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Former Vice President Mike Pence has announced his run for the presidency in the 2024 election -- but many Trump supporters are still bitter about his refusal to go along with former President Donald Trump's unconstitutional scheme to remain in power by throwing out certified election results.
Pence took to Twitter to post his 2024 campaign announcement video and was instantly bombarded with angry replies from the MAGA faithful who accused him of being a "coward" for not doing everything he could to illegally keep Trump in power.
"There’s no way in hell you’ll win anything," wrote one Twitter user whose feed is jam-packed with QAnon memes.
"TRAITOR!!!!" screeched another Trump supporter. "You pence are a p.o.s."
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"Pence = Judas," wrote another.
Yet another Trump supporter said that Pence didn't deserve to win because he "decided to undermine [his] boss and protect the deep state for 4 years."
Pence has drawn the ire of Trump fans ever since he certified the results of the 2020 election in his constitutional role as president of the United States Senate on January 6th, 2021.
Furious Trump supporters then infamously stormed the United States Capitol after learning of Pence's decision and called for his hanging.
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The speaker of France's parliament said Wednesday she would block an attempt to repeal a recent law raising the retirement age which was enacted after months of protests.
Speaker Yael Braun-Pivet, who is from President Emmanuel Macron's party but is officially neutral, confirmed she would reject the bid to introduce new legislation on constitutional grounds, infuriating its backers.
Speaking to BFM television, she said an amendment proposed by the small LIOT faction in parliament and backed by left-wing parties would be declared "inadmissible".
"I'm applying the rules and nothing but the rules," she added.
She was alluding to Article 40 of the constitution which bans legislative proposals from MPs that would add a burden to the public finances.
Reversing the increase in the retirement age to 64 from 62, the key measure of Macron's hard-fought pension reform, would add billions to government spending.
Opponents of the pension reform had seen LIOT's parliamentary maneuver as their last hope of thwarting the changes, having previously tried and failed with an appeal to the country's constitutional court.
Observers said the minority government risked losing a vote on the LIOT legislation, however, with left-wing parties, the far right and some centre-right MPs prepared to vote against the executive.
The original legislation was rammed through the lower house National Assembly without a direct vote using a controversial constitutional power that can be invoked by the prime minister.
The move led to accusations that Macron was riding roughshod over French democracy and public opinion, with around two-thirds of voters opposed to the changes, according to polls.
LIOT called the speaker's decision to block its proposal "an unprecedented attack on the rights of parliament".
(AFP)
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Florida grand jury may be looking to charge 'someone who followed Trump's instructions': legal expert
June 07, 2023
A federal grand jury will convene in Florida this week to hear evidence in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation of Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, and legal experts are intrigued.
The investigation appears to be heading toward a conclusion -- and a likely indictment, based on a meeting between Trump's attorneys and the Department of Justice -- but MSNBC legal analyst Chuck Rosenberg suspects there may be a "parallel investigation" to the District of Columbia case in Miami, and it may involve an associate of the former president
"If somebody had committed acts only in Florida, even if it's connected to a broader scheme, the venue for that person, maybe somebody who followed Mr. Trump's instructions to obstruct justice or to conceal evidence would be properly charged and tried in that jurisdiction," Rosenberg told "Morning Joe." "Then you would be appropriate in Florida, so absolutely a possibility, remains to be seen."
"I'll say one other thing," he added. "I don't know which case is moving quicker, although it appears to be the documents case, but when defense attorneys request a meeting at the department to make a pitch that their client ought not to be charged, you know you're closer to the end than the beginning."
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