Friday, March 2, 2018

Operation: Get the Cheeto in the Peach Tea


This blog post chronicles the ability of the modern American to have the supreme snacking experience by combining Cheetos with peach tea, and now that the FBI agents who are watching us all have stopped paying attention: nows our time. We have do this Codename: Kids Next Door style to make sure the FBI agents dont find out about our millennial agenda.
            Wouldnt that be a lot more fun and honestly a much easier method of going about the impeachment (peach tea) of Mr. Trump (the cheeto)? Too bad were stuck in the real world and will have to face a new world of Mike Pence should Trump be impeached.
            Back in August after the Charlottesville Protests, Pence defended the movement of white nationalists by saying “I’m someone who believes in more monuments, not less monuments. What we ought to do is we ought to remember our history” [1].  I would argue, however, that in leaving the statues alone, we are not “remembering our history,” but rather venerating racists and perpetuating their ideals. Pence, however, muses that “rather than tearing down monuments that have graced our cities all across this country for years, we ought to be building more monuments,” remembering when he walked across Edmund Pettus Bridge remembering Bloody Sunday. 
            Another way in which Pence could be more dangerous than Trump is that he is more eloquent in his speaking, knowing he is lying and doing it anyways. He is sort of a snake in the grass as opposed to Trump who is a snake in your face. Amid Trump’s racist comments about “shithole countries,” Pence defended him saying, “I know that what President Trump wants to do is reform immigration to make our system one that puts the interests of America first” [2]. He continues by denying claims of racism by saying his President’s immigration reform will accept immigrants “regardless of what country they come from or what their race and creed is.”[3]
            None of this is to say that I prefer Trump’s blatant racism over Pence’s hidden racism, though.  I really don't know what to think or who I prefer. I do believe, however that should we impeach Trump (fingers crossed), we need to be prepared to impeach Pence as well, and many of the ones behind him in the line of presidential succession, because they're not all that great either. 
            What do you guys think? Are we completely screwed? Who do you think we’re better off with, blatantly racist Trump or subliminally racist Pence? 




[1] Walsh, Joan. Why Mike Pence Is Worse Than Donald Trump.” The Nation, 2017. 2 March 2018. https://www.thenation.com/article/why-mike-pence-is-worse-than-donald-trump

[2] Fang, Marina. Mike Pence Defends His President’s Racist ‘Shithole’ Comments” Huffington Post, 2018. 2 March 2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-defends-trump-shithole_us_5a661a5de4b0e56300721ea4

[3] Fang, Marina. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-defends-trump-shithole_us_5a661a5de4b0e56300721ea4

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