Pence Thought About Replacing tRump After Access Hollywood Tape - TPM

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Back in October 2016, when the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape first surfaced, Mike Pence, then the vice presidential candidate, thought about staging a coup and replacing Donald tRump on the Republican ticket, The Atlantic reported Tuesday morning, citing unnamed Republicans familiar with the situation.

Just hours after the Washington Post published the tape revealing tRump bragging about grabbing women “by the pussy,” Pence told the Republican National Committee that he was ready to take over for Trump, per The Atlantic. An aide to Pence denied to The Atlantic that Pence discussed becoming the nominee with the RNC.

The RNC began looking into replacing tRump, and top Republicans were talking about placing Pence at the top of the ticket with Condoleeza Rice as his running mate, The Atlantic reported. During the meeting in which tRump asked his top advisers how much the tape had damaged his prospects, Priebus told tRump that Pence and Rice were “ready to step in,” a person who was present told The Atlantic. - TPM

Not so easy to do now for Pence. He's got trouble keeping his story straight about what he knew and when about who was working for foreign governments as secret agents. It's that right, Mr. Righteous?

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1. And Karen Pence finds Trump to be "vile" ... interesting next dinner coming up !