Vice President Mike Pence has declined to clear anything up about his abruptly cancelled trip to New Hampshire a few weeks ago, cryptically telling “The Takeout” podcast that “circumstances on the ground” explained why he deplaned from Air Force Two.
“It was a circumstance on the ground in New Hampshire that made our — our trip there no longer appropriate,” he said to CBS’ Major Garrett, according to a teaser for the episode slated for release on Tuesday. He apparently declined to elaborate further.
.@VP Pence to @MajorCBS on why he abruptly canceled his trip to NH in early July: “It was a circumstance on the ground in New Hampshire that made our– our trip there no longer appropriate.” Said he could not elaborate further. Full interview out Tuesday AM @TakeoutPodcast pic.twitter.com/oIbQe9bql8
— The Takeout (@TakeoutPodcast) July 22, 2019
Pence was supposed to speak at the Granite Recovery Center on the topic of the opioid crisis. About three weeks ago, when speculation about the cancellation was running rampant, Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short told reporters that they’d know specifics about the situation “in a few weeks.”
You’d think they could come up with a better story given the time they’ve had. But they decided to settle on “circumstances”? Pretty weak.
Hmmm, circumstances on the ground. More likely circumstances in Pence’s mind.
“Well, Major, it was discovered that most of the people there find me quite creepy, and [makes air quotes] an asshole [puts down air quotes], so we decided against going.”
Fine, Mikey. Since that doesn’t rule out the supposition that Trump threw a tantrum over something, heard you were heading out of town, and demanded you come back to sing him to sleep with your soothing voice, we’ll continue to assume that, you asshole-enabling traitorous lying fake.
I’ll take: Prez. Hatespeech supporters who shall not be named (i.e., white supremacist terrorists and/or garden variety GOP racists) were showing up.