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Was he ever a favorite of the right? I thought he was pretty unpopular as governor in Indiana.
His purpose was to get more religious crazies on Trump's side. Other than that, Republicans didn't like him.
Seems like a lot of the religious seem to follow Trump regardless. For some reason they buy it when he says his favorite book is the bible and that's he's a Christian. Also, they don't seem to believe Obama when he says he's a Christian...
If they knew their messiah was a Middle-Eastern Jewish Socialist they'd die of anurisms. I wish they could read...
It turns out that was a completely unnecessary play. The evangelicals love Trump even though he is the embodiment of all seven deadly sins. They probably would have done better with Hulk Hogan or Ted Nugent on the ticket instead of Pence.
I think he was supposed to be Trump's handler, back when people thought that was possible.
They would have literally killed him if he didn't slip away.
Oh that would have been such a tragedy. Oh no Mike Pence being killed by the movement he helped create. Him being held responsible for his actions for once in his decades of life. Clearly a tragedy.
I always thought he was super popular with the evangelicals and that those folks are declining in numbers. The way I see it, younger conservatives aren’t as religious and are just spiteful towards the left; when you’re spiteful you want a loud mouth candidate who’ll legitimize your beliefs.
I don't think he was anyone's favorite. If I recall correctly he was going to lose in Indiana before T picked him up to use him.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Indiana resident here. He's as popular as warm drool.