RNC Declares Victory For Pence More Than An Hour Before Debate Even Starts (PHOTOS)

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The Republican National Committee declared Mike Pence the winner of the vice presidential debate—ninety minutes before he and Tim Kaine took the stage for the event itself.

In a series of posts published over an hour before the debate began, the RNC declared unequivocal victory for Pence, lauding his performance in “Economy” while slamming Hillary Clinton as “tonight’s biggest loser.”

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  1. Wow, free tickets to Bizarro World.

    Compliments of the RNC.

    White Bread Dence is gonna get sliced and toasted.

  2. It’s like Pravda propaganda with these goon squad morons.

  3. Prognosticating the winner is one thing, but knowing 5 questions the didn’t come up… That’s impressively specific.

  4. OK, that’s weird…but I could’ve predicted the RNC would do this…so there’s that, too.

  5. Glad I read this. It saved me a trip because I was about to leave for a watch party at the local Democratic Party office.

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