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Mike Pence knows if he 'keeps his mouth shut' the Capitol rioters won't bother him again: GOP ex-staffer
February 24, 2021
On CNN Wednesday, former Ted Cruz staffer Amanda Carpenter suggested that former Vice President Mike Pence knows to "keep his mouth shut" so that he can have a future in GOP politics — and so that the angry mob that came after him during the Capitol invasion will make peace with him.
Enraged by Pence's refusal to reject his duty to count the votes certifying Joe Biden the winner, the mob chanted "Hang Mike Pence" and even built a gallows outside the Capitol. Pence reportedly fell out with Trump over inciting the riot that endangered his life, although sources now say they have patched up their relationship to an "amicable" state.
<p>"I think Mike Pence would like to be president," said Carpenter. "Realistically, he probably never will, but what he does know is that if he keeps his mouth shut, the mob that came after him on January 6th won't come after him again. He will have a safe, comfortable life in the warm bath of the conservative movement at think tanks and conservative media, but they will never ask him a tough question about the events that he witnessed that led up to the insurrection and what it felt like to become a victim of it."</p><p>"Like, he has a safe comfortable life if he just keeps his mouth shut and waves the flag for Trump," added Carpenter. "That's what he's aiming for. Anything after that, gravy."</p><p>
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'You can see Kevin McCarthy's soul leave his body': MSNBC laughs at awkward GOP exchange over 'loser' Trump
February 24, 2021
In an awkward exchange with reporters Wednesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was asked about CPAC and former President Donald Trump. Republican Whip Liz Cheney (R-WY) was asked the same question, giving her own answer that she doesn't believe the GOP should be the Trump party. It was a moment that prompted one MSNBC host to crack up laughing about it.
"You can actually see Kevin McCarthy's soul leave his body at one point in this press conference," MSNBC's Chris Hayes joked. "He closes his eyes. It just floats out of him. Shortly thereafter, Jim Jordan tweeted President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. You know what, Jim? You are right and Liz Cheney is wrong. The vast majority of Republicans are falling over themselves to associate with this unpopular loser. We're so used to it at this point that I don't think it strikes as weird as it is. It is truly upside down. It is very weird in Republican politics to see a party rally around a loser. Losers tend to believe in popularity and appeal to their supporters and their policy if they lose. Unless you're a Cubs fan, lovable losers aren't really a thing in politics."
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Joy Reid does epic takedown of Tucker Carlson’s claim QAnon doesn’t exist because they don’t have a website
February 24, 2021
On Wednesday, MSNBC's Joy Reid tore into Fox News host Tucker Carlson for his claim that "we could not find" QAnon — the pro-Trump conspiracy theory that the United States is controlled by a secret group of child-trafficking cannibals — and that the entire movement must not exist because there is no official website for it.
"On Fox News, Tucker Carlson is busy trying to downplay the pernicious role that QAnon plays in misinformation," said Reid. "Prosecutors cited the influence of QAnon in connection with the capitol siege. Tucker, ever the intellectual giant, says QAnon can't possibly exist. If it does, where is the QAnon website?"
<p>"We spent all day trying to locate the famous QAnon, which in the end we learned is not even a website," said Carlson in the clip. "If it is out there, we could not find it."</p><p>"They don't even have a website," said Reid sarcastically. "Republicans aren't trying to deflect and deny alone, they object to efforts for a full accounting of the worst attack on the Capitol since 1814."</p><p>QAnon has been responsible for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/qanon-violence-crimes-timeline" target="_blank">acts of violence</a> across the U.S. even before the Capitol invasion — although some of its followers are <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-2650036600/" target="_blank">beginning to lose faith</a>.</p><p>
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