CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 8, 2023
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THEY ARE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. AS FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH SAID, THE MORE REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE, THE MORE FOLKS AT MAR-A-LAGO ARE CELEBRATING WITH CHAMPAIGN. THAT’S BECAUSE THEY DILUTE THE POOL OF ANTI-TRUMP VOTERS.
I THOUGHT CHRISTIE’S ANNOUNCEMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS TOO LONG AND FAILED TO CONNECT WITH ANYONE. CLEARLY HE’S IN THE RACE NOT TO WIN, BUT TO HURT TRUMP’S CHANCES OF WINNING.
IN A DIFFERENT POLITICAL WORLD, MIKE PENCE WOULD BE LEADING THE PACK. I HAVE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WAS IN CONGRESS, AS GOVERNOR AND THEN VP. HE IS A ONCE-MARRIED, SOLID CHRISTIAN, AND A MAN OF INTEGRITY. HE PREVENTED TRUMP FROM MAKING SOME VERY BAD DECISIONS, LIKE INVITING THE TALIBAN TO CAMP DAVID CLOSE TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11.
BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL DEVOTED TO TRUMP SEE HIM AS A TRAITOR BECAUSE HE OBEYED THE CONSTITUTION AND REFUSED TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. THAT’S A POOR STATEMENT ON WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY. FAITHFULNESS TO YOUR WIFE, YOUR COUNTRY AND THE CONSTITUTION IS A NEGATIVE AND THE REVERSE IS A POSITIVE. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT US AND WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY? I’M CAL THOMAS.
It is unfortunate how many people who claim the name of our Lord Jesus Christ embrace a man who is the polar opposite and reject a quality Christian like Pence. Unfortunately Pence has some self-inflicted wounds, especially in his inability to resolutely address the man whose idolatrous followers who wanted to hang him
Completely agree Tom and have said so many times