerly believing this nonsense.
Instead of shooting it down, Pence waited silently until the last day to reject it. He played a direct role in sparking this disaster.

3/ @Mike_Pence had a duty to acknowledge Biden's win at least by mid-December (after the legal challenges had failed on the merits, when the states certified by the Safe Harbor Dec 8, when the Electors were formally voted Dec 14).

Pence's cowardice *increased risk of violence*.

4/ @DavidLat:
This paragraph?
"If Pence had stood up to Trump earlier — and then left the administration in favor of someone even more sycophantic, a not-unreasonable scenario — our nation might have found itself in an even worse predicament."

Hmm.Any middle courageous options?

Update: @DavidLat to his credit fully revised, balanced, and clarified here. I agree with his take:
davidlat.substack.com/p/judicial-not…