Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

IMO, Pence is just as culpable for 1/6 as his Dear Leader, in several ways.

For starters, he should have followed the instructions of his USSS detail & evacuated the complex, optics be damned.

Reportedly, JFK decided against using the car's hardtop on the day he was killed.

Pence took it upon himself to risk the lives of other people for the sake of his preferred political narrative.

The right judgment call would have been to respect the superior skills, knowledge, and available intel of the USSS. I don't buy the lie that he couldn't trust them.

Undoubtedly, Pence knew full well that violence that day was likely (we all knew that, because it was discussed in plain sight for weeks. I predicted it 7 days prior, and have the receipts.)

He ALSO knew what the coup plotters had planned! They told him, repeatedly.

Pence deserves ZERO praise for merely doing one part of his job on 1/6.

He failed to do several other parts of his sworn duty that day, by failing to alert the public beforehand, with what he KNEW was planned.

He is so utterly selfish and depraved.

Pence is also dumb, bc he pretends he has a future in politics, when his 1/6-related actions & omissions have drawn the ire of the left AND the right.

The maga base hated him from the start. Plenty of receipts for that. All anti-maga folk know he cannot be trusted.

The defeated former president rejected the expert advice of the USSS multiple times, prob from the start of his protection by them as a candidate.

We have now clearly seen that the defeated former VP did the same, on at least one day of his tenure.

The issue is important bc:

Clearly, candidates and elected officials lack the expertise to override USSS advice on serious matters.

If they feel they can't trust the USSS, that should be a red flag in itself. About them, not the USSS.

I do have concerns about the USSS, but they are becoming resolved...

IMO the main reason the USSS has had a number of scandals and incidents over the past decade is insufficient funding to maintain the level of professional service the public needs.

USSS failures are a major national security threat.

Along with maga-fascism in general.

The American people must get tougher on corrupt elected officials like Pence and T****, & on any & all LEOs that fail in their duty to the country.

There must be no more presidents declining the hardtop, or VPs refusing to evacuate.

Pence has many more questions to answer.

All good points. I would add that, Pence would have known that he didn't need to be physically in the building in order to resume the count and complete the task. There was a deputy available. Also, they could have reconvened elsewhere, too.

https://twitter.com/FrankenforIowa/status/1537486574123773952

J/s, the choices available to Pence at the moment when he allegedly decided not to evacuate the Capitol complex entirely, were wider than just go - or stay, as the only way to complete the count.

And in the week prior, he failed to alert the public.

The physical security of any person, especially a VP and his entourage, must come before considerations of completing a task like certifying an election.

Far greater damage would have been done to the country if any of them were injured, or worse.

Zero sympathy for Pence.

In the 17 or so blessed months since I got free of the cult (by seeking answers to the questions arising in my mind), Ms @OliviaTroye has been an excellent source of info on 1/6, the big lie, and all that made these seditious crimes possible. She had a front row seat...

I can assess a former T**** admin employee's true patriotism and integrity by looking at the date they left and went public with the facts and their understandable concerns.

Troye didn't hold back her intel for a book. She stood up BEFORE the election bc here, #RightMatters.

Troye worked in a senior role for Pence, until August 2020.

As a policy-wonk peer of mine, her homeland security, counter terrorism, and pandemic response-related policy advice record shows she is an intellectual giant.

Read her latest:

https://twitter.com/OliviaTroye/status/1537094743598981121

I, too, once gave up a promising role in governmental policy advice because I could no longer participate in decision making that was deceptive and against the national interest.

Whistleblowers like Troye are so important in a functioning democracy. It takes immense courage.

I raise the issue here because of @OliviaTroye 's Twitter bio quote:

"The truth hurts but silence kills."

Several innocent people died because of 1/6, along with one of the insurrectionists (by definition, not innocent.) But that's a whole 'nother thread...

The silence and omissions of Mike Pence (over many years and ongoing) are just as dangerous as his words and deeds. Arguably, they are more dangerous than the conduct of even T**** and his henchmen.

Because like them, he would do it all again. And he tries to appear more moral.

Don't be fooled by the silver fox.

Don't be fooled by anyone, ever again!

YOU are responsible for deciding who you can trust. We can all do with lifting our game in this regard.

Pence must be held accountable for his part in all of this.