Pence assails media for criticizing Trump over Charlottesville

[brooklynite]

Source: Politici

Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday evening criticized the media for its coverage of President Donald Trump's remarks Saturday on the violence in Charlottesville, VIrginia.

Speaking during a visit to the South American nation of Colombia, Pence said that it was appropriate to criticize not only the white supremacists behind the "Unite the Right" march but also counter-protesters on the scene.

"I will say I take issue with the fact that many in the national media spent more time criticizing the president’s words than they did criticizing those that perpetrated the violence to begin with," he said, speaking in a joint news conference with Colombia's president, Juan Manuel Santos.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/13/pence-charlottesville-supremacists-241598

[Best_man23]

1. Pretty Empty Coming From a Former Indiana Governor

Indiana has one of the largest concentrations of Klan in the US.

If he was serious about this issue, he would have done something about it when he was Governor, oh, wait, he couldn't do that to his "base."

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Oh, honey child, it's not the media who thought the orange yam's

comments were just a tacit approval, it was the majority of Americans.

[still_one]

3. Excuse me. Did he say condemn the counter-protesters who were protesting RACISM and BIGOTRY. I

guess the republicans have got so used to having the media setup their phony false equivalencies, when the media FINALLY reports that that racism verses NON-racism are NOT equivalent, that seems to upset them

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Did he clear that release with his mother/wife?

Screw that silver-capped clown.

[ChubbyStar]

9. It has been a horrible few days but I just laughed at your post

Thank you and he is indeed a silver-capped clown.

[Scarsdale]

32. Poor widdle Mikey

too afraid to speak out, in case the Orange Blob yells at him. What a toady this person is. Seems there is not one single gop member willing to find their spine, and stand up for DECENCY. What are they afraid of? Putin? They had better pay attention to citizens, who have the power to take their cushy jobs.

[roamer65]

5. Fuck Dump and fuck Dense.

[Phoenix61]

6. He is such a tool

If Twitler had acted like a real president there wouldn't be a need for anyone to come down on what he said. But he didn't. He acted like the Russian tool he is. If there was any doubt where Spence stood on the issue, I think it's pretty effing clear now.

[Thinkingabout]

7. Okay, then it should be easy for Trump to say White Supremacists, he can say these words. He needs

to man up for a change. In this case the "Unite the Right" did not have a member who drove down the street and kill a member of the white supremacists, this should be noted in Trumps statement.

[BootinUp]

8. Suck an egg. Nt

[spiderpig]

10. This cretin is feathering his nest with the alt-righters

He knows he's going to occupy the Oval Office, and he won't have to wait until 2020, Gawd help us all.

[Corgigal]

11. Manafort pick

Can kiss our asses.

We know what you are. Not buying what you're selling.

[Pachamama]

27. +1000

Manafort Pick....

Pence will be revealed soon for what and who he really is....

He is not clean...

[Scarsdale]

33. Any person who pretends

to be a great Christian, with super morals and values - SUSPECT THEM. Mikey is a YES man, nothing more. No spine, no manly qualities, his Mommy runs that show. David Duke spelled it out for everyone. These cretins put Donnie Two Scoops into office, with lots of help from Vlad, of course. Maybe Mikey is afraid of Vlad? Maybe Mommy is his food taster? Throw her to the wolves to protect himself, typical godly gop member.

[J_William_Ryan]

12. Typical rightwing tactic

attack ‘the media.’

[dalton99a]

13. Damn lying snake.

[David__77]

14. Trump will not condemn racism.

In fact, I have no idea if he's even said the word "racism" as president.

[bora13]

15. like I said many moons ago

Pence and Trump, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

[DinahMoeHum]

16. Pence: Go fuck yourself, Crusader Pig.

[Still In Wisconsin]

17. Go fuck yourself, Pence.

That is all.

[raven mad]

18. Yo, Pence?

[Freethinker65]

19. You lie!, Mike Pence

The media spent hours criticizing those that committed the violence and Unite the Right/White Rally in general. Your boss's milquetoast tweet was news. His press conference was news. Trump's own "best words" were not nearly good enough and you and the GOP know it and thus are scrambling to deflect. Pathetic.

[Liberalagogo]

20. Pence:

[ucrdem]

21. That's really frightening.

What a morally bankrupt thing to say. Who is this guy anyway?

[turbinetree]

22. Hey ass**** do you remember this racists gem, let me remind you

And you said "yes" to work for him, so guess what, your a f*cking racist also and oh yeah he said this also, since you have a good feel on judging others ass**** characters, here lets remind everyone what kind of moral god fearing character you have by saying yes to work with this "guy"

Like talking out of both sides of your mouth there Pence

[Cadfael]

23. Oh Mr. Pence.......

Your sheet is showing.

Good of you to show yourself for what you are: complicit and approving of the white supremacist base of the administration with which you've aligned yourself. I think ( and sincerely hope) that this throws a major monkey wrench into those presidential aspirations of yours.

Maybe I'm naive, but I refuse to believe these hate mongers outnumber people of goodwill and love and acceptance of diversity in this country.

[TeamPooka]

24. The VP of the USA attacks our Constitutional Freedom of the Press on foreign soil.

Mike Pence hates America and now the world knows it.

[ananda]

25. Whoa

That was great!

[madaboutharry]

26. The fact that he was willing to be the VP

in Trump's administration tells you that Pence is a useless hack.

[hibbing]

28. I'm getting more depressed by the minute n/t

[RestoreAmerica2020]

29. pence --otro white-racist-kkkrepublikkklan...of course he'd defend his only meal ticket left...

....because hate cannot stand in a democracy; his complicity towards kkknaziwhite house Klan is telling. When Muellar brings down trumpf, pence will fall even harder because he has set himself on a very high pedestal that has only room for white hypocritical-racists-christian's like himself.

Now it may take time to impeachment both trumpf and pence, or for them to resign whichever comes first, but the damage has been done... racist policies such as and not limited to... the ban on lgbt-trangender who are serve this country, ban on Muslims, immigrants and refugees...pence owns this hate, and fear that this adminstration has generated, as much as eltrumpf does.

[meadowlander]

30. It's not the media's job to criticize anyone.

It's the media's job to report facts. Like the fact that the President of the United States and his administration (whose job it is to criticize terrorists) for some reason has decided not to criticize terrorists.

[Solly Mack]

31. Yeah. Fuck him.

[KRISITNA]

34. Fucking Idiot

Trump's word perpetrated the violence and the lack of words condoned it. It's called calling out the head of the snake.

[BigDemVoter]

35. Fuck that smarmy altar boy.