I acknowledge your point in principle, and reject it roundly in the case of Pence. It’s not that Pence was doing nothing and finally did the bare minimum to ou

I acknowledge your point in principle, and reject it roundly in the case of Pence. It’s not that Pence was doing nothing and finally did the bare minimum to our surprise. No, what actually happened was that Pence has spent four years actively abetting and abiding by this and he pulled back at the last second; he was leading crowds last week in a chant of fighting for trump. He is part of the problem, full stop, and he doesn’t get credit for not following through with it. One doesn’t praise someone for rushing into a burning building to save its occupants if they also lit the building on fire themselves.