I will guess that many of you don’t like Mike Pence, but he has said a few things which I think are good:
- He has said Trump’s tariffs will probably harm Americans
- He has criticised Trump for not backing Ukraine
- He seems to want to respect Canada’s sovereignty, describing Canada as “a great ally, whose soldiers have fought and died alongside Americans in every war since world war one”
He marched in lockstep with the orange fascist for years, just because he did his constitutional duty at the veey end doesn’t make him any kind of hero, he did what he was legally obligated to do. His legitimizing the fascist is a big part of what led up to a coup attempt, he’s culpable, nothing more.
Not a hero, however standing up to a literal Lynch-mob (remember the gallows they set up) to follow the law and ensure democracy continued is a at least commendable.