Mike Pence and Paul Ryan — President-elect Trump's reliable Brown Shirts

© 2016 Peter Free

 

05 December 2016

 

 

As faithful "brown shirts" — we don't care whether the President-to-be's bullshit is true — do we?

 

After all, the Fuhrer has spoken:

 

 

[Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan says he doesn’t know if millions of Americans voted illegally for Hillary Clinton, and he refused to repudiate Donald Trump’s groundless claims of a vast voter-fraud conspiracy.

 

In an interview on CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” the speaker was asked about Trump's tweet that said he would have won the popular vote “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”

 

“I don't know,” the Wisconsin Republican said in response. “I'm not really focused on these things.”

 

When interviewer Scott Pelley pressed the matter, Ryan continued: “I have no way of backing that up. I have no knowledge of such things.”

 

 “It doesn't matter to me,” he added. “He won the election.”

 

© 2016 Rachael Bade, Ryan won't repudiate Trump's false illegal voter claims, Politico (04 December 2016)

 

 

Vice President-elect Pence — white-haired Protector of Lies — was no better:

 

 

This Week host George Stephanopoulos then questioned Pence about whether he believed Trump's claim to be true.

 

"I think one of the things that's refreshing about our president-elect and one of the reasons why I think he had an incredible connection with people all across this country is because he tells you what's on his mind," Pence responded.

 

"But why is it refreshing to make false statements?" Stephanopoulos asked. Pence replied: "Look, I don't know that that is a false statement."

 

© 2016 Nicole Rojas, Pence tries to defend Trump's claim that there were millions of 'illegal' votes, International Business Times (05 December 2016) (extracts)

 

 

The moral? — Sieg Heil?

 

I imagine these spineless clowns may eventually get behind building "camps" — of some kind — as an economic or ideological measure.

 

As Speaker Ryan admitted (in context), Truth "doesn't matter to me" — power does.