Former Vice President Mike Pence has confirmed that he took notes on his conversations with former President Trump leading up to the Jan. 6 riot, as Trump repeatedly pressured him to reject the res…

Former Vice President Mike Pence has confirmed that he took notes on his conversations with former President Trump leading up to the Jan. 6 riot, as Trump repeatedly pressured him to reject the results of the 2020 election during the certification in Congress.

  • Whiskey Pickle@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    well… he’s not a broken clock. he’s a self-serving asshole whose self-interest just so happened to coincidentally align with not destroying American democracy at that particular moment. it had nothing to do with anything but himself.

    and THAT is what sucks the most, not to mention that people are praising him for it.

    • Default_Defect
      41·
      1 year ago

      “the broken clock just so happened to coincidentally align with the current time” Kinda exactly what the phrase is used for.

        • Default_Defect
          21·
          1 year ago

          I know, you were saying the phrase doesn’t apply, but it does.

      • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Stopped clock, if you’re an “eat your cake and have it too” type of person, because a broken clock might be broken in that it runs fast, slow, or be missing teeth on a gear or sometime causing it to skip.