Mike Pence unwittingly tips off that he knows a massive Trump-Russia bombshell is about to land
Earlier today, Mike Pence manufactured what may go down as the most infamous political stunt in United States history. He flew halfway across the country to attend an NFL game, planning all along to walk out in protest immediately after the football players took a knee during the national anthem. In the process, Pence unwittingly tipped off that he and Donald Trump both know a massive bombshell in the Trump-Russia scandal is about to land.
Shortly after Pence’s stunt, which he tried to frame as having been spontaneous, Trump tweeted that he had instructed Pence in advance to walk out. This confirms that the two of them hatched this plan together, and as per usual, Trump is too much of a braggart to keep it a secret. Trump has regularly staged his own stunts, such as picking a fight with a strategically chosen public figures on Twitter, in order to create controversy as an intentional distraction from whenever he knows bad news is about to surface.
Trump’s attempted distractions are so transparent that we can always count on a major Trump-Russia story hitting the newswires within the next day or two. Major news outlets call Trump’s White House for comment just before publishing such stories, which is how Trump knows they’re coming. Now that we know Trump is behind Pence’s NFL walkout stunt, it’s a safe conclusion that this is indeed one of his attempted distractions.
Moreover, Pence’s willingness to go along with such a weird stunt – which was so likely to backfire and make him look like a disingenuous idiot – strongly suggests one of two things. Either the forthcoming Trump-Russia bombshell is so massive that it threatens to take the entire administration down and Pence is willing to take one for the team, or it’s something that specifically incriminates Pence and thus motivated him to act. Stay tuned.
