Pence is in Trouble
My message to VP Pence — read the room.
Rumors about President Trump ditching Vice President Pence have swirled around Washington for quite some time now. A sitting president hasn’t switched his running mate since 1944, and Trump has dismissed any notion that Pence wouldn’t be on the 2020 ticket.
But when has history ever stopped Trump? When have his previous statements ever stopped him either?
I first heard of Trump mulling a potential new vice president about a year ago, and I haven’t put much thought into it. It isn’t something I actively think about. But every once in a while, I come across a tidbit of information that makes me recall this backburner of a story.
One example is when Trump designated Pence to lead the coronavirus task force. Even at the beginning — when the virus numbers were low — appointing Pence seemed tactical. This future debacle needed a fall guy, and Trump had his scapegoat.
Another example was a little snippet I read in the New York Times, “(Trump’s) campaign has quietly unwound a team dedicated to coordinating Vice President Mike Pence’s activities, shedding a group of staff members assigned to him.”
What timing! Amid sinking poll numbers and multiple (four? seven?) self-inflicted wounds, the Trump campaign has viewed Pence as…
